Software Technical Lead

Responsibilities

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

Software Technical Lead

Providing technical leadership, oversight and guidance throughout the software creation process; works independently to solve moderately complex software challenges.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:


* Aligns development resources to effectively meet business objectives.


* Collaborates with architects to develop and uphold coding standards and best practices.


* Demonstrates fluency in foundational software development responsibilities.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, AND SKILLS REQUIRED:

High School Diploma/GED Required

A) Bachelor's Degree (Technical Degree Preferred) and 4 Years Relevant Experience

OR

B) 6 Years Relevant Experience

SKILLS/COMPETENCIES:

Debugging | Functional Requirements | Software Design | Software Documentation | Software Requirements Specification | Unit Testing | Visioning | Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Software | Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Software | Source Code Management Software | Programming Language | SDLC | Agile Development

PREFERRED SKILLS/COMPETENCIES:


* AI-led full‑stack delivery: Ability to prototype, build, and deploy applications backed by web services, leveraging agentic AI tools to accelerate delivery while maintaining code quality and maintainability.


* Responsible AI & acceptable‑use adherence: Demonstrated discipline reviewing GenAI outputs for accuracy/professionalism and aligning usage with policy requirements (including avoiding unsafe AI add‑ins/connectors and ensuring compliant use of Altec information).


* Prompt engineering + team coaching: Advanced skill in writing clear, structured prompts and teaching developers prompting best practices to produce accurate, relevant, actionable results.


* API‑centric solution design using agentic AI: Strong experience designing AI‑enhanced workflows around REST APIs, including orchestration between webUI, web services, 3rd‑party vendor endpoints, and internal data sources.


* Grounding & "know‑your‑data" patterns: Experience implementing approaches that ground AI responses in authoritative enterprise sources (e.g., internal knowledge/data) to improve reliability of AI‑assisted application behavior.


* Quality gates for AI‑assisted code: Establishes standards for using AI in software engineering (prompt reuse, code review expectations, test coverage requirements, and verification of AI outputs to mitigate hallucinations).


* Secure integration mindset for vendor + internal APIs: Demonstrated ability to integrate with 3rd‑party and internal services while enforcing security best practices (authentication/authorization, secrets handling, and least‑privilege access patterns).


* Developer enablement & governance leadership: Leads other developers through best practices, including internal education pathways and consistent adherence to Altec's AI guidance and tooling recommendations.


* Agent Skills: Ability t...