Lead - DevOps Engineering

Overview

Tek Wissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client provider of digital technology and transformation, information technology and services.

Position: Lead I - Dev Ops Engineering

Location: Bellevue, WA

Duration: 6 Months

Job Type: Temporary Assignment

Work Type: Hybrid

• Design and build responsive, accessible, and performant user interfaces using React
• Deliver end-to-end features across UI, API, and data layers, ensuring consistency in design, performance, and security
• Develop and maintain automated UI and end-to-end test suites using Playwright or equivalent
• Design, develop, test, and deploy high-quality software solutions using Java and Spring Boot
• Build scalable, high-performing RESTful APIs and microservices aligned with privacy and compliance requirements
• Implement and support event-driven and message-based architectures using Kafka or similar technologies
• Build scalable ETL frameworks using object-oriented Python and Java programming languages
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product, architecture, data, and privacy, to deliver compliant solutions
• Contribute to system and application architecture, including service design, data flows, and integration patterns
• Participate in code reviews, agile ceremonies, and technical design discussions
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex software issues across development and production environments
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automation, and deployment workflows
• Write and maintain clear technical documentation, including design documents and system specifications
• Continuously evaluate and adopt modern technologies to improve system performance, reliability, and maintainability
• Daily use of AI productivity tools (Claude, Cursor) is required across the software development lifecycle –including design, API and microservice development, code generation, code review, testing, debugging, deployment, documentation, and production support.
• Design, build, and operate AI agents that automate software engineering tasks such as generating boilerplate code for new microservices, creating unit and API tests, analyzing logs, triaging incidents, and supporting CI/CD pipelines.
• Build and integrate AI-enabled capabilities into backend services and APIs using foundation models, prompt engineering, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) patterns.
• Implement audit logging, observability, and human-in-the-loop controls for AI agents and AI-assisted workflows running in Tier-0 production environments.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 6+ years of software engineering experience, building and supporting enterprise-grade applications
• Strong experience working in Agile or Scrum-based development environments
• Demonstrated ability to work independently on complex technical problems while collaborating across teams
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Demonstrated experience building production user interfaces with React
• Familiarity with foundation models, prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and AI agent development applied to full-stack application development, including enterprise reusable solutions

• Strong experience with JavaScript/Type Script and React for building production user interfaces
• Proficiency with messaging and event-driven systems such as Kafka
• Experience with frontend build tooling, package management, and component-based design
• Experience with end-to-end and UI test automation using Playwright or equivalent
• Proficiency with front-end technologies, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Webpack
• Strong experience with Python object-oriented programming, Java, and Spring Boot
• Experience building scalable REST APIs and microservices
• Experience working with JSON and XML, including schema validation
• Experience with Git, Git Lab, and CI/CD automation
• Hands-on experience working on Unix OS and proficient in shell scripting
• Experience developing test automation using tools such as JUnit or Karate
• Profic…