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We work directly with government agencies to modernize software, systems, and platforms so that they better serve people.\nYour ImpactEvery month, hundreds of thousands of people go looking for facts about Medicare and Medicaid. They are researchers, reporters, policy staff, and health care providers. When the data is hard to find, a file is too large to post, or a column quietly changes its name between releases, their work slows down or goes wrong.\nThis project supports the website where the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) publishes that data for the public. It holds a large catalog of datasets, lookup tools, and dashboards from many parts of the agency, available as downloads, interactive tools, and a public API. As Technical Lead, you will be the top technical authority for the team that builds and runs it. You will keep the site fast, secure, and accessible, and you will lead the engineering behind its next stage, including larger data files, self-service publishing for the CMS offices that own the data, and bringing CMS data that is now spread across other agency websites onto one site.\nThis position is a full-time position contingent on For People being awarded a federal contract. If awarded, this position’s expected start date is February 2027.\nOur CultureFor People is a team of humans. We place a significant amount of emphasis on positive work-life balance, setting healthy expectations, and making sure our loved ones are taken care of first. That means picking a child up from school during the day or going for a mid-day walk is okay!\nThis position is 100% remote. Our entire team is remote across the United States, from the West Coast to the East Coast. There will never be a return-to-office, as we have none! Occasional travel to CMS headquarters in Baltimore, MD (2-3 times per year) is required. These trips are infrequent and scheduled well in advance.\nThis full-time position's published base salary range is between $130,000 and $160,000 annually. All positions include generous benefits (e.g., For People pays 100% of Gold-tier employee health insurance premiums) and annual company profit sharing.\nYour OpportunitiesOn the project, you will:\nLead the engineering for the agency's public data website, built on Drupal with a separate React front end. You will own architecture decisions, keep Drupal and its modules current, and be responsible for your team’s coding standards.\n\nKeep the site reliable and secure, with targets of 99.5% uptime. That covers release management, monitoring and alerts, incident response, and the security documentation that keeps the site's Authority to Operate (ATO) current.\n\nLead the research on new hosting and content delivery options. 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