About the Company

We are tech transformation specialists, uniting human expertise with AI to create scalable tech solutions. With over 6,500 CI&Ters around the world, we’ve built partnerships with more than 1,000 clients during our 30 years of history. Artificial Intelligence is our reality.

About the Role

CI&T seeks an experienced Tech Lead to work on CI&T engagements for clients in Australia. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in overseeing the technical aspects of our projects, ensuring CI&T provides top-notch technical solutions to our Australian clients. This role involves working closely with project managers and technical teams in Australia, both with CI&T and client teams, but as important, guiding and support our local (Philippines) squads of engineers, to deliver outstanding results.

Responsibilities

• Software Solution Design
• Design end-to-end solutions that align with client business objectives and technical requirements
• Ensure the project's adherence to best engineering practices and CI&T’s coding standards
• Get hands-on to solve critical problems with the development team
• Responsible for ensuring non-functional requirements are fully supported according to global standards and project specifications (performance, security, etc)
• Define software technical footprint according to business needs and project requirements, considering scalability, performance, security, and usability
• Together with the solution/systems architect, evaluate and select appropriate technologies, frameworks, and standards for implementing the architecture, considering technical feasibility and project strategy
• Collaborate with development teams, providing guidance and technical support to ensure the correct implementation of the proposed architecture
• Identify technical risks and propose solutions to mitigate them, anticipating potential problems and challenges during software development
• Conduct code reviews and ensure compliance with architectural guidelines and development best practices
• Manage the architectural backlog, including technical debt, improvements, and platform evolutions, and prioritise them on the product roadmap
• Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams in Australia and nearshore locations, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and teamwork
• Documentation: Create detailed technical documentation, including diagrams, specifications
• Quality Assurance: Ensure high-quality solutions are delivered and meet functional and non-functional requirements

Required Skills

• Experience:
• 7+ years of experience in software development and architecture on web solutions focused, with at least 2 years in a tech lead, software architect, tech principal or similar role. A coder by heart, having coded, implemented and tested multiple web applications on a large scale and/or complex requirements/environments
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a passion for software development
• Proven and solid experience with non-functional requirements for modern web applications
• Strong software engineering background with hands-on coding experience
• Proven & solid experience with modern web front and backend technologies (including javascript frameworks, React/node.js or any other modern web tech stack)
• Proficiency in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud), microservices architecture, APIs, integration, non-functional requirements, and modern web technologies, along with data platforms and related software architecture web design patterns
• Business Acumen: Ability to understand and translate business requirements into technical solutions that deliver measurable value
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written English communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Education: Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• Certifications: Relevant industry and advanced certifications are a plus