Lead I - Software Engineering

TekWissen LLC

Aliso Viejo, CA

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$57.91–$57.91
SKILLS
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Application Programming Interface (API), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud Computing, Concrete, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Customer Relations, Customer/Client Research, Data Management, Diversity, GCP (Good Clinical Practices), Identify Issues, Information Technology & Information Systems, Java, JavaScript, Leadership, Machine Tool, Mentoring, Microsoft Windows Azure, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Product Demonstration, Product Engineering, Proof of Concept, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Rapid Prototyping, Reliability Engineering, Requirements Management, SQL (Structured Query Language), Software Engineering, Telecommunications, Warehousing, Workforce Management
LOCATION
Aliso Viejo, CA
POSTED
7 days ago
Overview:
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client provider of digital technology and transformation, information technology and services
Position: Lead I - Software Engineering
Location: Aliso Viejo, CA
Duration: 9 Months
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Onsite
Job Description :
  • Client is building founding Forward Deployment Engineering team, and we're looking for seasoned engineers to set the bar.
  • As a Senior/Staff FDE, you sit at the intersection of engineering and the customer.
  • You embed directly with internal business teams and external partners to take powerful platforms - AI/GenAI tools, data products, and custom integrations - and turn them into working solutions that deliver real outcomes.
  • You are part builder, part problem-solver, and part trusted advisor: writing production code one day, mapping a messy real-world workflow the next, and advising senior stakeholders on strategy by the end of the week.
  • This is a high-impact role for an experienced engineer who has done the work before, thrives in ambiguity, and operates with little oversight.
  • As one of the first FDEs, you won't just deploy solutions - you'll define how this team works: the playbooks, the standards, the tooling, and the bar for everyone who follows.
  • You'll also mentor more junior engineers as the team scales.
What You'll Do
  • Embed with internal teams and external customers to understand their workflows, pain points, and goals - then design and deploy solutions that fit.
  • Build production-quality code, integrations, and automations across AI/GenAI, data, and software platforms to solve concrete business problems.
  • Prototype rapid prototypes and proofs-of-concept, iterate based on direct user feedback, and move them into reliable, scalable production.
  • Integrate data pipelines, APIs, and third-party systems, handling the real-world messiness of enterprise environments.
  • Partner with end users and stakeholders - running demos, gathering requirements, troubleshooting live, and translating technical concepts into business value.
  • Feed recurring pain points and friction back to product and engineering teams to influence the core roadmap.
  • Monitor and improve solutions for reliability, performance, and adoption after launch - you own outcomes, not just deliverables.
  • Establish the playbooks, standards, and tooling for the FDE function, and mentor junior engineers as the team grows.
What You'll Bring
Experience:
  • 8+ years building and shipping software in production, including significant time owning complex, ambiguous projects end-to-end with minimal supervision.
  • Technical depth: Deep, hands-on programming expertise (e.g., Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, or Go), strong system design judgment, and fluency working across the full stack and with APIs.
  • Platform fluency: Proven experience with data tools (SQL, pipelines, warehouses such as Snowflake/Databricks) and/or AI/GenAI tooling (LLMs, RAG, agentic workflows). You bring real breadth and adapt quickly to the right tool for the problem.
  • Customer-facing track record: A track record of customer-facing or forward-deployed work - you've shipped solutions directly with end users, navigated enterprise complexity, and earned the trust of senior stakeholders.
  • Leadership: You've led projects, set technical direction, and raised the bar for those around you - formally or informally.
  • Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication; you translate fluidly between deep technical detail and executive-level business value.
  • Bias for action: You ship, learn, and iterate quickly at a high quality bar, and you bring order to ambiguous, fast-moving situations.
Nice to Have
  • Experience deploying AI/ML or LLM-based solutions in an enterprise setting.
  • Cloud experience (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and familiarity with CI/CD and containerization.
  • Experience as a founding or early member of a new team or function.
  • Telecommunications or large-scale enterprise data domain knowledge.
Engagement
  • This is an initial contract engagement (typically 6 12 months) with the potential to convert to a full-time role based on fit and impact.
  • It's an ideal opportunity for a seasoned engineer who wants to help stand up a brand-new function, prove the model, and shape what a permanent FDE team looks like at client site.
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.

About the Company

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TekWissen LLC

WE THE TEKWISSEN PEOPLE

TekWissen offers you a broader portfolio of services, industry-leading solutions, and the meaningful innovations that give you greater flexibility and speed to respond to market dynamics, reduced costs and risk to improve enterprise performance, and increased productivity to enable growth.

To keep pace with global market demands, TekWissen keeps its finger on the pulse of change. Our organized approach to guiding a project from its inception to closure. Managing projects is becoming more and more important as we enter the digital era. To cope with the pace that this transition demands, a method is required to manage projects so they can yield quality work, while incorporating efficient use of time and resources.

Project involves identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy them.

It is important to perform quality planning during the Planning Process and should be done alongside the other project planning processes because changes in the quality will likely require changes in the other planning processes, or the desired product quality may require a detailed risk analysis of an identified problem. It is important to remember that quality should be planned, designed, then built in, not added on after the fact.

Capabilities and accomplishments in one TekWissen business enhance the opportunity for success in the others. Put simply, TekWissen's unique combination of attributes promotes success.



COMPANY SIZE
100 to 499 employees
INDUSTRY
Computer/IT Services
FOUNDED
2009
WEBSITE
http://www.tekwissen.com/