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Pluribus Digital partners with our government customers to design, develop, and deliver useful and impactful digital products. We are a hands-on digital services consultancy - part technologists, part change agents, and all heart. We employ modern best practices in all that we do as we work to solve problems in public health, financial industry regulation, granting citizenship and asylum, and identity and access management.\nAbout the Role\nWe are seeking an experienced Engineering Technical Lead to drive the modernization of legacy enterprise applications supporting the TTB program- a bureau within the Department of the Treasury responsible for regulating and collecting taxes on alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and ammunition, and for overseeing related permitting and compliance. In this role, you will provide hands-on technical leadership and guide a small, cross-functional team as we transform legacy systems into a modern, cloud-ready, microservices-based platform.\nYou will define technical direction, uphold engineering best practices, and collaborate closely with product, security, and operations partners to deliver secure, scalable, and maintainable systems. This is a highly visible role for a leader who enjoys solving complex legacy challenges while mentoring engineers and shaping the future state of the platform.\nWhat you will do:\nServe as the technical lead for modernizing legacy enterprise applications into a scalable, cloud-ready architecture.\nDefine technical direction, architecture standards, and engineering best practices for the team.\nLead design sessions and architecture reviews; document technical decisions and solutions.\nGuide decomposition of monolithic systems into well-scoped, maintainable microservices.\nDesign and implement backend services and RESTful APIs using modern frameworks and patterns.\nProvide technical leadership for frontend development and ensure clean API contracts.\nLead secure authentication and authorization approaches in partnership with security stakeholders.\nPromote CI/CD automation, infrastructure-aware design, and production readiness (logging, monitoring, resiliency).\nBalance technical debt reduction with delivery timelines and operational risk.\nMentor engineers through code reviews, technical coaching, and day-to-day guidance.\nPartner closely with product, operations, and program stakeholders to deliver high-quality outcomes.\nIdentify risks early and recommend mitigation strategies to keep delivery on track.\nMinimum Qualifications:\nPublic Trust Clearance\n8+ years of professional software development experience, with 3+ years in a technical leadership role.\nStrong mission alignment.\nStrong expertise in modern backend development (e.g., Java and enterprise application frameworks).\nHands-on experience designing and delivering microservices and distributed systems.\nExperience modernizing legacy systems and refactoring complex codebases.\nDeep understanding of RESTful API design and integration patterns.\nSolid experience with relational databases and data migration concepts.\nWorking knowledge of modern frontend frameworks and UI patterns.\nExperience implementing secure authentication and authorization (OAuth2, OIDC, JWT, RBAC).\nFamiliarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and application observability.\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills, especially in legacy environments.\nAbility to clearly communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.\nExperience working in Agile or iterative delivery environments.\nComfort operating in regulated, security-conscious environments.\nBachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience modernizing systems in government or regulated environments.\nExposure to cloud-native or containerized platforms (e.g., Kubernetes).\nFamiliarity with event-driven or asynchronous architectures.\nExperience documenting architectures using industry-standard models.\nBackground working on large, enterprise-scale or mission-critical systems.\nWhy Pluribus May Be a Fit for You\nWe are purpose driven. We support missions and products that serve the public good, and where our focused capabilities positively impact those mission outcomes. We bring a consultative approach to partner with our government customers and help them succeed as change makers.\nPluribus is a calm company. We are knowledge workers. People do their best work when they are not rushed by artificial urgency or drained by a culture of facetime and workaholism. By having confidence in our people, we can get more done at better quality. When real crunch time comes, we are not already stretched to the limit.\nWe are stronger because of the variety of skills and personal backgrounds of our team. We hold ourselves accountable with annual reporting on diversity statistics. As a woman owned and led company, diversity, equity, and inclusion is woven into all aspects of the organization.\nCompensation & Benefits\nPluribus Digital offers a competitive salary that is determined at the time of offer. We are hiring for multiple levels under this job posting. Compensation will be based on experience and qualifications, with salary ranges aligned accordingly. If a candidate is a strong fit at a more junior or senior level to what is outlined here, we will assess them accordingly and apply the appropriate salary range during the hiring process. The range for this specific role is from $155,000 to $165,000 depending on experience. Salary is augmented with opportunity to earn annual bonus and medical/dental/vision benefits, PTO, company paid life insurance and a generous 401k match program. 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