Technical Development Lead

Company Overview:

Global Technology Services is a rapidly expanding organization situated in Medellín, Colombia. We pride ourselves on possessing one of the most influential networks within software development and IT services for the entertainment, financial, and logistics sectors. Our corporate projections offer many opportunities for professionals to elevate their careers and experience substantial growth. Joining our team means engaging with expansive engineering teams across Latin America and the United States, contributing to cutting-edge developments in multiple industries.

We’re looking for a Technical Development Lead to guide engineering execution within a large scale AWS modernization program. This role combines hands on technical leadership, solution implementation, code quality, and coordination across development, QA, and cloud teams.

Position Title: Technical Development Lead

Category: Management & Leadership

Seniority: Senior

Location: Colombia and Mexico

What you will be doing:

You will translate solution designs and requirements into implementation plans, guide technical decisions, and help engineers resolve complex delivery issues. You will review code and service interfaces, establish development practices, and contribute to implementation where needed.

You will coordinate dependencies across frontend, backend, cloud, and QA teams while tracking technical risks and communicating tradeoffs. The program includes AWS, microservices, REST APIs, Kafka or Amazon MSK, Node.js, TypeScript, Python, React.

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Experience leading software development work and mentoring engineers.

• Strong backend engineering skills with Node.js, TypeScript

• Experience delivering AWS applications using microservices and API integrations.

• Understanding of event driven architectures and relational or NoSQL data design.

• Ability to review code, guide testing practices, and troubleshoot issues across services.

• Experience coordinating technical dependencies, implementation plans, and delivery risks.

• Professional proficiency in English, both written and spoken.

Nice to Have Skills

• Frontend development experience with React 

• Experience with Kafka, Amazon MSK, Aurora PostgreSQL, or DynamoDB.

• Experience with GitLab CI/CD, CloudWatch, Cognito, or modernization of existing applications.

Soft Skills

• Clear technical leadership and ability to explain tradeoffs to different audiences.

• Ownership of engineering quality and constructive coaching of team members.

• Ability to prioritize technical work and coordinate decisions across teams.