Senior Cloud Analytics Tech Lead

Civic Minds; Lynchburg (VA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Civic Minds is seeking a Senior Digital Technical Lead to drive the technical execution of our analytics platform. You will champion cloud-native, secure software architectures and partner with Product Management to deliver enterprise-grade solutions.

You will mentor engineers, coordinate cross-functional delivery, and evaluate AI-enabled tooling while balancing cost, risk, and long-term platform sustainability. This role is based in Lynchburg, VA, with a focus on modern cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of software development experience with enterprise leadership.
• Experience leading software teams and coordinating execution across multiple projects.
• Proven ability to make sound architectural and technology decisions for scalable platforms.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure or AWS).
• Experience with frontend (TypeScript/React) and backend (NET/Java/Python/Node.js).

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical authority for the Analytics platform and define vision and roadmap.
• Translate customer needs into architecture, product capabilities, and release plans.
• Lead design and development of scalable, secure cloud-native software solutions.
• Balance functionality, security, performance, cost, and maintainability in trade-off decisions.
• Drive technology selection, build-versus-buy, and AI adoption decisions.
• Mentor engineers and oversee architecture reviews, code reviews, and best practices.

Skills

Software architecture

Technical leadership

Mentoring engineers

Cloud-native design

AI integration

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/SE/CE

Tools

Azure

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

REST APIs

AI tools (Claude Code Copilot)

Job description

Civic Minds is seeking a Senior Digital Technical Lead to drive the technical execution of our analytics platform. You will champion cloud-native, secure software architectures and partner with Product Management to deliver enterprise-grade solutions.

You will mentor engineers, coordinate cross-functional delivery, and evaluate AI-enabled tooling while balancing cost, risk, and long-term platform sustainability. This role is based in Lynchburg, VA, with a focus on modern cloud platforms.