Technical Team Lead

World Wide Technology, Inc.; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 114,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellbeing

Profit Sharing

401k with Company Matching

Life and Disability Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Time Off

Job summary

World Wide Technology in St. Louis is seeking an experienced IT Team Lead to guide a team of analysts and developers across integrations, full‑stack development, SaaS, and AI. You will operate in a fast‑paced environment, collaborating with stakeholders to deliver diverse solutions.

This leadership role emphasizes mentoring, coaching, and ensuring quality while adopting AI tools to accelerate delivery. You will engage with leadership, vendors, and customers to align with the product strategy and

Qualifications

• Bachelors, Masters or MBA degree preferably in computer science or Management Information Systems; A combination of education, training and experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Minimum of 7 years of progressive experience in software development, including 2+ years leading or technically mentoring a team.
• Minimum of 2-5 years prior experience and passion for managing and developing people to their full potential through coaching, mentoring, and servant leadership
• Technical mindset with a track record of using technical judgment, not just process, to set direction, raise quality, and unblock the team.
• Experience applying AI-assisted development tools (for example Copilot or Claude Code) to improve development speed, code quality, and test coverage, and coaching a team to adopt them.
• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, and presentation) for both a technical and non‑technical audience
• Strong understanding of Project Management/business process and how technology can enhance and improve these processes preferred
• Demonstrate ability to gather requirements, including problem definition, requirements elicitation, and impact analysis on complex projects spanning multiple stakeholder communities, design and implementation specs, application configuration, workflow configuration, UI configuration, development of reporting, development of requirement integration components, and testing and QA; must be able to coach the team through this process

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and promote WWT Core Values and best practices
• Grow and develop team members through coaching and effective 1 on 1s
• Create and foster mentoring, quality, diversity, collaboration, and improvement by actively coaching your team members
• Work with the team to provide innovative IT solutions to business challenges that align to the product strategy
• Prepare and deliver informal and formal presentations to own team, department, other IT teams, and business partners
• Inspire lasting relationships with Team Members and Leaders; building trust through proven results and added value

Skills

Software development

Team leadership

Mentoring

AI tools experience

Communication skills

Project management

Education

Bachelors/Masters/MBA in CS or MIS

Tools

Copilot or Claude Code

Job description

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PLEASE NOTE: This position requires permanent U.S. work authorization. Candidates requiring current or future visa sponsorship, including those on OPT, CPT or H1/H4, are not eligible for this role. This role is not open for staffing partners or corp‑to‑corp candidates.

Why WWT?

World Wide Technology (WWT) is a global systems integrator and supply chain solutions provider that brings an innovative and proven approach to how organizations around the world evaluate, architect, and implement technology.

Based in St. Louis, WWT works closely with industry leaders such as Cisco, HP, EMC, NetApp, Citrix, VMware, and Dell, focusing on three market segments: Fortune 500 companies, Service Providers, and the Federal Government. WWT employs over 3,000 people and operates more than 1.5 million square feet of state‑of‑the‑art warehousing, distribution and integration space strategically located throughout the U.S. WWT is also proud to announce that it has been named on the FORTUNE "100 Best Places to Work For ® " list for the past 13 years.

IT Team Lead Expectations

We are looking for a technically minded leader, problem solver, and mentor who can guide a team of analysts and developers while staying close to the craft, with solid domain competency across integrations, full‑stack development, SaaS, AI, and related technologies.

You will operate in a dynamic, fast‑paced environment, supporting a team that delivers diverse solutions to stakeholders across our Services organization. The IT Deal Configuration team applies a broad range of functional and technical skills to build and enhance custom applications, which enables our Services organization to intake, solution, and price new Services opportunities.

This role is expected to adopt an AI‑first mindset, actively leveraging modern AI‑powered tools to improve team development speed, code quality, testing effectiveness, and overall delivery outcomes.

Success in this position will require close collaboration with leadership, business stakeholders, vendors, and service providers to ensure strong execution and effective process integration across the business and with external customers.

