Technical Team Lead

World Wide Technology Holding•St. Louis, MO

2d•Remote

About The Position

World Wide Technology is seeking a technically minded leader to guide analysts and developers while remaining engaged in hands-on technical work. The role combines people leadership, technical direction, delivery and roadmap ownership, and partnership with business and IT stakeholders. The team builds custom web applications using modern JavaScript technologies such as Vue.js, Node.js, and TypeScript, and delivers solutions to stakeholders across the Services organization. The IT Deal Configuration team develops and enhances custom applications that enable the Services organization to intake, solution, and price new Services opportunities. The Technical Team Lead provides functional and technical leadership across integrations, full-stack development, SaaS, AI, and related technologies; participates in complex solution design; and promotes quality, architectural direction, and best practices. The role is expected to adopt an AI-first mindset and use AI-powered tools to improve development speed, code quality, testing, and delivery outcomes. The position also focuses on developing team members through coaching, mentoring, regular one-on-ones, training, feedback, and support for career growth. The lead removes impediments, contributes to staffing and compensation decisions, manages the training budget, helps ensure commitments are met, and works with stakeholders to integrate processes and deliver against product strategy. The role operates in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and requires the ability to work through ambiguity and change. The position is listed as remote. Preferred locations are MO, FL, NC, TX, AZ, IL, MA, VA, AL, LA, GA, MN, OH, MI, WI, IA, and SC. Permanent U.S. work authorization is required; visa sponsorship is not available. Staffing partners and corp-to-corp candidates are not eligible. The stated annual base pay range is $114,000 to $171,000, with actual pay varying based on factors including location, experience, skills, performance, licensure, certification, and business needs. Certain positions may also qualify for variable incentive compensation.

Requirements

Bachelor’s, master’s, or MBA degree, preferably in computer science or Management Information Systems; an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience may be considered.
At least 7 years of progressive experience in software development.
At least 2 years of experience leading or technically mentoring a team.
At least 2–5 years of experience and a demonstrated interest in managing and developing people through coaching, mentoring, and servant leadership.
Technical background building production web applications, preferably with modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks such as Vue.js and Node.js or comparable frameworks.
Sufficient hands-on technical depth to review code, contribute when needed, and guide technical direction.
Technical judgment and a record of using it—not just process—to set direction, improve quality, and unblock a team.
Experience applying AI-assisted development tools, such as Copilot or Claude Code, to improve development speed, code quality, and test coverage, and coaching a team to adopt them.
Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
Ability to gather requirements, including problem definition, elicitation, and impact analysis for complex projects spanning multiple stakeholder communities.
Ability to coach a team through design and implementation specifications, application, workflow, and UI configuration, reporting, requirements-integration components, and testing and QA.
Permanent U.S. work authorization; applicants requiring current or future visa sponsorship, including OPT, CPT, or H1/H4, are not eligible.

Nice To Haves

Degree preferably in computer science or Management Information Systems.
Experience with Vue.js and Node.js or comparable modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks.
Strong understanding of project management and business processes, including how technology can enhance and improve them.
Preferred location in MO, FL, NC, TX, AZ, IL, MA, VA, AL, LA, GA, MN, OH, MI, WI, IA, or SC.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership and promote WWT Core Values and best practices.
Develop team members by understanding their goals, conducting regular one-on-ones, providing real-time coaching, addressing difficult conversations, and recognizing and rewarding appropriate behaviors.
Provide input on team members’ compensation, hiring and performance-improvement decisions, and promotions.
Foster mentoring, quality, diversity, collaboration, and continuous improvement through active coaching.
Escalate and remove impediments to help the team work effectively.
Work with the team to deliver innovative IT solutions to business challenges that align with product strategy.
Support the ongoing development and support of existing business processes.
Facilitate training for team members on tools and project functionality; manage the training budget.
Participate in complex solution design and provide functional and technical leadership and direction.
Hold the team accountable for commitments and adherence to quality, methodology, and architecture standards.
Determine and act on staffing needs in collaboration with other leaders, and provide input to staffing decisions.
Incorporate business feedback into strategic planning and improve delivery predictability.
Prepare and deliver formal and informal presentations to the team, department, other IT teams, and business partners.
Build trust and lasting relationships with team members and leaders through results and added value.
Develop and communicate team possibilities, milestones, goals, and vision; adapt to ambiguity and change while fostering creativity and innovation.
Guide technical direction and architecture for custom web applications, review code, contribute hands-on where needed, and raise engineering quality.
Apply AI-assisted development tools and coach the team in using them to improve speed, code quality, testing effectiveness, and delivery.
Partner with leadership, business stakeholders, vendors, and service providers to support execution and process integration.