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Lead software engineer leading complex client engagements for 8th Light, a technology solutions consultancy. Building software and AI/ML systems while guiding teams, architecture, roadmaps, and client relationships.
Responsibilities:
- Lead software development engagements for a variety of clients across technologies and frameworks
- Make immediate contributions and build trust with clients
- Balance technology choices while delivering high-quality work within deadlines
- Lead architecture and software design discussions
- Collaborate across the full ML lifecycle, from data ingestion and preprocessing through model deployment, integration, and performance monitoring
- Generate technical and non-technical solutions with team members and clients
- Lead feedback conversations and retrospectives
- Document outcomes and drive action items
- Ensure teams maintain healthy, prioritized, estimated backlogs
- Manage high-level project roadmaps for large engagements
- Maintain relationships with client technical leaders
- Provide regular client status updates, identify and evaluate risks, and present solutions
- Identify, mitigate, and resolve blockers
- Mentor colleagues, lead or design workshops, represent 8th Light in the tech community, and support hiring processes
- Contribute to team health and 8th Light’s culture
Requirements:
- Typically 7+ years of experience with long-term repeated success across a variety of projects
- Experience leading high-stakes consulting engagements from discovery to production
- Experience building high-quality, maintainable software collaboratively and incrementally
- Production-quality coding experience with languages and frameworks including Java, C#/.NET, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Go, Ruby, Scala, R, and SQL
- Experience leveraging AI-assistive development tools for scaffolding, refactoring, debugging, test generation, and documentation
- Experience building or integrating AI/ML-powered features
- Experience with automated testing
- Experience debugging and refactoring pre-existing code
- Experience collaborating with Git, MacOS/Linux, and CI/CD
- Experience addressing scalability, security, reliability, and performance concerns
- Experience leading cross-functional collaboration and making recommendations amid ambiguity
- Experience mentoring and sharing knowledge
- Experience balancing technical considerations with product and user needs
- Strongly preferred: MLOps, LangChain, Data Engineering, Databricks, DevSecOps, DevOps, and Infrastructure as Code
Benefits:
- Robust L&D program with unlimited access to thousands of books, courses, and expert-led training on the O'Reilly learning platform
- Annual financial stipend and time allotment for learning & development
- Coworking support for the global team
- Flexible PTO
- 12 weeks of new parent leave for eligible employees
- Access to coworking spaces for team members outside hub cities
- Remote-first work arrangement
- In most cases, consulting engagements do not require travel
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