Tech Lead (Senior Consultant, Engineering & Technical Services)

Job Requirements

[Senior Consultant, Engineering & Technical Services] (Technical Lead )

Position Summary: In this role, you will serve as the technical lead for the delivery team, responsible for defining the technical approach, guiding architectural decisions, and ensuring the successful implementation of a secure, scalable, cloud-based filing system. In this role, you will apply deep expertise in backend engineering, cloud architecture, and DevSecOps practices to lead the design and development of complex, event-driven systems. You will work closely with the Program Manager, Scrum Master, and cross-functional engineering teams to ensure solutions are technically sound, compliant with federal security requirements, and aligned with program objectives.

What You'll do

Responsibilities:

• Provide overall technical leadership and direction for the delivery team, ensuring alignment with the approved technical approach and architectural standards.
• Design and oversee cloud-native architectures using AWS Lambda, Step Functions, S3, and DynamoDB.
• Lead backend development efforts using Python, establishing patterns and best practices for maintainable, high-quality code.
• Define and govern API design standards using RESTful principles and OpenAPI specifications.
• Guide the design and implementation of CI/CD pipelines, ensuring automated testing, security scanning, and reliable deployments.
• Lead and mentor a team of five or more engineers, providing technical guidance, code reviews, and architectural oversight.
• Ensure system designs and implementations adhere to federal security requirements, including NIST 800-53 controls and Zero Trust principles.
• Make architectural decisions that balance scalability, performance, security, and long-term maintainability.
• Collaborate with security, DevSecOps, and data teams to ensure secure integration across system components.
• Contribute to system architecture documentation, architectural decision records, and technical roadmaps.
• Support technical discussions with stakeholders and clearly communicate technical decisions and tradeoffs.
• Lead architectural decision-making for the platform, balancing scalability, security, performance, and long-term maintainability in a regulated federal environment

Work Experience
Qualifications Required:

• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience
• Strong experience designing and implementing AWS cloud architectures using Lambda, Step Functions, S3, and DynamoDB.
• Advanced experience with Python backend development in production environments.
• Proven experience designing RESTful APIs and defining interface contracts using OpenAPI.
• Experience designing and overseeing CI/CD pipelines for modern software delivery.
• Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership to teams of five or more engineers.
• Demonstrated experience leading engineers in agile delivery environments, including mentoring, coordination, and technical decision-making across cross-functional teams.
• Strong understanding of federal security requirements, including NIST 800-53 controls and Zero Trust architecture concepts.
• Experience designing and leading distributed, highly available systems that meet strict performance, resiliency, and recovery requirements.
• Experience leading production incident response and root cause analysis, including coordination across engineering, operations, and security teams.
• Demonstrated ability to translate security and compliance requirements into system architecture and technical implementation.
• Experience making, documenting, and defending architectural decisions in regulated or mission-critical environments.
• Demonstrated experience leading engineers in agile delivery environments, including mentoring, coordination, and technical decision-making across cross-functional teams.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• Bachelor's degree or higher.
• Previous experience working on EDGAR or other SEC systems.
• Experience leading or contributing to legacy system modernization initiatives.
• Familiarity with Oracle databases and GoldenGate replication or integration patterns.
• Experience processing XBRL and XML-based data in regulated or data-intensive systems.
• Understanding of data governance, cloud cost optimization, and backup/recovery best practices

Fearless Skills and Competencies:

This role will possess the skills to bridge business objectives with technical execution across software development, infrastructure, security, and testing at an advanced application-level of proficiency. The Sr. Consultant role will work on projects to ensure scalable, secure, and reliable solutions, while mentoring engineers, fostering collaboration, and aligning stakeholders with product and project goals.

