Fullstack Tech Lead - Independent candidates only!

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• JN•92•Tech Lead (Thomas) Contract•6•12 Months Interview Process•Torc assessment, SME Screen and Client screen

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Malvern, PA Role Overview We are seeking a hands-on Tech Lead to act as the technical authority for one or more strategic initiatives. The Tech Lead will define architecture, service contracts, and technical roadmaps while providing strong engineering leadership across backend, cloud, and frontend concerns. The short-term emphasis of this role is technical discovery, solution design, and planning, laying the foundation for successful downstream delivery and team scaling. ALWAYS onsite (partial remote) Relocation is acceptable; local candidates are highly preferred Try to get ex vanguard (pref) Key Responsibilities Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Serve as the lead developer and technical authority for the initiative(s)
• Design system architectures and define technical roadmaps
• Decompose ambiguous problem spaces into clear, actionable technical plans
• Define, document, and negotiate service and API contracts with partner teams
• Ensure solutions meet enterprise standards for security, resiliency, and maintainability
• Identify technical dependencies, risks, sequencing, and trade-offs Hands-On Engineering
• Remain hands-on in development, particularly during implementation phases
• Review code and enforce engineering best practices and quality standards
• Support complex technical problem-solving across the stack Collaboration & Planning
• Work closely with product, partner teams, and stakeholders to shape scope and priorities
• Help determine which initiative to start first based on technical readiness and risk
• Inform decisions on future team composition and required skillsets Team & Delivery Model
• Work within a single cross-functional team supporting multiple initiatives (initially not in parallel)
• Support a flexible staffing model with engineers rotating in or out based on phase and needs
• Contribute to APIs that are primarily internal-facing, with some UI components potentially external-facing
• Influence when and how additional engineers are added as scope and priorities become clearer Core Technical Skills (Priority Order) Required
• Python or NodeJS (backend) and Angular (frontend)
• AWS experience, including services such as: ECS, Lambda, S3, Glue
• DynamoDB Preferred / Learnable
• Typescript
• GraphQL
• Java
• Experience with additional databases (to be determined) Ideal Candidate Profile
• Strong technical depth with a solution-oriented mindset
• Proven experience providing technical leadership while remaining hands-on
• Strong background in resilient system and cloud-native design
• Ability to work effectively across: Backend services, Cloud infrastructure, Frontend/UI concerns
• Comfortable operating in environments with high ambiguity and evolving requirements