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The ideal candidate brings strong coding ability, sound engineering habits, a growing sense of technical judgment, and a passion for delivering high-quality software faster through effective use of AI-assisted development tools.\nTechnical Consultants own defined features, components, and small workstreams end to end. They operatewith day-to-day independence while working inside the technical direction set by a Senior or Principal Technical Consultant, andare trusted contributors on delivery teams building and modernizing 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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