Donte Jean Pierre

IDR is seeking a Technical Delivery Lead to join one of our top clients for a remote opportunity. This role will serve as the hands-on technical lead for a cloud-based application modernization initiative, combining software development, solution architecture, and technical team leadership.

This is an ideal opportunity for a strong software engineer who has progressed into technical leadership but remains highly hands-on with development. You’ll lead a lean engineering team, contribute directly to the codebase, make key architecture decisions, and help establish best practices around modern AI-assisted software development.

Position Overview for the Technical Delivery Lead:

• Serve as the hands-on technical lead and design authority for a modern cloud-based web application

• Lead a lean software development team of approximately 2–3 engineers while actively contributing to development

• Own technical design and architecture decisions across AWS, backend services/APIs, frontend development, and cloud infrastructure

• Lead application development across a modern full-stack environment, including a strong AWS backend and React-based frontend

• Drive sprint planning, technical decision-making, code quality, troubleshooting, testing, and deployment readiness

• Utilize AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or similar platforms while establishing strong practices around code quality, testing, review, and maintainability

• Mentor developers and help the team effectively leverage AI-assisted development without sacrificing engineering standards

• Partner with technical and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable, maintainable solutions

Requirements for the Technical Delivery Lead:

• Strong professional software engineering background with recent hands-on development experience

• Proven experience as a Technical Lead, Lead Software Engineer, Senior/Staff Engineer, hands-on Software Architect, or similar technical leadership role

• Strong full-stack development experience with the ability and willingness to write and review production code

• Experience designing and developing cloud-native applications in AWS

• Strong backend development experience and familiarity with modern frontend frameworks such as React

• Experience with modern application architecture, APIs, containerized workloads, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code

• Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or comparable technologies

• Strong understanding of software engineering best practices including testing, code quality, maintainability, security, and scalable application design

• Demonstrated ability to make and clearly explain architecture decisions, technical tradeoffs, and design approaches

• Ability to lead and mentor developers while remaining technically hands-on

• Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively with both technical and business stakeholders

• Must be able to work 7:30 AM–4:30 PM Central Time

Preferred Experience:

• Python and/or FastAPI

• React, JavaScript, or TypeScript

• AWS ECS/Fargate, RDS/Aurora, S3, or similar AWS services

• Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code technologies

• PostgreSQL

• AWS Bedrock or other Generative AI/LLM technologies

• Authentication/authorization, RBAC, SSO, and secure application development

• Experience delivering applications in regulated or compliance-driven environments

What's in it for you?

• Competitive compensation package

• Full Benefits; Medical, Vision, Dental, and more!

• Opportunity to get in with an industry-leading organization

• Opportunity to lead a modern application development initiative while remaining hands-on with emerging technologies

Why IDR?

• 25+ Years of Proven Industry Experience in 4 major markets

• Employee Stock Ownership Program

• Dedicated Engagement Manager who is committed to you and your success

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance

• ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing® Client and Talent Award winner 12 years in a row