Technology Lead

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Technology Lead owning SitecoreAI and headless Next.js delivery for Horizontal Digital’s Fortune 500 digital consultancy. Leading architecture, teams, QA, releases and client engagements.

Responsibilities:

  • Own technical delivery and accountability for quality, timeline and budget across client engagements
  • Lead technical discovery, assessments and audits; translate business goals and UX/creative artifacts into specifications
  • Define SitecoreAI headless architecture, content modeling, components, rendering strategy, integrations, search, personalization, hosting, CI/CD and environments
  • Lead sprint breakdown and estimation; identify dependencies and risks; define technology approach and toolset
  • Perform solution and code reviews; enforce Helix-aligned and front-end best practices
  • Ensure performance, accessibility, SEO and security standards
  • Drive QA and release activities, including test plans, UAT, defect triage, deployment runbooks, rollback plans and production releases
  • Serve as technical client contact for decisions, escalations, status, risks and opportunities
  • Assign and oversee daily team work, clear blockers and act as technical escalation point
  • Coach and mentor developers through feedback, performance reviews and training; support interviewing and hiring
  • Champion responsible use of AI development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor and Claude Code
  • Support proposals, estimates and client presentations
  • Identify ongoing client needs and engage internal resources for new opportunities
  • Contribute to internal standards, accelerators, reusable components and thought leadership
  • Stay current on Sitecore, headless and AI trends

Requirements:

  • 7+ years of hands-on web development experience, including 5+ years delivering enterprise Sitecore solutions
  • Recent, hands-on SitecoreAI / XM Cloud experience, including headless architecture, Content SDK (or JSS), Experience Edge and GraphQL, Pages/component builder, SXA headless, and serialization-based DevOps
  • Strong Next.js, React and TypeScript skills, including App Router, SSG/ISR/SSR, middleware, and performance optimization
  • Experience deploying and operating headless front ends on Vercel and/or Netlify, including environments, preview deployments, edge/serverless functions, caching and CI/CD with Git
  • Working knowledge of .NET / C# for Sitecore back-end customization and integrations
  • REST/GraphQL API integration experience
  • 3+ years leading development teams using Agile/Scrum, including estimation, sprint planning and code review
  • Solid grounding in accessibility, SEO, web performance and security best practices
  • Excellent communication skills, with ability to explain technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders and present solutions to clients
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience
  • Some travel required

Benefits:

  • Some travel required