Orion Innovation is a premier, award-winning, global business and technology services firm. Orion delivers game-changing business transformation and product development rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, with a unique combination of agility, scale, and maturity. We work with a wide range of clients across many industries including financial services, professional services, telecommunications and media, consumer products, automotive, industrial automation, professional sports and entertainment, life sciences, ecommerce, and education.
Engineering Team Lead (Software Development)
We are looking for an experienced Engineering Team Lead to guide a team of Full Stack Developers building cloud-native platforms using .NET, Azure, Kubernetes, microservices, and micro frontends. This role combines technical leadership, delivery ownership, and hands-on engineering. The ideal candidate can architect scalable systems, coach engineers, and drive modern engineering practices including event-driven design, CI/CD, and AI-assisted development using GitHub Copilot.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead and mentor a team of Full Stack Developers across backend, frontend, and cloud engineering.
• Own the architecture and technical roadmap for microservices and micro frontend platforms.
• Provide hands-on guidance in .NET APIs, Azure cloud services, Kubernetes deployments, and event-driven integrations.
• Oversee front-end engineering standards including UI consistency, reusability, accessibility, and performance.
• Ensure high-quality code through reviews, best practices, and effective use of GitHub Copilot.
• Drive engineering execution, sprint planning, backlog management, and cross-team coordination.
• Partner with Product, Design, and Architecture to align on requirements and delivery milestones.
• Monitor production systems and guide teams through troubleshooting and performance tuning.
Required Skills & Experience
• 7+ years of software development experience, with 2+ years in a lead/manager role.
• Strong expertise in .NET Core/.NET 6+, RESTful APIs, and distributed architectures.
• Proven experience architecting and delivering microservices and micro frontend solutions.
• Hands-on experience with Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, SQL Server, Cosmos DB, and event-driven patterns.
• Deep knowledge of front-end engineering using React/Angular.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD, GitHub workflows, DevOps, and secure coding.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills with ability to coach and grow engineers.
• Experience delivering large, complex, multi-team projects.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with domain-driven design, event driven systems, and scalable API patterns.
• Background in observability and performance (App Insights, Open Telemetry).
• Prior experience introducing or scaling AI-assisted development practices.
Why Join Us
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