Company Domain:

Transportation Position:

Technical Lead/Application Architect Location:

100% onsite in

Torrance, CA Contract:

12 month contract with potential to extend

Top Skills:

5-10 years of experience developing large-scale enterprise applications, distributed systems, and cloud-native backend platforms. 3+ years of experience in a technical leadership role or hands-on engineering leadership positions Contribute to application and solution architecture while leading the design, development, and implementation of enterprise-scale solutions utilizing Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, Spring Integration, Spring Data, JPA, Hibernate, and related technologies. Description The Technical Lead/Application Architect will deliver exceptional support to develop meaningful digital experience and strengthen our customer experience. The Tech Lead will support all digital applications, architecture, development, production support, and solutioning.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineering teams through architecture reviews, design discussions, code reviews, and mentoring activities. Participate in architecture design governance, technology evaluation, technical decision-making, and solution reviews to ensure alignment with enterprise standards and architectural best practices. Drive adoption of cloud-native architectures and modern engineering practices using AWS services including EKS, ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, SNS, SQS, EventBridge, IAM, CloudWatch, and related technologies. Design and implement scalable microservices, REST APIs, event-driven architectures, and enterprise integration solutions utilizing Kafka, Red Hat AMQ, JMS, and similar messaging platforms. Lead technical design and engineering decisions for highly available, secure, resilient, and scalable distributed systems following AWS Well-Architected Framework principles. Drive architectural considerations related to scalability, performance, reliability, security, maintainability, observability, and operational excellence. Collaborate with product owners, architects, infrastructure teams, security teams, and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions. Champion DevOps, GitOps, and Infrastructure-as-Code practices utilizing tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Jenkins, ArgoCD, and related CI/CD technologies. Evaluate, adopt, and promote AI-assisted engineering capabilities using tools such as GitHub Copilot, Amazon Q, Cursor, Claude, OpenAI, and similar solutions to improve development productivity and software quality. Lead proof-of-concepts, technology evaluations, modernization initiatives, and engineering innovation efforts involving cloud, platform engineering, observability, and AI-assisted development. Act as a technical mentor and trusted advisor while fostering a culture of innovation, continuous learning, and engineering excellence. Experience working within Agile delivery models and leading distributed Agile engineering teams. Desired Skills (not must haves, but nice to have skills): Proficiency in Python and experience with AI/ML frameworks and data-processing libraries. Experience integrating AI services using AWS Bedrock, Amazon Q, Azure AI, OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, or equivalent enterprise AI platforms. Experience in the Automotive industry. AWS, Kubernetes, AI/ML, or other relevant professional certifications. Job Type & Location This is a Contract position based out of Torrance, CA. Pay and Benefits The pay range for this position is $60.00 - $64.00/hr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) Workplace Type This is a fully onsite position in Torrance,CA.

Application Deadline This position is anticipated to close on Sep 19, 2026. About TEKsystems We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law. About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance:

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector:

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.