Senior Technical Coach - DevOps & Agile Delivery

Motion Recruitment; Fort Worth (TX); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment represents a major airline seeking a Technical Coach (Senior Engineer) to join their Delivery Excellence team in Fort Worth, TX. This onsite/hybrid role requires 3 days on site per week and is a 6- to 12-month contract with potential extension or conversion.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years of hands-on software development, strong coaching skills, and experience with DevOps, TDD, pair programming, and modern engineering practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent.
• 8+ years of hands-on software development experience.
• TDD expertise, with fluency in Red Green Refactor.
• Pair programming experience (Driver/Navigator).
• Refactoring and code reviews experience.
• XP, BDD, OO design patterns, and automation knowledge.
• Proficiency in Java and/or Python, plus an OO language.
• AI and ML experience.
• Coaching/mentoring or developer enablement experience; leadership preferred.
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps tools across the lifecycle.
• Strong verbal and written communication.

Responsibilities

• Coach teams in an immersive dojo/coaching space.
• Embed with teams to design and implement coaching interventions.
• Lead large pairing/mobbing sessions to maximize learning.
• Evaluate products and architectures for opportunities.
• Facilitate Value Stream Mapping sessions to improve flow.
• Define and curate leading indicators and metrics.
• Serve as go-to expert on modern tech, architecture, and DevOps practices.
• Design facilitator-led materials on modern engineering practices.
• Work with teams and leadership to influence engineering culture.
• Contribute to the developer experience platform to reduce friction.

Skills

Hands-on coding

TDD

Pair programming

Refactoring

XP methodologies

Java/Python

AI/ML

Coaching/Mentoring

CI/CD

DevOps

Leadership

Education

Bachelors in CS or related

Tools

CI/CD tools

Code review tools

Job description

Motion Recruitment represents a major airline seeking a Technical Coach (Senior Engineer) to join their Delivery Excellence team in Fort Worth, TX. This onsite/hybrid role requires 3 days on site per week and is a 6- to 12-month contract with potential extension or conversion.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years of hands-on software development, strong coaching skills, and experience with DevOps, TDD, pair programming, and modern engineering practices.