Program Technical Lead

Orbis

Program Technical Lead driving technical delivery and engineering on multi-year program for government defense client. Leading integration teams across multiple time zones with a focus on quality and velocity.

Posted 6/6/2026full-timeVirginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the programs technical solution
Drive architecture and design across data exchange, integration, identity, and deployment layers
Make the calls the team needs made, document them, and defend them
Lead a distributed team
Oversee three integration engineering teams as they rotate overseas, setting the pace for engineers spread across multiple time zones
Run the standups that matter, cut the ones that don’t, and keep the team oriented on what ships next
Push for velocity and quality
Hold engineers accountable to clear, tight deliverables
Review code, challenge design choices, and surface weak work before the client does
Build, break, learn, and fix
Stay hands-on
Prototype hard problems, pressure-test the solution from an adversarial angle
Apply AI as leverage
Deliver against contractual milestones
Partner with the Program Manager
Engage the client in technical exchanges
Grow the engineers

Requirements

What you’ll need

10 - 15 years building production software, with a substantial portion of that career in hands-on development roles
5+ years leading and growing technical teams, including engineers you did not personally hire
Proven track record leading distributed engineering teams across multiple time zones (8+ hours of differential)
Experience being accountable for the technical solution on milestone-based or outcomes-based contracts with defined acceptance criteria
Strong architectural fluency across cloud-native systems, APIs, identity (OAuth, SSO, JWT), and data integration patterns
Working knowledge of containerized deployments, CI/CD, and modern SaaS architectures
Fluency with AI-assisted development tooling (Claude, Copilot, Cursor, or equivalents) as part of daily engineering practice
Ability to read, write, and review code in at least one modern language currently in production use
Strong communication skills, including direct engagement with senior client stakeholders
Experience working with international clients and demonstrated cross-cultural competence

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation and benefits
Flexible work environment
Opportunity to travel internationally, including regular engagement in the Middle East and Gulf region
A technically ambitious program with real mission impact and a client that treats engineering as the center of gravity
A distributed team of strong engineers who want to be pushed

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Hard Skills & Tools

production software developmentcloud-native systemsAPIsidentity (OAuth, SSO, JWT)data integration patternscontainerized deploymentsCI/CDSaaS architecturesAI-assisted development toolingcode review

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationcross-cultural competenceteam managementaccountabilityproblem-solvingclient engagementdocumentationdecision-makingvelocity and quality focus