Technical Lead - remote

Posted 3 years ago

Due to ongoing public health concerns, Think Company continues to operate in the United States as a fully remote company. As such, please consider this a remote (work from home) position.

We are looking for a Technical Lead to join our team at Think Company.

At Think Company some Technical Lead roles are more code-focused, and some are more consulting-focused. It’s absolutely not expected that a Technical Lead is simultaneously the lead coder, the lead coordinator, and a lead consultant. The common denominator for a Technical Lead is trust. Regardless of their particular strengths and their role on a project, the Technical Lead is the one who earns and maintains the trust of the client through careful listening, consistent planning, and competent execution by the team.

Candidates should also be able to demonstrate prior experience with setting and ensuring compliance with coding standards, making browser and device support recommendations, solving application architecture challenges, advising on content management workflow and CMS configuration, analyzing and remediating page performance issues, and addressing accessibility issues. Candidates should have experience in accurately scoping projects, defining project requirements, translating business requirements into technical requirements, architecting the technical environment and hosting infrastructure, identifying milestones and managing a delivery team against those milestones.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain a deep understanding of client’s business and technology stack;establish and maintain a positive relationship with the client;represent Think Company with professionalism and integrity

  • Work collaboratively as part of a team that includes visual/UX designers, developers, project managers, and other roles (both clients and internal colleagues), flexing between a leadership or supporting role as required

  • Architect technical solutions that meet clients' business, IT, and user needs, and that balance time, budget, and quality considerations appropriately

  • Manage developers to deliver technical solutions on-time and on-budget, based on a technical delivery plan;work with project manager to communicate technical team status and manage client expectations

  • Research and document web development technologies, trends, and innovations, and make recommendations or deliver presentations to clients and internal colleagues

Requirements

  • Extensive experience determining and analyzing technical project requirements, creating and managing a plan of work including identifying deliverables and estimating time

  • Significant experience in leading and coaching a development team to deliver technical deliverables on-time, on-budget, and on-spec

  • Deep understanding of the modern web platform and common architectural solutions

  • Significant experience with front-end development practices including accessibility, progressive enhancement, cross-browser/platform compatibility, performance, and pre-processors/build tools

  • Significant experience with web application development on both the front-end (Angular, React, etc.) and back-end (PHP, .NET, Python, Ruby on Rails, etc.), and an understanding of the tools and platforms needed to host these solutions

  • Significant experience with content management systems (AEM, Sitecore, Drupal, WordPress, etc.) including data and information architecture, templating, workflow, etc.

  • Experience with git, svn, or similar version control systems and knowledge of Git Flow methodologies

  • Familiarity with user experience (UX) design processes (conceptual design, wireframes, usability testing)

  • Excellent presentation and communication skills

  • Exceptional customer service skills and obsessive attention to detail

Think Company's developers are passionate about crafting code that is as beautiful and as elegant as our designs. We believe in web standards, progressive enhancement, and accessibility. We aim to build an open and faster web while delivering real value for our clients. We are a team of individuals with diverse skills who love learning and sharing knowledge. We hope you'll come think with us.

This is a remote position, but please note that candidates are expected to operate within Eastern Standard Time Zone business hours.

Think Company defines and solves business problems across many industries for both start-ups and Fortune 50 organizations. Assignments range from 3–6 month projects to 12–18 month dedicated teams, sometimes with significant onsite time at our clients' locations. Our environment is dynamic and highly matrixed involving design, development, and project management. We do more than production—we conduct discovery, research, ideation, prototyping, testing, and implementation.

Our Thinkers present concepts to executive-level stakeholders, answer hard questions, and back up their recommendations with evidence while exuding confidence and gaining buy-in. Our solutions often solve the challenges of modern companies—integrating multiple systems, breaking down organizational silos, and creating more holistic service experiences. Check out our work for examples of our typical projects.

We are a design firm that encourages fun, creativity, and relationship building. Check out Think Company's Core Values.

Think Company is dedicated to greater diversity and inclusion within our own organization and provides equal opportunity to people of all races, ethnicities, religions, genders, sexual orientations, gender identifications, abilities, income, marital status, ages, philosophies, disabilities, and veteran status.

Recruiters and staffing companies need not contact us and do not have permission to contact people on our behalf.