Technical Coach

Eliassen Group; Fort Worth (TX); Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Technical Coach in Fort Worth, TX to raise engineering discipline and improve delivery flow. You will coach in the work by pairing in code, shaping team routines, and making improvements measurable and durable.

You will influence without authority and leave teams more capable and independent. Hybrid work arrangement with 3–4 days on-site and a focus on XP, Lean, and AI-assisted development to drive end-to-end value for customers.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering software with pair programming and refactoring guidance.
• XP practices including test-first development, continuous integration, and trunk-based development.
• Legacy code techniques and risk-driven modernization.
• Experience with AI-assisted development and evaluating AI tooling.

Responsibilities

• Coach engineers, architects, scrum leads, and engineering managers in XP and Lean ways of working.
• Partner with Product Coaches to align technical decisions, sequencing, and tradeoffs with product outcomes.
• Coach teams to apply systems thinking using story maps and discovery trees to clarify outcomes and connect technical work to customer value.
• Enable small-batch delivery by slicing work, shortening feedback loops, and deploying frequently with strong tests and CI/CD.
• Communicate progress with evidence, impact, and next steps.
• Hold a high standard while adapting to context without lowering the bar.

Skills

Pair programming

XP practices

Lean delivery

CI/CD

DevOps practices

Systems thinking

AI tooling

Tools

AI coding tools

Job description

Description:

Hybrid 3 to 4 days a week in Fort Worth, TX

Our client seeks a Technical Coach to raise engineering discipline and improve delivery flow. You will coach in the work by pairing in code, shaping team routines, and making improvements measurable and durable. You will influence without authority and leave teams more capable and independent.

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 $120.00/hr. w2

JN -072026-107776

Responsibilities:

• Coach engineers, architects, scrum leads, and engineering managers in XP and Lean ways of working.
• Partner with Product Coaches to align technical decisions, sequencing, and tradeoffs with product outcomes.
• Coach teams to apply systems thinking, using story maps and discovery trees to clarify outcomes, explore options, slice work thin, and connect technical work to end-to- end customer value.
• Enable small-batch delivery by helping teams slice work thin, shorten feedback loops, and deploy frequently and confidently through strong tests, design, and CI/CD.
• Communicate progress with evidence, including what changed, the impact, and what is next.
• Hold a high standard without being dogmatic and adapt to context without lowering the bar.

Experience Requirements:

• Software delivery with ability to pair in production code, review designs, and coach refactoring with confidence.
• XP practices including test-first development, refactoring, pairing or ensemble work, continuous integration, and trunk-based development.
• Legacy code techniques including characterization tests, safe refactoring, and risk-driven modernization.
• Test strategy across micro or unit testing, mutation testing, and pragmatic use of the test pyramid.
• Delivery enablement with test automation, CI/CD, and DevOps practices that shorten feedback loops.
• Lean delivery including visualizing work, removing bottlenecks, and value stream mapping.
• Metrics and forecasting using flow metrics and probabilistic forecasting to support learning rather than to police teams.
• AI-assisted development with hands-on experience using AI coding tools and agent-based workflows, including vibe coding practices, and ability to coach constitutional AI principles so AI-generated work remains auditable and aligned with team standards.