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

Fearless•Baltimore, MD

2d•$120,588 - $163,000•Remote

About The Position

Fearless is seeking an Engineering Technical Lead as part of its Senior Consultant, Engineering & Technical Services career path. The role leads the technical design and delivery of a new student-facing web portal for a public-sector education client. The portal will allow students to securely review college admissions offers, compare financial aid packages, and confirm enrollment. Agency staff will use it to manage admissions data and securely transmit enrollment decisions to participating institutions. The role owns the technical architecture and leads AI-assisted full-stack development using TypeScript, React, and AWS. It will help ensure the client can operate and extend the platform independently beyond the initial MVP launch targeted for mid-2027. This is a fully remote role with periodic travel to Massachusetts for client working sessions. The Senior Consultant collaborates across teams to align technical vision, implementation, and software quality across development, reliability, testing, and operations. The role bridges business objectives with advanced-level technical execution in software development, infrastructure, security, and testing. It delivers scalable, secure, and reliable solutions, mentors engineers, fosters collaboration, and aligns stakeholders with product and project goals. The position also supports client engagement, roadmap development beyond the MVP, presentations and demonstrations, and transfer of operational knowledge to client technical staff. The successful candidate will build trust with customers and teammates, communicate technical solutions to technical and non-technical audiences, and proactively manage delivery risks and client priorities.

Requirements

At least 7 years of experience in software engineering, technical leadership, or related roles.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
Demonstrated experience delivering production software using agentic AI coding tools, with tests written first, human-in-the-loop review, traceability, and quality controls.
Proven technical leadership experience leading development teams, defining architecture, and owning end-to-end technical delivery.
Strong full-stack development background with TypeScript/Node, React, and REST API design and implementation.
Experience designing and deploying AWS applications using containers (ECS Fargate), serverless functions and queues (Lambda, SQS), and managed PostgreSQL (RDS).
Proficiency with infrastructure as code using Terraform and building CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments.
Experience with ORM layers such as Prisma or Sequelize.
Deep knowledge of secure web application development, including single sign-on, OIDC token-based API authentication, JWT and OAuth client credentials, and role-based access control.
Hands-on experience with OWASP Top Ten protections and securing applications that handle sensitive personal data.
Proven ability to deliver accessible web applications meeting WCAG standards and mobile-responsive design requirements.
Experience with Agile, iterative delivery, and regular stakeholder demonstrations.
Ability to explain technical trade-offs clearly to non-technical stakeholders and lead live working sessions with client staff.
Must be based in and work from the United States.
Must be able to pass a criminal background check.
Advanced application proficiency in the listed skills and competencies, including analytical and synthetic thinking, adaptability, ownership and accountability, consultative advising, communicating with influence, and managing priorities and client alignment.
Ability to sit for extended periods while working on a computer or during meetings.
Ability to travel occasionally to client sites or company meetings, potentially by driving or flying.
Ability to communicate effectively by phone, email, and in person, including clear speech, listening, and written communication.
Ability to move within an office environment, reach for files, use office equipment, and occasionally lift up to 10 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Hands-on experience designing and shipping agentic AI solutions, rather than only using AI tools.
Background delivering student-facing digital services or education technology platforms.
Experience building custom software for government, education, or other public-sector clients.
Track record delivering public-facing portals or transactional applications at scale.
Familiarity with FERPA and other student data privacy requirements.
Knowledge of Zero Trust architecture per NIST SP 800-207, rate limiting, and API traffic management.
Experience integrating with state or government identity platforms.
Background in design systems used in government digital services.
Data integration experience with file-processing pipelines, data validation, error handling, or integrations with CRMs or information systems.
Familiarity with responsible AI frameworks such as the NIST AI Risk Management Framework.

Responsibilities

Lead the technical design and architecture of a modular, cloud-native web portal on AWS that can add services over time.
Build and lead full-stack development using TypeScript/Node, React, PostgreSQL, and REST APIs.
Define and implement infrastructure as code using Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and automated deployments across development, test, staging, and production environments.
Design and build integrations with government identity platforms using OpenID Connect (OIDC).
Build integrations for loading, validating, and reprocessing admissions data files.
Design secure data exchange with colleges through contract-first APIs, secure file transfer, or CRM integration.
Lead the team's AI-assisted development practice, using agentic AI tools to accelerate requirements refinement, prototyping, coding, testing, and documentation with human review and traceability.
Work with stakeholders to translate high-level business needs into detailed technical requirements and build working prototypes for iterative review.
Build security and privacy into the platform, including Zero Trust API design, token-based authentication, role-based access control, encryption, audit logging, and secrets management.
Build automated accessibility checks into the pipeline and work with design and QA on manual and assistive-technology testing.
Plan for high availability, resilience, and scale to support traffic spikes during student enrollment periods.
Proactively identify technical risks, dependencies, and scope issues on a fixed-price engagement.
Produce architecture and operational documentation and train client technical staff to support long-term ownership of the solution.
Contribute to shaping the product roadmap beyond the MVP and participate in client presentations and demos.
Foster collaboration across teams, take initiative, and drive conversations.
Coach, mentor, and develop peers, and communicate engineering solutions clearly and persuasively to technical and non-technical audiences.
Deliver high-quality code and maintainable systems, and implement innovative solutions using engineering best practices, tools, frameworks, and methodologies.
Align stakeholders with product and project goals that advance customer satisfaction and Fearless objectives, strategy, and mission.
Monitor team deliverables, identify risks early, coach teammates on mitigation, and keep leadership informed.
Cultivate stakeholder relationships, synthesize insights across the client organization and partner ecosystem, and provide actionable recommendations to Fearless leaders.
Serve as a trusted advisor in the candidate's area of expertise and deliver project objectives on time and in alignment with client priorities and Fearless standards.