Remote Lead Engineer: Data Platforms & AI

Motion Recruitment; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 123,984 - 206,640; Part time

Job summary

VMS Sourcing is seeking a Lead Engineer for a contract role focused on data platforms, performance, and agentic AI. You will own the architecture and end-to-end delivery across data generation, analytics, APIs, and user experiences.

The role emphasizes cloud-native systems, latency optimization, and collaboration with product and architecture teams. Remote, EST hours, long-term engagement with potential extensions.

Qualifications

• Experience designing cloud-native, data-intensive platforms.
• Strong understanding of performance, latency, and scalability.
• Hands-on backend with Node.js/TypeScript and React frontend.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end platform engineering from data generation to UX.
• Lead architectural decisions, design reviews, and engineering excellence.

Skills

Node.js/TypeScript

React.js

Performance Engineering

AWS Cloud

Tools

AWS Lambda

AWS S3

OpenSearch

DynamoDB

Kinesis

Job description

VMS Sourcing is seeking a Lead Engineer for a contract role focused on data platforms, performance, and agentic AI. You will own the architecture and end-to-end delivery across data generation, analytics, APIs, and user experiences.

The role emphasizes cloud-native systems, latency optimization, and collaboration with product and architecture teams. Remote, EST hours, long-term engagement with potential extensions.