Technical Lead, Software Development, Full Stack Developer

Technical Lead

This is a Hybrid position. Ad Hoc is a technology company that empowers organizations to deliver scalable, impactful digital services. Using modern, agile methods, our team creates products that meet people’s needs and transform their experience of government.

Our collaborations have shaped some of the defining moments in public‑sector service delivery. We’ve helped build products that connect Veterans to tailored services, help millions access affordable health care, and support important programs like Head Start. As we work with agencies to deliver critical services, we’re also changing how the government approaches technology.

Our culture, communications, and tools are built for remote work, enabling us to bring together top talent nationwide. At Ad Hoc, remote life empowers our teams to design work environments that fit their lives and that foster flexibility and collaboration to achieve positive outcomes for our customers.

Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren’t heroes. We learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time. We build small, inclusive teams to collaborate closely with our partners to solve the right problems and deliver software that works.

The Federal Civilian business unit supports many customers spanning the federal, commercial, and nonprofit space. Our customers include NASA, the General Services Administration, Office of Personnel Management, the Library of Congress, Health & Human Services, and the FDIC. We partner with these agencies to build new capabilities, deliver products, establish data as a strategic asset for informed decision‑making, modernize legacy systems, and build the digital service infrastructure necessary to scale their mission impact.

We’re rebuilding how 330 million Americans access public health information while increasing trust. For a highly visible federal agency, we’re replacing a static, decades‑old web experience with AI‑powered features, engaging data visualizations, personalization, and a mobile‑first platform that surfaces health content to meet modern engagement expectations.

• Own the technical architecture end‑to‑end. Preferred stack experience includes Next.js frontend, headless CMS integration layer, AI‑powered search, Cloudflare edge delivery, Azure hosting.
• Write production code daily. Set patterns in the codebase that the team follows. Conduct code reviews that raise the bar.
• Define and enforce the API contracts between teams so they can build in parallel without blocking each other.
• Make fast, informed technology decisions under deadline pressure. You’ll choose tools, resolve technical disagreements, and own the tradeoffs.
• Collaborate with the UI/UX Design Lead to ensure the frontend implementation matches the design intent for animations, transitions, responsive behavior, the details that make it feel like a consumer product.
• Partner with the data experts on integrating the AI/NLP search layer into the frontend, including streaming responses, citation rendering, and fallback experiences.
• Drive performance optimization for millions of users following Core Web Vitals.
• Work with the security experts to ensure the architecture is secure, documentable, and deployable.
• Ship on fast deadlines in a high visibility space.

• Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of professional experience in software delivery and strategy.
• 2+ or more years of people management experience, responsible for defining expectations for team operations and performance management.
• 4+ years experience directing assignments for cross‑functional team.
• Experienced with government contracting requirements and regulations.
• Extensive experience with people management, software development, customer interactions, formal and informal communication, and mentorship.
• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with at least 2 years in a technical lead role on a product team.
• Deep, production‑level expertise with tools and languages like React,…