Senior Technical Lead | Onsite - Delaware

Key Responsibilities Lead a cross-functional engineering team to deliver application, cloud, and infrastructure modernization initiatives. Translate architect-defined target-state designs and modernization roadmaps into actionable delivery plans, sprint tasks, and implementation standards. Assess existing systems for modernization opportunities and provide technical input and recommendations to solution and enterprise architects. Analyze existing applications, architectures, codebases, and operational metrics to identify modernization gaps and recommend pragmatic technical solutions (refactoring, replatforming, rearchitecting, or migration), including cost, risk, and effort estimates. Drive hands-on delivery of cloud-native, microservices-based, API-driven, and event-driven solutions aligned to approved architecture designs. Collaborate with solution architects, product owners, and engineering managers to break down technical requirements into deliverable work items. Enforce engineering standards, coding best practices, and architectural guidelines across the SDLC. Conduct code reviews, technical design reviews, and proof-of-concepts; recommend practical implementation approaches. Mentor and coach developers on cloud technologies, DevOps practices, security, and modernization techniques. Identify, track, and escalate technical risks, delivery blockers, and cross-team dependencies to programme architects and engineering leadership. Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field. 8+ years of software engineering experience with at least 3 years in a technical lead or senior engineer role. Hands-on experience delivering application modernization and cloud migration programmes. Experience in building large scale websites with C# and React using modern frameworks and approaches such as domain driven design and micro frontends. Proficiency in cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. Strong experience with microservices, APIs, containerization, Kubernetes, and modern integration patterns. Strong communication, team leadership, and problem-solving skills; able to work effectively with architects and product stakeholders. Preferred Skills Familiarity with Enterprise Architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman) as a consumer. Cloud certifications (Associate or Professional level). Domain Driven & Event-driven architecture implementation experience. Exposure to generative AI feature delivery experience. Agile and Scaled Agile Frameworks (SAFe) exposure. Experience 8–12+ years of overall IT experience. 3+ years leading engineering teams in cloud modernization or digital transformation delivery programmes.