Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting direct hire Technical Lead, Applicationswith our client that is fully remote.
Job Description:
As Technical Lead, Applications, you directly own the core application architecture that connects AI systems to real-world user experiences.
You are responsible for the design, reliability, and evolution of backend services, APIs, and client integrations across mobile and desktop.
This is a hands-on leadership role. You stay close to the code, make critical architectural decisions, and ensure the system remains fast, reliable, and coherent as it scales.
Job Responsibilities:
Own the application engineering strategy and execution across backend, mobile, and desktop.
Lead and grow a small, senior applications team, including backend, mobile, and desktop engineers.
Ensure production-grade reliability: observability, monitoring, retries, fallbacks, and failure handling.
Set the architectural direction for AI-powered product workflows, APIs, and client integrations.
Ensure AI capabilities are integrated into the product with clear abstractions, predictable behavior, and graceful failure modes.
Partner closely with Machine Learning leadership to translate model capability into shippable product features.
Make high-impact decisions across latency, cost, reliability, security, and user experience.
Establish a strong execution culture through code reviews, design reviews, and hands-on technical leadership.
Ensure production readiness: observability, monitoring, retries, fallbacks, privacy, and cost controls.
Balance speed and discipline – shipping quickly without compromising long-term system quality.
Production systems are observable, monitored, and stable under real-world load.
Decisions consistently balance speed, cost, reliability, and user experience.
Features across backend, mobile, and desktop work smoothly and reliably.
Latency and reliability improve measurably over time.
Job Qualifications:
12+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5 years in engineering leadership (managing teams or managing managers).
Strong hands-on technical background: you’ve built production systems and can still credibly review architecture, code, and system design.
Deep understanding of cloud-based systems (AWS, GCP, or Azure), APIs, microservices, data pipelines, and modern infrastructure.
Proven track record of building and scaling internal tools or platforms that serve cross-functional business teams — not just engineering.
Experience making build-vs-buy decisions and managing a portfolio of custom-built and third-party tools.
Strong experience designing and building internal platforms and automation systems
Strong product thinking: you define success in terms of user outcomes and business impact, not technical output.
Experience navigating the full SDLC from ideation through deprecation — you know when to build, iterate, and retire.
Excellent communication skills: you can articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical executives and translate business problems into engineering roadmaps.
Nice To Have:
Significant experience leading application or product engineering for complex systems.
Strong hands-on background building and shipping backend systems used in production.
Experience delivering AI-powered products, with a deep understanding of model integration trade-offs.
Excellent system design skills across services, APIs, clients, and data flows.
Comfort operating across platforms (backend, mobile, desktop), even if your depth is in one.
Proven ability to make high-impact technical decisions under ambiguity.
A strong bias toward shipping, iteration, and learning from real-world usage.
Move fast without breaking fundamentals
Job Details:
Job Type: Direct Hire
Pay Range: Market Rate
Location: Fully Remote.
About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.
Numbers & Facts
Location
-, WA (Remote)
Skills
Aerospace and Defenseunmatched
Amazon Web Services (AWS)unmatched
Application Programming Interface (API)unmatched
Architectural Servicesunmatched
Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
Automation Systemsunmatched
Clean Technologiesunmatched
Cloud Computingunmatched
Code Reviewsunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Cost Controlunmatched
Cross-Functionalunmatched
Customer Relationsunmatched
Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
Data Managementunmatched
Desktop PCunmatched
GCP (Good Clinical Practices)unmatched
Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
Leadershipunmatched
Machine Learningunmatched
Medical Equipmentunmatched
Microservicesunmatched
Microsoft Windows Azureunmatched
Multiplatform/Cross-Platformunmatched
Privacy Controlsunmatched
Product Engineeringunmatched
Production Systemsunmatched
Reliability Engineeringunmatched
Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)unmatched
Software Engineeringunmatched
Systems Engineeringunmatched
Team Lead/Managerunmatched
Technical Leadershipunmatched
User Interface/Experience (UI/UX)unmatched
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