• Analytical Thinking: The ability to observe and interpret information, break down complex problems into parts, identify patterns/relationships and draw logical conclusions to develop effective solutions.
• Synthetic Thinking: The ability to combine different ideas, information, or concepts to create a new, complex understanding or solution by integrating disparate elements into a new, meaningful whole.
• Adaptability: Comfort with change, flexibility in the face of shifting demands and resilience to setbacks.
• Ownership & Accountability: Committed to taking responsibility for outcomes, ensuring that all commitments are met with a focus on enhancing service delivery.
• Consultative Advising: Identifies and articulates client challenges, scopes projects and aligns recommendations to business goals and client expectations.
• Communicating with Influence: Capable of crafting and delivering clear, persuasive messages that integrate data insights and structured narratives, tailored to the strategic needs of diverse audiences to drive effective decision-making.
• Managing Priorities & Client Alignment: Skillfully negotiates and manages conflicting priorities to strategically align decisions, enhancing service delivery and client satisfaction.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to sit for extended periods while working on a computer or during meetings.
• Must be able to travel occasionally to client sites or company meetings.
• Ability to communicate effectively via phone, email, and in-person, requiring clear speech, listening, and written communication skills.
• Ability to move within an office environment, including reaching for files, using office equipment, and occasional light lifting (up to 10 pounds).

Benefits

Life at Fearless

We're a digital integration consultancy on a mission to build a better tomorrow. At Fearless, we combine technology, people, and organizational development to solve meaningful problems. Through iterative development, we deliver smart, user-friendly solutions that make tech work better-for everyone.

But great tech is just part of the story. What really makes us Fearless is our Purple Culture.

What Makes Us Purple?

Being Purple means you:

• Are valued as a whole person-not just a job title
• Get matched with work that plays to your strengths and passions
• Are supported by coaches, not micromanagers
• Have the autonomy and clarity to make decisions and drive impact
• Join a community that celebrates equity, curiosity, and innovation
• Do work that matters-every day

We believe in flexibility, growth, and balance. Our benefits and culture are designed to support you in doing your best work-while making space for what matters to you outside of it.

We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer. At Fearless, we're building a workplace that welcomes and respects everyone-across race, gender, age, religion, identity, background, and ability.

Compensation at Fearless

Fearless is committed to providing a competitive compensation package that will meet your current and future needs. Our philosophy is aimed at rewarding team member contributions, supporting long-term financial growth and security, and overall well-being.

We believe in paying people fairly, so we've established a compensation model aimed to ensure everyone at Fearless - regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, nationality, or willingness/ability to negotiate - is consistently paid fairly based on alignment to the needs and requirements of the role.

The salary range for this position is:

Minimum Salary: $114,844

Salary Midpoint: $149,299

Maximum Salary: $183,752

Hiring Range for Role: $114,844-$149,000

*This position is eligible for a discretionary bonus based on individual and company performance criteria.

Benefits at Fearless

At Fearless, we take care of our team-because when you're supported, you can do your best work. We offer a flexible, family-friendly environment with benefits designed to support your health, growth, and life outside of work.

For Full-Time Team Members (Starting Day One):

• Flexible, life-friendly schedules
• 100% coverage for our medical HSA plan + HSA contributions
• Dental & vision covered 100% for you and your dependents
• Competitive premiums for HMO/PPO and dependent coverage
• 401(k) with 4% match & immediate vesting
• Paid Parental Leave and 12 weeks paid FMLA
• Generous PTO, 11 Federal Holidays, a Birthday Holiday, and Sick Leave
• Up to 15 days for Jury Duty and Bereavement Leave
• Education, wellness, and tech allowances
• Referral bonus: $6K-$12K for each successful referral
• Pet insurance & discount plans
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Legal support, life insurance, disability coverage

Reasonable Accommodations

Fearless is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants and candidates with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact the Human Resources Department at hr@fearless.tech .

So, What's Next?

We've refined our hiring approach to make sure every team member is a great fit for Fearless-and that we're a great fit for you, too. If there's alignment, we'll reach out to kick off the interview process. Depending on the role or project, your experience may vary slightly, but it typically includes:

Introductory Interview

You'll connect with a recruiter to:

• Build rapport and get to know each other
• Review your experience and skills
• Talk through salary expectations and role details
• Set expectations for the rest of the process

Skills + Business Fit Interview

This is where we dig deeper to:

• Review findings from any technical assessments
• Walk through situational and values-based questions
• Explore how your approach aligns with Fearless culture and project needs

Some roles may also include customer interviews based on specific project requirements in addition to background check and security clearance requirements.