Technical Lead (Remote)
GovCIO · Albany, NY
$160,000–$165,000from the description
Jul 1, 2026
Albany, NY
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A player-coach engineering role leading a team building an event-driven document submission and processing platform for a federal agency. Day-to-day responsibilities span setting architectural direction, mentoring engineers, and running technical ceremonies, alongside hands-on full-stack development across TypeScript/Node.js backends, React frontends, AWS infrastructure, and CI/CD pipelines. Suits a senior engineer with 12+ years of experience who has led teams in regulated environments.
Senior level · 12+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 3,100 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 1,850–4,650
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The title is 'Technical Lead' with no seniority modifier, so the title states no level; however, the 12+ years requirement and full-stack ownership scope support a Senior classification.
This role is a genuine player-coach hybrid: it carries substantial people-leadership duties (mentoring, ceremonies, architectural authority) alongside explicit individual-contributor coding responsibilities. 11-3021 (Computer and Information Systems Managers) is a credible runner-up, but the JD explicitly emphasizes hands-on shipping and IC work as co-equal to leadership, so 15-1252 (Software Developers) is the primary classification.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree and 12+ years… or commensurate experience,' meaning equivalent experience is accepted in lieu of a degree — the degree requirement is set to None accordingly.
The clearance is listed as 'ability to obtain and maintain a Suitability / Public Trust clearance' — this is a Public Trust suitability determination, not a formal US security clearance (Confidential/Secret/TS), so the clearance requirement is set to None. The requirement is noted here for the hiring manager's awareness.
EC2, ECS/ECR/EKS, S3, IAM, and SSM are all enumerated under the required AWS experience bullet. SSM is omitted as a standalone skill since it is a sub-service listed in a bundle; the core services are captured individually.
AI/ML API integration and OCR services appear only under Preferred Skills and are not emitted as separate skills since they name no specific tool or platform.
Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CDK) and Keycloak are listed under Preferred Skills.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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