As a member of our leadership team, you will:

• Provide leadership and promote WWT Core Values and best practices
• Grow and Develop members of your Team: Understand their goals and work with them to achieve, hold regular and effective 1 on 1s, provide real‑time coaching and engage in difficult conversations as needed, recognize, and reward the right behaviors
• Provide input into team members’ compensation, hire/performance improvement decisions, promotions
• Create and foster an atmosphere of mentoring, quality, diversity, collaboration, and improvement by actively coaching your team members
• Escalate and remove impediments from the teams to help them be as effective as possible
• Work with the team to provide innovative IT solutions to business challenges that align to the product strategy
• Help with the on‑going development and the support of existing business processes
• Facilitate trainings for team members on the tools and project functionalities.
• Participate in the design of complex solutions.
• Provide functional and technical leadership while promoting best practices and direction to team members.
• Hold the team accountable for meeting commitments while adhering to the organization's quality, methodology, and architecture standards
• Manage training budget and provide input to staffing decisions for the team
• Determine and act upon staffing needs of the team in collaboration with other leaders
• Incorporate business feedback into strategic planning and drive towards increased predictability of delivery
• Prepare and deliver informal and formal presentations to own team, department, other IT teams, and business partners
• Inspire lasting relationships with Team Members and Leaders; building trust through proven results and added value
• Think beyond the day to day, talk about possibilities, create milestones and goals to gather support for team vision
• Effectively cope with ambiguity and change, foster an environment of creativity and innovation

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Qualified applicants will have:

• Bachelors, Masters or MBA degree preferably in computer science or Management Information Systems; A combination of education, training and experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Minimum of 7 years of progressive experience in software development, including 2+ years leading or technically mentoring a team.
• Minimum of 2-5 years prior experience and passion for managing and developing people to their full potential through coaching, mentoring, and servant leadership
• Technical mindset with a track record of using technical judgment, not just process, to set direction, raise quality, and unblock the team.
• Experience applying AI-assisted development tools (for example Copilot or Claude Code) to improve development speed, code quality, and test coverage, and coaching a team to adopt them.
• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, and presentation) for both a technical and non‑technical audience
• Strong understanding of Project Management/business process and how technology can enhance and improve these processes preferred
• Demonstrate ability to gather requirements, including problem definition, requirements elicitation, and impact analysis on complex projects spanning multiple stakeholder communities, design and implementation specs, application configuration, workflow configuration, UI configuration, development of reporting, development of requirement integration components, and testing and QA; must be able to coach the team through this process

Preferred locations: MO, FL, NC, TX, AZ, IL, MA, VA, AL, LA, GA, MN, OH, MI, WI, IA, SC

Certain states and localities require employers to post a reasonable estimate of salary range. A reasonable estimate of the current base pay range for this position is $114,00to $171,000 annually. Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors, including shift, location, experience, skill set, performance, licensure and certification, and business needs. The range for this position in other geographic locations may differ. Certain positions may also be eligible for variable incentive compensation, such as bonuses or commissions, that is not included in the base pay.

The well‑being of WWT employees is essential. So, when it comes to our benefits package, WWT has one of the best. We offer the following benefits to all full‑time employees:

• Health and Wellbeing: Health (Medical & Prescription), Dental, and Vision Care, Onsite Health Centers (MO & IL), Employee Assistance Program, Wellness program
• Financial Benefits: Competitive Pay, Profit Sharing, 401k Plan with Company Matching, Life and Disability Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off: PTO & Holidays, Parental Leave, Medical Leave, Military Leave, Bereavement, Day of Caring
• Additional Perks: Family Planning Benefits, Nursing Mothers Benefits, Voluntary Legal, Voluntary Supplemental Accident/Illness/Hospital, Voluntary ID Theft, Pet Insurance, Employee Discount Program

Note: This is not an all‑encompassing list and should not be used as a complete description of the plan’s benefits. For more information, seeour US Benefits Website

We strive to create an environment where all employees are empowered to succeed based on their skills, performance, and dedication. Our goal is to cultivate a culture of belonging that encourages innovation, collaboration, and respect for all team members, ensuring that WWT remains a great place to work for All!

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