Tech Lead / Engineering Lead

247Hire; Burbank (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

247Hire in Burbank, California is seeking an Engineering Lead to oversee and guide a skilled engineering team. This role emphasizes architecture evolution, robust coding standards, and a collaborative culture of continuous learning.

Applicants should have over 8 years of full-stack development experience, proficient in Java/Spring Boot, and modern JavaScript frameworks. The role promotes best practices in DevOps with a strong focus on AWS-native architectures and CI/CD workflows.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in full-stack development required.
• Strong proficiency in Java/Spring Boot and modern frontend frameworks.
• Proven experience in AWS-native architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical execution and architectural evolution of projects.
• Champion performance, security, and operational readiness.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote a culture of continuous learning.

Skills

Full-stack development

Java/Spring Boot

Angular or React/Vue

DevOps

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

As the Engineering Lead, you are the most senior engineer embedded on the team. You own the technical execution, uphold engineering excellence, and guide the POD in building scalable, resilient, and maintainable solutions. You partner closely with the Technical Product Owner (TPO) and work alongside product, data, and platform teams to ensure delivery is not just timely—but aligned to our architecture standards, platform ecosystem, and long‑term business goals. This is a hands‑on leadership role – you’ll code, review, mentor, and architect, while fostering a culture of curiosity, craftsmanship, and continuous learning.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve architecture aligned to the organization’s platform and enterprise patterns, emphasizing modularity, composability, and scalability.
• Design and implement service boundaries, integration strategies, and APIs leveraging modern architectural approaches such as event‑driven, microservices, and serverless.
• Collaborate with platform, data, and architecture teams to define consistent patterns for application layering, schema alignment, and observability.
• Balance pragmatic delivery with a vision for long‑term extensibility—minimizing rework while avoiding premature complexity.
• Lead coding standards, code reviews, and automated testing practices (unit, integration, and E2E).
• Guide adoption of best‑in‑class CI/CD workflows, observability, and infrastructure as code.
• Champion performance, security, and operational readiness in every stage of the software development lifecycle.
• Serve as a player‑coach—modeling strong engineering practices, pair programming, and problem solving in real‑time.
• Mentor junior and mid‑level engineers, helping them grow in system thinking, modern development, and technical decision‑making.
• Encourage a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and experimentation.
• Define and enforce non‑functional requirements (latency, error budgets, fault tolerance).
• Surface technical risks early and propose mitigation strategies—whether performance bottlenecks, integration gaps, or legacy constraints.
• Embed testing, monitoring, and alerting into the development process to enable operational visibility and runtime stability.
• Work with the TPO to shape a balanced backlog that delivers user value while addressing technical debt and foundational needs.
• Coordinate with platform and DevOps teams to align on shared services, environments, and deployment pipelines.
• Support technical spikes, proof‑of‑concepts, and rapid prototyping that accelerate product discovery and de‑risk delivery.

Requirements

• 8+ years in full‑stack development.
• Experience building distributed systems with strong proficiency in Java/Spring Boot, Angular (or React/Vue).
• DevOps fluency (8+ years) – proven track record designing and delivering AWS‑native architectures (Lambda, API Gateway/AppSync, Step Functions, EventBridge, DynamoDB/RDS, S3).
• 8+ years of CI/CD experience – hands‑on with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or AWS CodePipeline), Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation/CDK/Terraform), and automated testing frameworks.
• Manage stability, automate deployments, and maintain the integrity of development across environments (Dev, QA, Prod).

Soft Skills

Lead from within – hands‑on, guiding the team through code, collaboration, and curiosity.

Build with purpose – care not only about the “how” but also the “why.”

Navigate complexity pragmatically – know when to deliver fast and when to invest in foundational work; manage trade‑offs with clarity.

Uphold a systemic view – think beyond features to performance, observability, integration integrity, and long‑term maintainability.

Coach, don’t command – elevate those around you by teaching, unblocking, and modeling, not micromanaging.

Promote adaptability – agility is more than ceremonies; it’s about evolving continuously, iterating with purpose, and learning from feedback.

Platform & Integration Alignment

You’ve built applications that conform to enterprise patterns, used shared services and governed schemas, and participated in data integration and stewardship efforts alongside data engineers and architects.

Product‑Oriented Engineering

Prioritize outcomes over output, advocate for customer‑centric design, and support experimentation through rapid prototyping and iterative delivery.

Communication & Leadership Clarity

Bridge the technical and non‑technical, articulating trade‑offs, progress, and risks to cross‑functional partners and stakeholders.

Bias for Action

Solution‑oriented, unblock yourself and others, and take initiative even in ambiguity. Keep momentum moving.