Lead Application Development and Modernization Engineer

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

HSA option

401k match

LiveWell stipend

Quarterly bonus

Job summary

Liatrio is seeking a Lead Application Development and Modernization Engineer to guide hands-on development, modernization of legacy systems, and cloud-native architectures for diverse clients in the U.S. and Canada. The role combines deep technical leadership with the ability to uplift teams and drive rapid delivery across engagements.

You will mentor engineers, advocate best practices (Agile, TDD, BDD, DDD), and ensure architectural excellence while balancing client needs and business goals.

Qualifications

• Experience leading technical delivery within client engagements.
• Expertise in cloud-native architectures and multi-cloud environments.
• Ability to mentor engineers and drive fast feedback.
• Proven track record in modernizing legacy applications.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical delivery leadership within a project or workstream under the guidance of an account leader or architect.
• Accountable for technical excellence for the assigned project or workstream.
• Uplift engineers, both client's and Liatrio teammates.
• Architect a technical solution, articulate the solution to clients, and lead a small team of engineers to implement the solution.
• Serve as a technical point of contact, providing architectural guidance and the Liatrio point of view to the client.
• Adapt quickly to change and shift focus to meet customer needs.
• Organize work for team members, breaking down tasks and pairing with other engineers.
• Mentor junior team members, including 1:1 meetings and feedback.
• Provide feedback to account leader or architect on overall team performance.
• Generate ideas and be willing to fail fast with POC’s.
• Drive knowledge sharing in and out of client engagements.

Skills

Full stack development

Cloud-native architecture

DevOps leadership

Distributed systems

FP and OOP languages

Containerization

Infrastructure as code

Observability

Agile / TDD / BDD / DDD

Tools

Git

Job description

Defining the future of work & living globally

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Lead Application Development and Modernization Engineer

Liatrio is a collaborative, delivery transformation consulting firm dedicated to accelerating software delivery and innovating processes. We expedite world-class delivery for enterprises by building advanced DevOps platforms, while coaching engineering and business teams every step of the way. We have partnered with clients across diverse industries, anywhere from financial institutions to healthcare providers. Get ready to drive holistic change across people, process, culture, and technology because we are a small company with a big impact!

Who You Are

Liatrio lives and breathes the following traits; people on our team tend to have a combination of the following qualities:

Willingness and hunger to learn

Devotion to open communication and transparency

Value collaboration and willingness to share responsibilities across internal and client work

Effectively communicate in difficult conversations

Desire to solve complex problems - interpersonal, technical, and business

Ability to acknowledge shortcomings and provide solutions

Empathy towards others

Appreciate mentoring and helping others grow

Navigate ambiguity and frequent change

What You Do

We’re looking for a hands-on, technical leaders who are passionate about application development, modernizing legacy software, cloud-native architecture, and DevOps technology and who want to help organizations and engineering teams improve quality and speed of delivery.

We each bring varying degrees of knowledge to the table. You will have extensive experience in most of the below areas but not necessarily all of them. This is not a comprehensive list; there may be other equally valuable skills and experience you bring that are not listed here.

Client Delivery

Provide technical delivery leadership within a project or workstream under the guidance of an account leader or architect

Accountable for technical excellence for the assigned project or workstream

Uplift engineers, both client's and Liatrio teammates

Able to architect a technical solution, articulate the solution clients, and lead a small team of engineers to implement the solution

Serve as a technical point of contact, providing architectural guidance and the Liatrio point of view to the client

Ensure account leader or architect is up to date on any concerns or changes to work, as well as reaching out for guidance or feedback on strategy and approach

Able to adapt quickly to change and shift focus as required to meet customer needs

Organize work for team members, breaking down tasks regularly and pairing with other engineers

Mentor junior team members, including 1:1 meetings, providing feedback, guiding technical growth

Provide feedback to account leader or architect on overall team performance and areas for growth

Seek and provide fast feedback both personally and for others.

Generate ideas and be willing to fail fast and demonstrate with POC’s

Drive knowledge sharing in and out of client engagements

Tools and Technologies

As a hands-on leader, we expect you’ll have significant experience with many of the tools and technologies we frequently use with our clients. While we know it's impossible to be an expert on all the tools available, for this Lead Engineer position we expect you to be an expert in one or more areas, communicate with client and Liatrio stakeholders, be able to perform advanced tasks in all of the below areas independently, and able to upskill client and colleague engineers.

Owned full stack development of completely new applications, as well as modernization of existing legacy applications

Fluent in multiple programming languages, including FP and OOP, and databases

Extensive experience creating frontend web applications,

backend API services, cloud-hosted applications, and full stack

standalone solutions

Expertise navigating enterprise environments, distributed systems, and large/multi-cloud environments

Comfortable with end-to-end software delivery, able to review code and emphasizing with developers and engineers across the SDLC

Comfortable with cloud-native architecture, source control management systems and branching strategies, and automation

First-hand experience building or deep knowledge from being embedded within Operations teams responsible for: containerization, infrastructure as code, platform engineering, data center architecture, systems architecture, observability, and DevOps practices

Advocates for patterns, practices, and best practices like Agile, TDD, BDD, and DDD

Requirements

Employment eligibility: must be authorized to work in the United States or Canada without the need for sponsorship.

Travel availability: we divide our time between working remotely and visiting our client sites located throughout the U.S. For most roles, travel typically ranges from 10-50%, depending on client need.

Specifics

Full benefits including unlimited PTO, funded HSA option, 401k match, monthly LiveWell stipend, and quarterly company bonus

Annual base salary: $140,000-$180,000, depending on experience