Development Team Lead
cherry bekaertChicago, IL
Development LeadRemote (Eastern Time Preferred) | $150,000 - $170,000 + Bonus
Position Summary:
We are seeking a Development Lead to provide technical leadership for a growing software engineering team supporting strategic internal platforms and AI-enabled initiatives. This individual will serve as a hands-on technical leader, partnering with software engineers, business stakeholders, and leadership teams to design, build, and support scalable enterprise applications. This role is ideal for a senior engineer or technical lead who enjoys a blend of architecture, development, mentoring, and delivery leadership.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the design, development, and delivery of enterprise software applications
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams
- Partner with business and technical stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable solutions
- Conduct code reviews and promote engineering best practices
- Support solution architecture, technical design, and delivery planning
- Troubleshoot complex technical issues and support production environments
- Participate in Agile development activities, including sprint planning, estimation, and backlog refinement
- Collaborate with U.S. and offshore development resources
- Support technical hiring and team growth initiatives
Qualifications:
- 8+ years of software engineering experience
- Prior experience as a Technical Lead, Lead Developer, Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, or similar role
- Strong hands-on experience with Python and modern backend development frameworks such as FastAPI or Flask
- Experience building REST APIs and microservices architectures
- Experience with React, Next.js, and TypeScriptExperience with PostgreSQL or other relational databases
- Experience with Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud platforms such as AWS or AzureStrong understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Preferred Experience
- Distributed systems and asynchronous processing
- Event-driven architectures and workflow orchestration
- Kafka, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus, SQS, or similar messaging technologies
- Microservices and platform engineeringOAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), and API securityAI applications, LLM integrations, or agentic workflows
- Experience leading globally distributed engineering teams
What We Offer:
- Opportunity to help shape a strategic enterprise platform
- High visibility across the organization
- Exposure to AI, automation, and emerging technologies
- Collaborative and entrepreneurial engineering environment
- Competitive compensation and benefits package
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