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KWI · 5 hours ago

Technical Lead

Melville, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$170K/yr - $170K/yr

6+ years exp

KWI is a provider of cloud technology solutions for retailers, aiming to deliver innovative software for the retail technology industry. The Technical Lead will guide the technical direction of the SaaS platform, mentor developers, and ensure best practices in software development are applied while leading a talented engineering team.

Cloud ComputingComputerE-CommerceSaaSSoftware

Responsibilities

Lead the development and implementation of software projects from inception to deployment

Deep experience in distributed systems, AI development, and software architecture to help us build and scale intelligent, autonomous systems using Spec Driven Development or Agentic Development

You’ll lead the design and development of next-generation AI-driven applications powered by agent frameworks, ensuring performance, safety, and interoperability across our platforms

Lead proof-of-concept development to validate new AI agent workflows, APIs, and interfaces

Evaluate emerging AI agent technologies and contribute to long-term architectural roadmaps

Be a creative problem solver who can draw on an array of expertise and technology to design and implement reliable, scalable, and maintainable solutions to challenging problems

Work closely with multiple teams to deliver transformational changes to our processes and technologies

Lead the technical specification, development, integration, testing and release of software components

Identify and address technical challenges, optimize code for performance, and participate in ongoing code refactoring

Design and implement scalable software systems aligned with organizational architecture and security best practices

Qualification

Distributed systemsAI developmentSoftware architectureService-oriented architectureMicroservicesRESTful Web ServicesSQLNoSQLAgile methodologiesTeam collaborationProblem solvingMentoring

Required

BS Degree in Computer Science/Engineering related degree or equivalent work experience

Expertise in Service-oriented architecture, microservices, advanced database schemes, relational and nonrelational databases, highly scalable and available web services

6+ Years of production coding experience, preferably in server-side Java and/or other object-oriented languages

Hands-on experience in building RESTful Web Services

Prior experience using SQL, Hibernate, and one or more DB (MySQL, Oracle, Postgres, etc)

Prior experience using NoSQL. (Redis, MongoDB, DynamoDB, etc)

Hands-on experience with Agent OS, Cursor or similar frameworks

Experience with automated testing frameworks (TDD, Mocking, Unit/Functional/Integration)

Extensive experience with Agile methodologies such as Kanban, Scrum or SAFE