Technical Lead

Tech Soft Inc.; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Tech Soft Inc. in Reston, VA seeks a Technical Lead to provide day-to-day technical leadership for a Sprint Team, owning direction and code quality while mentoring developers.

The role requires 8+ years in software engineering, hands-on experience with cloud-native stacks, AWS, and CI/CD; you will translate standards, drive tooling adoption, and coordinate cross-team integration.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including leadership
• Hands-on with modern cloud-native stacks
• Experience with AWS services and CI/CD delivery
• Strong communication and collaboration skills

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day technical direction for the Sprint Team
• Own code quality, reviews, and engineering best practices
• Translate architecture standards into team-level implementations
• Mentor developers and support their technical growth
• Partner with Scrum Master and Product Owner on delivery and sprint scope
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted development tooling
• Resolve technical impediments and coordinate cross-team integrations
• Leverage 8+ years of software engineering and leadership experience
• Work with modern cloud-native stacks and cloud service delivery

Skills

Technical leadership

AWS services

Code quality & reviews

AI-assisted tooling awareness

Tools

CI/CD delivery

Job description

**U.S. Citizenship is mandatory for this position**

Position Summary:

The Technical Lead provides day-to-day technical leadership for a Sprint Team, owning technical direction and code quality while mentoring developers and ensuring team solutions align with the program’s cloud-native, AI-augmented architecture standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide day-to-day technical leadership and design direction for the Sprint Team.
• Own code quality, code reviews, and engineering best practices.
• Translate architecture standards into team-level implementation decisions.
• Mentor developers and support their technical growth.
• Partner with the Scrum Master and Product Owner on delivery and sprint scope.
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted development tooling within the team.
• Resolve technical impediments and coordinate cross-team integration points.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including experience in a technical leadership role.
• Strong hands-on development experience with modern cloud-native stacks.
• Experience with AWS services and CI/CD delivery.

Mandatory Skills:

• Technical leadership.
• AWS services.
• Code quality and code review practices.

Non-technical Requirements:

• Ability to prioritize and self-start.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Adaptability and flexibility as priorities shift.
• Collaboration and receptiveness to feedback and client requirements.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Ability to pass a 7-year background check.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Clearance.
• Enthusiasm for learning and continuous improvement.

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Familiarity with AI-assisted developer tooling.