Tech Lead

LauraMac, LLC • Mercer Island, WA

6h • $150,000 - $170,000

About The Position

At LauraMac, we’re transforming the mortgage technology ecosystem with scalable, secure, and high-performing software. As a Tech Lead, you’ll play a dual role — acting as both a hands-on engineer and a technical leader for a Scrum team composed of 5 engineers and 2 QA. You’ll own the delivery, quality, and scalability of your team’s sprint deliverables while staying deeply involved in the codebase. Working closely with a Staff Engineer, you’ll align on architecture, contribute to shared technical initiatives, and uphold engineering excellence across the organization.

Requirements

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years in a Tech Lead or senior individual contributor capacity.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Java (Spring Boot or equivalent), Angular, and MySQL.
• Proven ability to balance leadership responsibilities with active development work.
• Experience leading Agile/Scrum teams and ensuring delivery quality, scalability, and maintainability.
• Strong understanding of software design principles, system architecture, and performance optimization.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence across disciplines.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred).
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures or microservices.
• Exposure to DevOps practices, observability tools, and production monitoring.
• Passion for technical mentorship and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical leader for your Scrum team, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery of sprint goals.
• Work hands-on as an individual contributor, contributing code, conducting code & design reviews, and solving complex technical challenges.
• Drive sprint planning, estimation, and execution in partnership with Product Management and QA.
• Ensure predictable, on-time delivery while balancing short-term sprint goals with long-term technical health.
• Promote agile best practices, collaboration, and a strong sense of ownership within the team.
• Design, develop, and maintain critical components in Java, Angular, and MySQL, following modern engineering practices.
• Ensure solutions meet high standards of performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Uphold and apply architectural principles, coding guidelines, and system design patterns established by the Staff Engineer group.
• Lead technical design discussions, propose improvements, and guide the team through implementation details.
• Participate in cross-team collaborations on shared libraries, CI/CD improvements, and platform-level enhancements.
• Drive a culture of engineering excellence, emphasizing code quality, maintainability, and automation.
• Collaborate with QA engineers to ensure robust test coverage and high-quality releases.
• Proactively identify and reduce technical debt through refactoring and better design practices.
• Support continuous integration, deployment, and monitoring in partnership with the DevOps team.
• Mentor engineers within your team, helping them grow technically and professionally.
• Collaborate with Staff Engineers for architectural guidance, technical reviews, and systemic improvements.
• Foster clear communication across engineering, QA, and product teams to align priorities and resolve blockers efficiently.

Benefits

• Lead and Build: Lead a team while staying hands-on in code and architecture.
• Growth: Develop leadership and technical depth under mentorship from Staff Engineers.
• Impact: Directly influence the quality, scalability, and performance of LauraMac’s core platform.
• Culture: Join a collaborative, transparent environment focused on innovation and technical excellence.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed