Lead Developer/Technical Lead

Staffworxs • Atlanta, GA

22h • Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for a hands-on Technical Lead who writes production code every day while guiding a squad of high-performing engineers. You will build modern, cloud-native digital products in financial services, including AI-powered features such as conversational (voice and chat) experiences, working in fast, agile delivery teams alongside product, design and consulting partners.

Requirements

• Frontend: expert in React, Next.js and TypeScript; strong Figma-to-code workflow.
• Backend: TypeScript on AWS serverless (Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge, Step Functions, DynamoDB); API design and event-driven integration.
• AI engineering: production experience with LLM applications, ideally Claude via AWS Bedrock, and agent orchestration with LangGraph, including RAG, tool use, prompt design, guardrails and evaluation.
• DevOps: GitHub Actions and AWS CDK; automated testing (unit, integration and end-to-end).
• AI-assisted coding: daily, fluent use of tools such as Claude Code, Copilot or Cursor, used safely and productively in a team.
• Agile: real, hands-on agile delivery experience.
• Leadership: has led squads of 8–20 engineers while staying hands-on.

Nice To Haves

• Domain: financial services, ideally wealth management, retirement (IRA/401(k)), brokerage or digital banking.
• Regulation: familiarity with KYC/CIP, money movement and payments, and compliance requirements (Client/SEC context).
• Voice AI: experience with voice interfaces, such as Amazon Connect, Lex or speech-to-text services.
• Architecture: experience working within domain-driven design.
• Consulting: experience in consulting-led or multi-vendor delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Code: lead by example on complex frontend, backend and AI-integration work.
• Design: own technical design for features within a domain-driven architecture, including API and event-driven integrations.
• Conversational AI: lead the build of AI features using Claude, AWS Bedrock and LangGraph, including orchestration, guardrails and evaluation.
• Design handoff: work directly from Figma with designers to deliver pixel-accurate, accessible UIs.
• Standards: set engineering standards for code review, testing and AI-assisted development across the team.
• Delivery pipeline: drive CI/CD with GitHub Actions and infrastructure as code with AWS CDK, supported by automated testing.
• Team: mentor engineers, unblock delivery and uphold quality in fast agile sprints.
• Stakeholders: work closely with delivery leads, architects and product owners on technical decisions, risks and trade-offs.

Benefits

• Staffworxs is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all employees, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior