Tech Lead - Typescript + Python

Job Title: Tech Lead - Typescript + Python Location : Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Remote Skill Set: TypeScript, Node.Js, Python Software Developer, Django, AWS, Dynamo DB, Lambdas, Kubernetes/EKS, Kafka, ArgoCD / HelmCI/CD, New Relic Job Description Candidate must very very good in English communication

• Candidate must be very proactive as this is a highly monitored client project
• Candidate can be anywhere in Mexico

Roles & Responsibilities

Job Description: Technical Lead Engineer We are looking for a highly skilled Technical Lead Engineer with deep expertise in AWS cloud-native architecture and event-driven data platform engineering. This role leads the design and delivery of a complex AWS modernization program, migrating a legacy event pipeline to a modern architecture built on Amazon DynamoDB Streams, Amazon MSK (Kafka), and Amazon EKS. The Technical Lead will own end-to-end technical delivery - from architecture and pipeline design through integration testing, CI/CD setup, and documentation handoff.

Key Responsibilities

• Architecture & Design: Drive end-to-end technical design and hands-on delivery of event-driven data pipelines on AWS; define service boundaries, integration patterns, and technical approach in close collaboration with the engineering team.
• Event Pipeline Engineering: Build and configure Amazon DynamoDB Streams producers and AWS Lambda connector functions; implement Amazon MSK (Kafka) entity linkages and own topic schema validation.
• Backfill Pipeline Engineering: Build and lead execution of S3 and Lambda-orchestrated backfill pipelines; define per-stage validation criteria and rollback strategies.
• Integration Testing: Own end-to-end integration testing to validate data fidelity across distributed pipeline components; define acceptance criteria and sign off on fidelity targets.
• Container Migration: Lead migration of services from AWS Lambda to Amazon EKS; build and maintain CircleCI and ArgoCD CI/CD pipelines for containerised deployments.
• Technical Leadership: Contribute to and review all engineering deliverables; define Definition of Done criteria per phase; champion code quality, test coverage, and security standards across the team.
• Documentation & Handoff: Produce deployment runbooks, pipeline documentation, architecture diagrams, and AWS Well-Architected alignment summaries.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Coordinate cross-team technical dependencies; liaise with client engineering and AWS platform teams; escalate blockers promptly.

Technical Requirements (Must Have)

• Strong hands-on experience on TypeScript
• Strong hands-on experience on Python
• Strong hands-on experience on Dynamo DB streaming and AWS Lamda
• Strong hands-on experience on ArgoCD / Helm
• Strong hands-on experience on Kafka
• Experience with any CI/CD pipeline tooling (preferably CircleCI, , Jenkins, or GitHub Actions)
• Infrastructure as Code
• Experience with Observability tools like New Relic

Good to Have

• Experience on GoLang
• Experience on Kafka, Amazon SNS , Amazon SQS
• Hands-on experience with Kafka schema registry and topic governance.
• Familiar with AWS architecture best practices
• New Relic or Splunk for EKS service observability.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 6+ years of backend or cloud engineering experience.
• 3+ years in a technical lead or senior engineer role with end-to-end delivery ownership.
• Strong written communication - architecture documents and stakeholder-ready reports.