Software Technical Lead

Responsibilities

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

• 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.

• High School Diploma/GED Required.
• Bachelor's Degree (Technical Degree Preferred) and 4 Years Relevant Experience.
• OR
• 6 Years Relevant Experience.

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.

• 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 to create and maintain agent skills incorporating software standards, guidelines, and best practices.
• Technical Leadership: Experience leading technical team while serving as an individual contributor on the team.

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Program
• Retirement 401(k) Traditional or Roth Program Options with Company Match
• Vacation and Holidays
• Parental Leave
• Short Term and Long Term Disability Leave
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Employee Assistance and Mental Health/Substance Abuse Program
• Life Insurance, Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
• Supplemental Insurance including Hospital Indemnity, Critical Illness and Accident Insurance
• Additional Wellness Programs and Rewards Available

Altec Industries, Inc. and its affiliates are equal opportunity employers and maintain affirmative action plans to recruit, retain, develop, and promote qualified individuals without unlawful consideration of race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Altec strives to maintain a work environment free from unlawful discrimination and harassment, where associates are treated with respect and dignity.