Technical Lead/ Application Architect

Description
Our client is seeking an experienced Technical Lead / Application Architect to lead the design, development, and modernization of enterprise web applications supporting critical business initiatives. This role combines hands-on engineering with architectural leadership and is ideal for a technologist who enjoys influencing technical direction while remaining actively involved in solution delivery.
The successful candidate will partner closely with product, UX, infrastructure, security, and engineering teams to build scalable, secure, and high-performing web platforms that enhance business operations and customer experiences.
Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for enterprise web application initiatives, guiding architecture decisions, development standards, and implementation strategies.
• Design, develop, and maintain modern web applications using Angular, TypeScript, JavaScript, and related front-end technologies.
• Build and support backend services and APIs using Node.js and Express, ensuring scalable and reliable application performance.
• Define and evolve application architecture, emphasizing maintainability, reusability, accessibility, security, and scalability.
• Conduct code reviews, mentor development team members, and establish engineering best practices across projects.
• Lead technical troubleshooting and performance optimization efforts across complex application environments.
• Implement secure development practices, including authentication, authorization, session management, and application security controls.
• Integrate web applications with enterprise platforms, cloud services, APIs, and microservices architectures.
• Support DevOps initiatives by contributing to CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, containerization strategies, and production monitoring.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders in Agile environments to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Leverage AI-powered development tools and automation technologies to improve engineering productivity, code quality, and testing efficiency.

Requirements
Bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant discipline.
7-10 years of experience delivering enterprise web applications, including at least 3 years in a hands-on technical leadership capacity.
Strong expertise in Angular, TypeScript, JavaScript, RxJS, HTML5, CSS, and modern responsive web development practices.
Solid experience with Node.js, Express.js, RESTful APIs, middleware patterns, and backend-for-frontend architecture.
Demonstrated understanding of scalable front-end architecture, reusable design patterns, accessibility standards, and internationalization concepts.
Practical knowledge of web security concepts such as OAuth2, authentication and authorization flows, session and cookie handling, and secure coding practices.
Experience working with cloud technologies, enterprise integrations, CI/CD processes, automated testing, and container platforms such as Docker or Kubernetes.
Ability to provide technical leadership, make sound engineering decisions, and resolve complex application issues in collaborative Agile environments.
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