Technical Lead - Civic Tech (Remote, AWS)

Focus; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Focus is seeking a Technical Lead to steer a team of engineers across Playwright, Python, React, and CI/CD in a federal-civic tech setting. You will guide architecture, ensure automated testing, and coordinate with external vendors and government stakeholders.

You will mentor engineers, drive test data generation, and advance Terraform-based infrastructure, while aligning delivery with FedRAMP and security requirements in a mostly remote US-based team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of leading software teams.
• 5+ years of professional experience developing full-stack applications and tooling using TypeScript and Python.
• Experience writing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform.
• Experience designing complex systems that interact with multiple external services, databases, and third-party APIs.
• Proven experience in cross-functional agile environments and communicating technical updates to stakeholders.
• Prior experience on federal government digital services or civic tech projects.
• Familiarity with FedRAMP compliance standards and observability tooling.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and maintain end-to-end UI/API test suites across product verticals using Playwright and TypeScript.
• Develop data generation tools and synthetic profile generators using Python and REST APIs.
• Create front-end tools in React/TypeScript for external vendors and government stakeholders to generate test scenarios.
• Construct, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines and release gates.
• Lead sprint triage and debugging across a multi-vendor environment.
• Provide feedback through code reviews and mentorship to enforce high-quality standards.

Skills

Team leadership

Full-stack development

TypeScript

Python

CI/CD pipelines

Terraform

AWS GovCloud

FedRAMP

Observability

Vendor coordination

Tools

Terraform

DataDog

AWS GovCloud

Job description

Focus is seeking a Technical Lead to steer a team of engineers across Playwright, Python, React, and CI/CD in a federal-civic tech setting. You will guide architecture, ensure automated testing, and coordinate with external vendors and government stakeholders.

You will mentor engineers, drive test data generation, and advance Terraform-based infrastructure, while aligning delivery with FedRAMP and security requirements in a mostly remote US-based team.