Tech Lead Engineer

Elite develops cloud-native SaaS automation and financial operations platforms for law firms. The Tech Lead Engineer drives technical execution of product and platform initiatives, guides architecture and engineering practices, mentors engineers, and contributes hands-on to scalable, secure software.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership for complex, high-impact initiatives, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable, and aligned with product and business objectives
• Lead system and component-level architecture design in partnership with engineers and architects
• Own end-to-end technical execution for key projects, from design through delivery, proactively managing risks and dependencies
• Translate high-level designs into well-scoped tasks, estimates, and implementation plans
• Design, implement, and evolve cloud-native architectures using modern patterns (microservices, event-driven systems, API-first design), technologies and tools
• Set and enforce high engineering standards through code reviews, CI/CD, testing, TDD, observability, and DevOps practices
• Build, prioritize, and manage technical debt and drive performance, scalability, and reliability improvements using data-driven insights
• Mentor and coach engineers, fostering strong engineering judgment, collaboration, ownership, continuous learning and skill development
• Partner closely with Product Managers, UX, QA, Security, and Infrastructure teams to deliver solutions that meet functional and non-functional requirements
• Clearly communicate technical trade-offs, risks, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Support alignment between product priorities and technical execution, ensuring predictable, high-quality delivery
• Remain deeply hands-on, contributing with high-quality, production-ready code for critical components and complex problem areas
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues, applying strong diagnostic and problem-solving skills
• Continuously evaluate and adopt modern technologies and tools that improve system reliability and team effectiveness
• Perform other duties as assigned to support departmental and company objectives

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related STEM field, or equivalent experience
• 12+ years of professional software development experience building complex, scalable business applications
• Expert-level proficiency in the Microsoft stack, including C# / .NET Core and Angular
• Strong hands-on experience withAzure cloud services, including Durable Functions, App Services, Event Hubs, API Management, Azure AD, Key Vault, Blob Storage, AKS, and Service Fabric
• Proven experience designing and operating distributed systems, microservices, and RESTful APIs (including ODATA)
• Deep experience with CI/CD pipelines (YAML), Git, Azure DevOps or GitHub, and modern DevOps practices
• Strong database experience with SQL Server, Azure SQL, and Cosmos DB, including performance tuning and scalability
• Vast experience with automated testing frameworks, TDD, and quality-driven development practices
• Excellent familiarity with a variety of automation concepts – unit, integration, end to end testing, as well as enforcement of testing best practices for full stack applications
• Excellent problem-solving skills with a pragmatic, data-driven approach
• Strong communication and influence skills, with the ability to lead through expertise rather than authority
• A continuous improvement mindset with a demonstrated commitment to engineering excellence and professional growth
• Must be legally authorized to work in United States; Elite does not provide employment sponsorship for this position
• Familiarity with ERP, financial, or mission-critical SaaS platforms is a strong plus