Hybrid Technical Lead – AI, TypeScript & Cloud (DTLA)

Tech Holding; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Job summary

Tech Holding is seeking a Technical Lead to guide a distributed engineering team across Los Angeles, Mexico, and India. The role is onsite in Downtown Los Angeles with travel to client sites as needed, driving architecture, development, and AI-enabled improvements.

You will stay hands-on with TypeScript/Node.js while defining technical direction, partnering with product and delivery, and mentoring engineers to raise overall capability. The position offers a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on development experience with TypeScript and Node.js.
• Experience designing and delivering production applications on a major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Hands-on experience using AI coding and development tools (e.g., Claude).
• Experience implementing AI or LLM-powered functionality in applications.
• Strong understanding of modern application architecture, APIs, cloud services, and distributed systems.
• Experience leading or coordinating engineers across multiple locations or time zones.
• Ability to balance hands-on engineering work with technical leadership and team coordination.
• Strong code review, debugging, architecture, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working directly with product, delivery, and business stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to provide clear technical direction to distributed teams.
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving environment where priorities and technical requirements may evolve.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for engineering teams across Los Angeles, Mexico, and India.
• Own technical direction, architecture decisions, engineering standards, and implementation strategy.
• Remain hands-on with development using TypeScript and Node.js.
• Design and build scalable cloud-based applications and services.
• Lead technical design discussions and translate business and product requirements into practical engineering solutions.
• Review code, provide technical guidance, and help engineers solve complex development challenges.
• Coordinate development across distributed teams and ensure alignment on priorities, architecture, standards, and delivery expectations.
• Partner closely with product, delivery, client stakeholders, and other engineering leaders.
• Identify technical risks and dependencies early and drive them to resolution.
• Improve engineering practices around code quality, testing, deployment, observability, and maintainability.
• Drive the effective use of AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity and software quality.
• Identify and deliver opportunities to incorporate AI capabilities into applications, workflows, and internal engineering processes.
• Mentor engineers and raise the overall technical capability of the team.

Skills

TypeScript

Node.js

Cloud platforms

AI tools Claude

Distributed teams

Code review

Architecture design

Communication

Tools

Claude AI tooling

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Tech Holding is seeking a Technical Lead to guide a distributed engineering team across Los Angeles, Mexico, and India. The role is onsite in Downtown Los Angeles with travel to client sites as needed, driving architecture, development, and AI-enabled improvements.

You will stay hands-on with TypeScript/Node.js while defining technical direction, partnering with product and delivery, and mentoring engineers to raise overall capability. The position offers a comprehensive benefits package.