ApTask ยท 4 months ago
Web Application Technical Lead
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$80/hr - $90/hrApTask is a leading global provider of workforce solutions and talent acquisition services. They are seeking a Technical Lead to maintain and improve a high-traffic web application used by millions of customers daily, requiring deep technical expertise in modern web application architecture and cloud-native infrastructure.
Human ResourcesInformation TechnologySmall and Medium BusinessesStaffing Agency
Responsibilities
Lead technical operations, troubleshooting, and enhancements for large-scale, customer-facing web applications
Act as the technical escalation point during production incidents
Oversee and mentor the team on end-to-end web application architecture, spanning frontend, backend, database, DevOps, and monitoring
Ensure high availability, scalability, and performance of the application
Work closely with product, QA, and DevOps teams to align deliverables with business priorities. Guide adoption and implementation of advanced observability, logging, and monitoring practices
Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement. Provide leadership in cross-team and cross-timezone collaborations
Qualification
Required
Deep technical expertise across modern web application architecture, large-scale distributed systems, and cloud-native infrastructure
Lead technical operations, troubleshooting, and enhancements for large-scale, customer-facing web applications
Act as the technical escalation point during production incidents
Oversee and mentor the team on end-to-end web application architecture, spanning frontend, backend, database, DevOps, and monitoring
Ensure high availability, scalability, and performance of the application
Work closely with product, QA, and DevOps teams to align deliverables with business priorities
Guide adoption and implementation of advanced observability, logging, and monitoring practices
Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement
Provide leadership in cross-team and cross-timezone collaborations
Strong understanding of full-stack development for high-traffic applications
Experience with multiple backend stacks (PHP, Java/Spring Boot, etc.) and modern frontend frameworks React
Deep understanding of RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and microservices
AWS expertise (EC2, S3, RDS, EKS, CloudFront, CloudWatch, IAM)
Kubernetes (K8s) with Pods, Shards, and scaling strategies
CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins
Strong database experience (MySQL, PostgreSQL) with replication and partitioning
Messaging/event streaming platform Kafka
Caching and performance tuning using Redis
Hands-on experience with Wavefront, Splunk, Datadog, and Grafana
Designing and managing observability dashboards
Implementing log aggregation and alerting strategies
Web application security best practices
Performance profiling, load testing, and optimization at scale
Proven experience leading cross-functional teams in multiple time zones
Excellent communication skills for client and leadership reporting
Strong ability to explain technical topics to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Experience mentoring teams to work with new tools and modern architectures
Preferred
Managing applications with millions of daily active users
Strong background in incident management and post-mortem analysis
Benefits
Subsidized insurance coverage
Company
ApTask
ApTask is a staffing and recruiting company offering staffing, project, and workforce solutions.
Founded in 2010
201-500 employees
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