Senior Engineering Leader - Cloud, AI & Distributed Systems

TechDoQuest; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

TechDoQuest is seeking a Senior Manager, Full Stack Development to provide strategic leadership across multiple engineering teams delivering complex, highly available distributed systems on AWS using Go, Python, and Node.js on Kubernetes-based platforms such as EKS and OpenShift.

You will own the engineering practice at the program level, setting a compelling technical vision, building high-performing teams, mentoring leaders, and engaging with client executives to align delivery with business

Qualifications

• 12-15 years of software engineering experience with distributed systems
• 5+ years in senior engineering leadership roles
• Expert-level proficiency in Go and Python, with strong working proficiency in Node.js
• Deep hands-on AWS architecture experience including EKS and OpenShift
• Experience designing and scaling automation frameworks and IaC at program level
• Executive presence and communication with C-level stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic engineering leadership across multiple full stack development teams
• Own the architectural vision and technical roadmap for distributed systems programs on AWS, EKS, and OpenShift
• Define and govern engineering standards, coding practices, architectural patterns, and quality benchmarks at the practice level
• Lead AWS infrastructure strategy across programs, including cost optimization, security governance, resilience design, and platform evolution
• Drive automation-first culture across CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, testing, and operational practices at scale
• Build, grow, and retain a high-performing engineering organization; own workforce planning, hiring strategy, and senior talent development
• Serve as the primary engineering executive for client stakeholders, building trusted relationships and driving strategic alignment
• Own program-level delivery commitments, escalation management, and risk mitigation across engagements
• Partner with practice leads, account executives, and delivery leadership to shape proposals, scope engagements, and grow the account
• Establish and drive the AI-assisted engineering strategy across the practice, setting standards and governance for adoption
• Mentor Managers and Technical Leads to drive delivery efficiency and governance
• Represent the engineering practice in internal leadership forums and contribute to organizational capability building

Skills

Distributed Systems

AWS (incl. EKS)

OpenShift

Automation (CI/CD & IaC)

Go

Python

Node.js

AI-Assisted Software Development

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Job description

TechDoQuest is seeking a Senior Manager, Full Stack Development to provide strategic leadership across multiple engineering teams delivering complex, highly available distributed systems on AWS using Go, Python, and Node.js on Kubernetes-based platforms such as EKS and OpenShift.

You will own the engineering practice at the program level, setting a compelling technical vision, building high-performing teams, mentoring leaders, and engaging with client executives to align delivery with business