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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.\nSenior 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.\nIn Modern Apps, this role is especially well suited to engineers who are excited about AI-native software delivery. 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