Technical Lead, Software Integrations

Crane Worldwide Logistics; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly Incentive Plan

Paid Time Off 17 days

Medical, Dental and Vision benefits

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Recognition

Paid Volunteer Time

Employee Discounts

Wellness Incentives

Job summary

Crane Worldwide Logistics in Houston, TX seeks a Technical Lead to serve as lead engineer for a Software Integrations team. You will own solution design, guide technical direction, mentor engineers, and deliver greenfield integration platforms that support critical business operations.

This role reports to the Engineering Manager, requires 8+ years of experience, deep .NET/F#, Kafka, and AWS, and involves architectural decisions, code reviews, and helping scale cloud-native services.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering delivering production systems.
• Deep expertise in .NET ecosystem, F#, and functional programming principles.
• Strong experience designing and operating event-driven systems with Kafka.
• Cloud-native applications on AWS with CI/CD, testing, and observability.
• Strong software architecture, API design, and integration patterns.
• Proven ability to lead design reviews and architecture discussions.
• Comfortable shaping approaches for greenfield initiatives through delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery, solution design, and major initiative decisions.
• Set and evolve engineering standards and architectural patterns.
• Drive scalable, observable, reliable systems and platform capabilities.
• Mentor engineers, conduct technical interviews, and support hiring.
• Collaborate with Product, Platform, and Data teams to deliver solutions.

Skills

Leadership

.NET/F#

Kafka

AWS

CI/CD

Distributed systems

Solution design

Technical mentoring

Architectural patterns

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

IAH1 USA Houston TX
1500 Rankin Road
Houston, TX 77073, USA

At Crane Worldwide Logistics, we’re building resilient software systems that connect critical business platforms across transportation, warehousing, freight forwarding, finance, and customer-facing applications. We are seeking a Technical Lead to serve as the lead engineer for a Software Integrations team, collaborating closely with Engineering Managers and other technical leaders to shape engineering standards and technical direction. This role combines architecture ownership, technical leadership, engineering mentorship, and hands‑on software development. You will lead solution design, guide technical direction, mentor engineers, and help deliver greenfield integration platforms and services that support critical business operations. This role reports to the Engineering Manager and does not include direct people management responsibilities.

Essential Job Functions

Technical Leadership

• Lead technical discovery, solution design, and decision‑making for major initiatives.
• Collaborate across Software Integrations teams to establish and evolve shared engineering standards and architectural patterns.
• Drive continuous improvement of team‑owned systems, engineering practices, and platform capabilities, promoting scalability, reliability, maintainability, observability, and operational excellence.
• Serve as the primary technical advisor to the Engineering Manager and team stakeholders.

Software Engineering & Delivery

• Design, develop, and support cloud‑native, event‑driven integration systems in AWS using .NET/F# and Kafka.
• Build and maintain APIs and backend services supporting business‑critical operational systems.
• Collaborate with Product, Business, Platform, and Data Engineering teams to deliver high‑quality solutions.
• Mentor engineers in software design, coding practices, cloud architecture, and operational excellence.
• Guide technical decisions during implementation and help engineers solve complex technical challenges.
• Lead technical interview rounds and provide hiring recommendations for engineering candidates.
• Partner with the Engineering Manager to onboard and develop new engineers.

Physical Requirements

• Job may require extended sitting or standing, use of standard office equipment.
• Talking, hearing, and using hands to operate computer equipment. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
• May require travel to client and site locations to support implementation activities, including on‑site presence during go‑live periods.
• Job will require presence at the assigned work location.

Education and Experience

Required

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience designing and delivering production software systems.
• Deep expertise within the .NET ecosystem, including significant experience with F# and functional programming principles.
• Strong experience designing and operating event‑driven systems using Kafka and related messaging technologies.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems concepts, including consistency, resilience, fault tolerance, concurrency, and system scalability.
• Experience building cloud‑native applications and services on AWS using modern engineering practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, and observability.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, API design, domain modeling, and integration patterns.
• Proven ability to lead technical design reviews, architecture discussions, and engineering decision‑making processes.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguous environments, shaping technical approaches for greenfield initiatives, and driving solutions from concept through delivery.

Preferred

• Experience with Infrastructure‑as‑Code technologies such as Terraform.
• Experience designing integrations between enterprise business systems (ERP, TMS, WMS, financial, or operational platforms).
• Experience working in logistics, transportation, supply chain, or related business domains.
• Open‑source contributions, technical publications, conference presentations, or other examples of engineering thought leadership.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience.

WHY SHOULD YOU WORK FOR CRANE?

At Crane, we believe in providing our employees with excellent benefits at a Great Place to Work.

• Quarterly Incentive Plan
• 136 hours of Paid Time Off which equals 17 days for the year, that can be used for Sick Time or for Personal Use
• Excellent Medical, Dental and Vision benefits
• Tuition Reimbursement for education related to your job
• Employee Recognition and Rewards Program
• Paid Volunteer Time to support a cause that is close to your heart and contributes to our communities
• Employee Discounts
• Wellness Incentives that can go up to $100 per year for completing challenges, in addition to a discount on contribution rates

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