Tech Lead

About the Role 

At LauraMac, we’re transforming the mortgage technology ecosystem with scalable, secure, and high-performing software. As a Tech Lead, you’ll play a dual role - acting as both a hands-on engineer and a technical leader for a Scrum team composed of 5 engineers and 2 QA.

You’ll own the delivery, quality, and scalability of your team’s sprint deliverables while staying deeply involved in the codebase. Working closely with a Staff Engineer, you’ll align on architecture, contribute to shared technical initiatives, and uphold engineering excellence across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

Team & Delivery Leadership 

• Serve as the technical leader for your Scrum team, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery of sprint goals. 

• Work hands-on as an individual contributor, contributing code, conducting code & design reviews, and solving complex technical challenges. 

• Drive sprint planning, estimation, and execution in partnership with Product Management and QA. 

• Ensure predictable, on-time delivery while balancing short-term sprint goals with long-term technical health. 

• Promote agile best practices, collaboration, and a strong sense of ownership within the team. 

Technical Execution & Ownership 

• Design, develop, and maintain critical components in Java, Angular, and MySQL, following modern engineering practices. 

• Ensure solutions meet high standards of performance, scalability, and reliability. 

• Uphold and apply architectural principles, coding guidelines, and system design patterns established by the Staff Engineer group. 

• Lead technical design discussions, propose improvements, and guide the team through implementation details. 

• Participate in cross-team collaborations on shared libraries, CI/CD improvements, and platform-level enhancements. 

Quality & Continuous Improvement 

• Drive a culture of engineering excellence, emphasizing code quality, maintainability, and automation. 

• Collaborate with QA engineers to ensure robust test coverage and high-quality releases. 

• Proactively identify and reduce technical debt through refactoring and better design practices. 

• Support continuous integration, deployment, and monitoring in partnership with the DevOps team. 

Mentorship & Collaboration 

• Mentor engineers within your team, helping them grow technically and professionally. 

• Collaborate with Staff Engineers for architectural guidance, technical reviews, and systemic improvements. 

• Foster clear communication across engineering, QA, and product teams to align priorities and resolve blockers efficiently. 

Qualifications

Required:

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years in a Tech Lead or senior individual contributor capacity. 

• Strong hands-on expertise in Java (Spring Boot or equivalent), Angular, and MySQL. 

• Proven ability to balance leadership responsibilities with active development work. 

• Experience leading Agile/Scrum teams and ensuring delivery quality, scalability, and maintainability. 

• Strong understanding of software design principles, system architecture, and performance optimization. 

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence across disciplines. 

Preferred:

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred). 

• Familiarity with event-driven architectures or microservices. 

• Exposure to DevOps practices, observability tools, and production monitoring. 

• Passion for technical mentorship and continuous improvement. 

Why LauraMac 

• Lead and Build: Lead a team while staying hands-on in code and architecture. 

• Growth: Develop leadership and technical depth under mentorship from Staff Engineers. 

• Impact: Directly influence the quality, scalability, and performance of LauraMac’s core platform. 

• Culture: Join a collaborative, transparent environment focused on innovation and technical excellence.