Technical Lead, Full-Stack & AI Platforms
About The Position
Aequilibrium (AEQ) is a digital innovation partner that helps organizations create remarkable customer and employee experiences through AI, XR (VR/AR), digital transformation, and custom software development. Our XR & AI practice is building immersive training and onboarding platforms that combine Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and enterprise-grade software architecture to help organizations improve learning outcomes, engagement, and operational performance. We are looking for a Technical Lead who can help us scale our XR platform and lead the technical direction of our next generation of AI-powered immersive training products. This role combines technical leadership, solution architecture, AI expertise, and hands-on development. You will work closely with our Product Owner, Program Manager, Product Designer, and Unity Lead to transform product vision into scalable, maintainable, and high-quality software solutions. This is not a people management role. We are looking for a technical leader who can align the team around a shared architecture, establish engineering standards, break down complex initiatives into executable plans, and actively contribute to development. Expected allocation: 30% Technical Leadership & Architecture 70% Hands-on Development
Requirements
- 8+ years of software development experience
- 3+ years in a Technical Lead, Lead Developer, or Solution Architect role
- Strong full-stack development experience
- Experience designing and building cloud-native applications
- Experience with: TypeScript / JavaScript, React or modern frontend frameworks, Node.js or equivalent backend technologies, REST APIs and integrations, Cloud platforms (Azure preferred), CI/CD pipelines
- Experience building applications that leverage Large Language Models (LLMs)
- Familiarity with: OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Agentic workflows, RAG architectures, Prompt engineering, AI evaluation and governance
- Strong systems-thinking and architecture skills
- Ability to balance speed, quality, and scalability
- Experience leading technical design discussions
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to challenge assumptions and drive alignment constructively
Nice To Haves
- XR, VR, AR, or Unity experience
- Experience building training, education, or simulation platforms
- Experience with multi-modal AI systems
- Experience in regulated industries such as financial services, healthcare, or education
- Experience working in consulting or professional services environments
Responsibilities
- Own the technical architecture of the XR Training Academy platform
- Define and maintain architecture standards across frontend, backend, AI, cloud, and Unity integrations
- Create technical roadmaps aligned with product goals
- Lead technical planning and solution design sessions
- Review technical approaches and ensure alignment with business requirements
- Prevent over-engineering and unnecessary technical complexity
- Design scalable cloud-native architectures
- Define APIs, integration patterns, and service boundaries
- Ensure performance, security, maintainability, and scalability considerations are built into solutions
- Guide AI architecture and integration decisions
- Evaluate and recommend technology choices
- Translate product requirements into technical implementation plans
- Break epics and features into technical workstreams
- Define acceptance criteria and technical success metrics
- Identify technical risks and mitigation strategies
- Support estimation and sprint planning activities
- Guide the implementation of AI-powered experiences
- Evaluate and integrate LLMs, AI services, and agent-based workflows
- Establish best practices for AI architecture, prompting, evaluation, and governance
- Coach team members on the effective use of AI-assisted development
- Contribute production-quality code
- Build backend services, APIs, integrations, and cloud infrastructure
- Support frontend and platform development as required
- Review pull requests and mentor developers
- Troubleshoot technical issues and support delivery teams
- Partner closely with: Product Owner, Program Manager, Product Designer, Unity Lead
- Foster strong communication and accountability
- Help create a high-performing engineering culture
- Participate actively in retrospectives and continuous improvement initiatives
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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