Technical Agile Engineering Coach

Eliassen Group; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 137,760 - 148,780; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401k with company match

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Technical Coach in Fort Worth, TX who has experience leading mobile developers or currently serves as a Sr mobile developer. The role focuses on elevating engineering capabilities, practices, and architecture to enable faster, more reliable software delivery with measurable business outcomes.

W2 benefits include medical, dental, vision, 401k with company match, and life insurance.

Qualifications

• Experience leading mobile developers or as Sr mobile developer.
• Ability to elevate engineering capabilities, practices, and architecture.
• Knowledge of XP practices, clean code, refactoring, and testing strategies.
• Experience delivering measurable business outcomes through technical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Apply systems analysis techniques to determine specifications.
• Coach developers to design, develop, and modify systems and prototypes.
• Assess current practices and identify improvement opportunities.
• Coach on XP practices, refactoring, and test strategies.
• Help teams implement metrics like cycle time and throughput.
• Guide teams in lean thinking and continuous learning.
• Collaborate with product coaches to align technical approaches with value streams.
• Facilitate Value Stream Mapping and Story Mapping to improve flow.
• Provide progress updates showing impact to leadership.
• Tailor coaching to team maturity and current capabilities.
• Drive improvements in delivery speed, quality, and reliability.

Skills

Systems analysis

Coaching teams

XP practices

Clean code

Refactoring

Testing strategies

CI/CD

DevOps practices

Lean metrics

Value Stream Mapping

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

DevOps tooling

Job description

Hybrid 4 days a week onsite in Fort Worth, TX

Must have experience leading mobile developers or currently working as a Sr mobile dev.

The Technical Coach will elevate engineering capabilities, practices, and architecture to enable faster and more reliable software delivery with a focus on measurable business outcomes. The role applies advanced systems analysis, software design, and development expertise while guiding teams in XP practices, clean code, refactoring, testing strategies, and DevOps. The coach collaborates with product coaching to align technical approaches with value streams and operational metrics, demonstrating clear ROI through regular assessments.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $100.00 to $108/hr. w2

Responsibilities

• Apply systems analysis techniques and consult with users to determine software or system functional specifications.
• Coach developers to design, develop, document, analyze, create, test, or modify systems or programs, including prototypes, based on user or system design specifications.
• Assess current technical practices and identify specific improvement opportunities.
• Coach developers, architects, and engineering leaders on XP practices, clean code principles, and refactoring techniques.
• Help teams implement technical and lean metrics such as cycle time, throughput, and forecasting.
• Guide teams in adopting improved practices through systems thinking and continuous learning within the existing environment.
• Collaborate with product coaches to align technical approaches with product objectives, value streams, and business outcomes.
• Facilitate Value Stream Mapping, Story Mapping, and Discovery Trees to improve flow, learning, and prioritization.
• Provide regular progress updates and evidence of impact to the transformation leadership.
• Tailor coaching to meet teams at their current capability level and maturity.
• Drive measurable improvements in delivery speed, predictability, quality, reliability, architecture, and technical debt reduction.

Experience Requirements

• Expertise in programming fundamentals and software craftsmanship.
• Proficiency in identifying code smells and applying refactoring for maintainability and quality.
• Experience with testing strategies, feedback loops, and the test pyramid.
• Hands‑on practice with XP methods including pair programming, TDD, and continuous integration.
• Knowledge of clean code principles and simple design.
• Experience implementing lean metrics and forecasting for predictable delivery.
• Ability to facilitate Value Stream Mapping, Story Mapping, and Discovery Trees.
• Systems thinking applied to optimize end‑to‑end outcomes.
• Familiarity with architecture patterns and system design.
• Experience with test automation, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.
• Skill in managing technical debt and improving software quality.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre‑tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked‑in state/locality.