Lead Applications Engineer - AI-Driven Architecture

Clean Harbors; Norwell (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401K match

Stock purchase plan

Paid time off

Training & tuition reimbursement

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Clean Harbors is seeking an Application Technical Lead to guide a team of software developers and work with architects to define requirements, estimate tasks, and resolve defects. You will drive design decisions, implement scalable enterprise applications, and lead the adoption of AI-powered approaches.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in software development, 3+ years in a technical lead role, and strong .NET/T-SQL expertise, with Agile experience and collaboration across product and QA teams.

Qualifications

• Proficient with the Microsoft .NET stack (C#, .NET Core, ASP.NET Web API).
• Strong experience writing and optimizing T-SQL for Microsoft SQL Server.
• Experience with Angular or similar front-end frameworks.
• Solid understanding of software architecture principles and patterns, including SOA, OO, MVC, and CQRS.
• Experience working in Agile environments, with exposure to scenario-driven and test-driven development practices.
• Experience integrating AI-powered capabilities into enterprise applications, such as consuming AI/ML APIs and designing LLM-based services.
• 5 years of software development experience, including 3 years in a Technical Lead role, providing architectural guidance and mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and coordinate team of developers.
• Enforce code and design standards within the development team; perform code reviews.
• Collaborate with Solution and Enterprise Architects on application design and implementation patterns.
• Recommend and iterate on solution designs to build scalable enterprise applications.
• Recommend tools and technologies to improve development quality and productivity.
• Create and manage application build and deploy pipelines with DevOps guidance.
• Collaborate with Product Owners to clarify business logic and resolve requirements.
• Monitor error logs and APM to find and correct production issues.
• Ensure estimates are realistic and delivery commitments are met.
• Evaluate alternate solutions to determine the most appropriate outcome.
• Lead adoption of AI-enabled solutions within application architecture.

Skills

C#

.NET Core

ASP.NET

Architectural design

Agile

AI/LLM

Mentoring

Delivery leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

SQL Server

Angular

DevOps

CI/CD

Job description

Clean Harbors is seeking an Application Technical Lead to guide a team of software developers and work with architects to define requirements, estimate tasks, and resolve defects. You will drive design decisions, implement scalable enterprise applications, and lead the adoption of AI-powered approaches.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in software development, 3+ years in a technical lead role, and strong .NET/T-SQL expertise, with Agile experience and collaboration across product and QA teams.