Fractional Technical Lead

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United StatesContractLead

Salary150 - 200 USD per hour

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7+ years of software engineering experience, including prior tech lead or engineering leadership responsibilities in production environments.
Proven experience in a player-coach role, combining hands-on coding, code review, and mentoring with architectural decision-making.
Strong proficiency in modern web technologies such as TypeScript, React, and Node.js.
Experience working with AI-assisted development tools and workflows, including LLM-based coding environments and automation pipelines.
Demonstrated ability to manage external engineering partners, including evaluating code quality and defining clear technical scopes.
Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
Experience in AI-integrated or real-time interactive systems is a strong plus, along with familiarity with educational technology or simulation-based products.

Manage and mentor a small engineering team, including task scoping, code review, and removing technical blockers to ensure consistent delivery quality.
Translate product priorities into structured engineering work and ensure junior engineers can execute effectively against well-defined specifications.
Serve as the technical point of contact for external development partners, reviewing deliverables, evaluating quality, and integrating contributions into the broader system.
Oversee the balance between internal and outsourced development efforts, deciding when to build, delegate, or directly implement solutions.
Contribute to system architecture decisions and prototype evaluations to guide the evolution of the platform and future technical direction.
Collaborate with leadership on strategic planning, including tech stack considerations and long-term engineering organization design.

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