Senior Technical Consultant, Modern Apps

This senior technical role within the Modern Apps practice focuses on hands-on delivery, tactical execution, and technical leadership across custom application development and modernization engagements. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in modern application engineering, strong coding ability, architectural judgment, and a passion for helping teams deliver high-quality software faster through effective use of AI-assisted development tools.

Senior Technical Consultants typically lead smaller, single-team projects or serve as expert contributors within larger programs. They are expected to operate as highly independent technical leaders, mentor junior engineers, and solve complex implementation challenges across web applications, mobile applications, APIs, functions, and related platform services.

In Modern Apps, this role is especially well suited to engineers who are excited about AI-native software delivery. Candidates should be highly proficient with tools such as Claude Code and have experience using AI to accelerate coding, debugging, testing, documentation, and other parts of the software development lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

• Lead hands-on development across greenfield and brownfield application initiatives

• Write, review, debug, and improve production-quality code across modern application stacks

• Solve difficult technical problems with efficient, well-architected solutions

• Guide junior consultants through code reviews, technical coaching, onboarding, and knowledge-sharing

• Leverage a variety of AI Assisted development toolsand be able to build and judiciously use AI agents

• Extend AI into broader SDLC activities such as story creation, requirements refinement, and engineering documentation

• Produce architectural documents and high-level technical designs when needed

• Apply strong designpatterns and identifyanti-patterns in applications, APIs, and cloud-native systems

• Support delivery teams with quality, security, testing, DevSecOps, and operational readiness practices

• Contribute to technical deliverables, implementation plans, and reusable engineering assets

• Occasionally support pre-sales, scoping, and solutioning efforts as part of smaller pursuits or growth toward Principal responsibilities

Qualifications:

• Deep expertisein at least two of the following languages: Java, C#, JavaScript, or Python

• Strong ability to design, write, debug, and review complex application code

• Strong understanding of the full software development lifecycle and Agile delivery practices

• Strong experience with test-driven development, testing strategies, and writing bulletproof code

• Strong working knowledge of architecture, design patterns, and anti-patterns

• Experience building modern applications, APIs, and cloud-native services

• Practical experience with security, DevSecOps, CI/CD, observability, and production-readiness practices

• Strong proficiencywith AI development tools, especially Claude Code; experience with Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, Continue.dev, and similar tools is highly valued

• Ability to structure context, set expectations, validateoutputs, and use AI effectively across coding and adjacent SDLC activities

• Strong mentoring skills and the ability to help junior engineers improve through direct technical guidance

• Strong communicationskills and the ability to explain technical concepts clearly

• Ability to work independently and solve complex technical problems with minimal direction

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong consulting background in application development, architecture, or modernization

• Experience with automated software analysis tools

• Experience leading whiteboarding sessions and technical design discussions

• Community involvement through writing, speaking, or technical leadership in internal or external forums

• Experience supporting technical scoping, RFPs, or pre-sales activities