Technical Lead

Exciting opportunity to join our large financial client in a W2 ONLY, right to hire role! This position will be hybrid onsite in Newark, NJ. Local candidates will be given preference. These roles are W2 only, no sponsorship is available. (No 3rd party candidates please) As a Tech Lead, you will partner with product owners, tech leads, designers, engineers and delivery professionals to deliver quality platforms and products with speed. You will code, test and debug new and existing applications as you implement capabilities to solve sophisticated business problems, deploy innovative products, services and experiences to delight our customers! In addition to advanced technical expertise and experience, you will bring excellent problem solving, communication and teamwork skills, along with agile ways of working, strong business insight, an inclusive leadership attitude and a continuous learning focus to all that you do. Here is What You Can Expect on a Typical Day • Build applications ensuring that the code follows latest coding practices and industry standards, using modern design patterns and architectural principles; remove technical impediments • Develop high quality, well documented and efficient code adhering to all applicable standards • Collaborate with product owners in understanding needs and defining feature stories, tech leads in defining technical design and other team members to understand the system end-to-end and deliver robust solutions that bring about business impact • Write unit, integration tests and functional automation, researching problems discovered by quality assurance or product support, developing solutions to address the problems • Bring a strong understanding of relevant and emerging technologies, provide input and coach team members and embed learning and innovation in the day-to-day • Work on complex problems in which analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangible variables. • Use programming languages including but not limited to Java, Python, React, Spring boot, and Node.js frameworks Required skills: • Bachelor of Computer Science or Engineering or experience in related fields • Ability to coach others with minimal guidance and effectively leverage diverse ideas, experiences, thoughts and perspectives to the benefit of the organization • Experience with Agile development methodologies and Test-Driven Development (TDD) • Knowledge of business concepts tools and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the company's business • Experience leading development teams while staying current with new technology • Excellent problem solving, communication and collaboration skills • Advanced experience and/or expertise with several of the following: Java, Python, JavaScript, React, OOP, Design Patterns, Spring, Microservices, Spring Boot, Node.js, NoSQL, SQS, Kinesis, API consumption and development, SOA patterns, Apigee, automation, secure coding, GitHub, AWS (required) • Application management experience is a MUST • Experience with Agentic frameworks and AI driven development tools is a major plus!