Tech Lead
Title: Tech Lead Contract- 6- 12 Months Interview Process- Torc assessment, SME interview and Client interview MOI: Video Location: hybrid in Malvern, PA-locals Role Overview We are seeking a hands-on Tech Lead to act as the technical authority for one or more strategic initiatives. The Tech Lead will define architecture, service contracts, and technical roadmaps while providing strong engineering leadership across backend, cloud, and frontend concerns.
The short-term emphasis of this role is technical discovery, solution design, and planning, laying the foundation for successful downstream delivery and team scaling.
Key Responsibilities Technical Leadership & Architecture Serve as the lead developer and technical authority for the initiative(s)
Design system architectures and define technical roadmaps
Decompose ambiguous problem spaces into clear, actionable technical plans
Define, document, and negotiate service and API contracts with partner teams
Ensure solutions meet enterprise standards for security, resiliency, and maintainability
Identify technical dependencies, risks, sequencing, and trade-offs
Hands-On Engineering Remain hands-on in development, particularly during implementation phases
Review code and enforce engineering best practices and quality standards
Support complex technical problem-solving across the stack
Collaboration & Planning Work closely with product, partner teams, and stakeholders to shape scope and priorities
Help determine which initiative to start first based on technical readiness and risk
Inform Decisions On Future Team Composition And Required Skillsets Team & Delivery Model Work within a single cross-functional team supporting multiple initiatives (initially not in parallel)
Support a flexible staffing model with engineers rotating in or out based on phase and needs
Contribute to APIs that are primarily internal-facing, with some UI components potentially external-facing
Influence when and how additional engineers are added as scope and priorities become clearer
Required Core Technical Skills (Priority Order) Python or NodeJS (backend) and Angular (frontend) AWS experience, including services such as: ECS, Lambda, S3, Glue DynamoDB Preferred / Learnable Typescript GraphQL Java Experience With Additional Databases (to Be Determined) Ideal Candidate Profile Strong technical depth with a solution-oriented mindset
Proven experience providing technical leadership while remaining hands-on
Strong background in resilient system and cloud-native design
Ability to work effectively across: Backend services, Cloud infrastructure, Frontend/UI concerns
Comfortable operating in environments with high ambiguity and evolving requirements