Technical Team Lead (Java)

Dev Technology; Ashburn (VA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Technical Team Lead to guide a talented group of developers in delivering mission-critical web applications for government clients. This role emphasizes collaboration, mentorship, and technical leadership, ensuring that the team effectively meets client needs while fostering an environment of continuous learning and improvement. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in Java development and Agile methodologies, along with excellent communication skills. Join a forward-thinking company that values innovation and offers a supportive culture, along with opportunities for career growth and development.

Benefits

Generous flexible time-off policy

Flexible work schedules

Telework options

Career development opportunities

Tuition reimbursement

401K matching

Regular social events

Community engagement support

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in IT, with at least 5 years in Java development.
• Experience leading a technical team and working in Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to a team of developers and testers.
• Mentor team members and facilitate collaboration with stakeholders.

Skills

Java Application Development

Agile Methodologies

Team Leadership

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Cloud Development

Automated Testing

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Jira

Git

Bamboo

Jenkins

SonarQube

Job description

Clearance: U.S. Citizenship is required. Must be able to obtain CBP Public Trust clearance

Dev Technology Group is hiring a Technical Team Lead with a focus on Java applications to support our team in serving a dynamic government customer delivering mission-critical functionality for web-based applications. We are looking for an experienced technical team lead who has strong communication skills, clear technical understanding, a desire to learn new things, and a customer focus. The ideal candidate will work collaboratively, serve team members, and enjoy learning new technologies and business areas.

What You'll Be Doing: You will be responsible for providing technical leadership to a team of 8 to 14 developers and testers, ultimately ensuring work gets completed accurately and effectively by enabling team members to work together and grow their skills, and facilitating with other teams and stakeholders. You will support complex problem-solving, provide input to technical design, and suggest process improvement. You will provide mentorship to developers and collaborate closely with your government technical lead. You will ensure a cohesive team effort is applied to all challenges that come your way.

Required Education, Experience, and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree plus at least 10 years of work experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least 5 years of experience developing Java applications and associated frameworks
• At least 1 year of experience leading a technical team, formally or informally
• At least 3 years of experience working in a story-based Agile team development environment using Jira or a similar tool
• At least 1 year of experience working in an automated development environment, using CI/CD tools such as Git, Bamboo, Jenkins, SonarQube
• Experience with Spring and Spring Boot
• Experience with Hibernate or MyBatis
• Experience writing automated unit tests
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal
• Experience working to translate business requirements into working code
• Ability to collaborate with team members to ensure client needs and expectations are met or exceeded
• Experience developing in and deploying to a Cloud environment (such as Amazon Web Services)

Preferred Education, Experience, and Skills:

• Experience with JMS (e.g., IBM MQ, ActiveMQ)
• Experience working on a federal government project

Who We Are

Dev Technology is a growing IT company with an employee-centric culture that works on mission-critical projects for the federal government. We partner with our federal customers to deliver technology services and solutions, and to drive our client’s missions forward through innovation. We use Agile and DevSecOps principles to provide services including application development, biometrics and identity management, cloud and infrastructure optimization, IT and legacy modernization, and data management.

As a Washington Post Top Workplace award winner for the past ELEVEN years in a row, the Top Workplaces USA for the past three years, and a recipient of the Companies As Responsive Employers (CARE) Award for the past four years, Dev Technology employees enjoy:

• Generous and flexible time-off policy
• Flexible work schedules and telework options, including remote work availability for eligible projects
• Career development opportunities including a mentorship program, technical and management training through Dev University, hands-on learning through DevLab, tuition reimbursement, and paid training opportunities
• Industry-leading benefits including a choice of two health plans that include dental and vision, flexible spending account, commuter benefits, life insurance, and more
• 401K matching with a 5% matching contribution
• Regular team and company social events including our annual party, happy hours, fitness challenges, and more
• A focus on community engagement including company wide support activities, employer match for donations, and time off for volunteer efforts

Dev Technology Group operates in the following states: AL, AR, AZ, CO, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, MD, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV.