Tech Lead

As a Tech Lead at Cayuse, your primary responsibilities include designing and implementing high-quality SaaS software products, working closely with senior leadership, and providing direction to Scrum teams. You’ll also drive design and architecture decisions, work cross-functionally with various teams, and influence junior engineers in best practices.

To qualify for the Tech Lead position at Cayuse, candidates should have 7+ years of experience in software development, with at least 2 years in a technical lead role. A BS/MS in computer science or related fields is required, alongside strong skills in Java, Spring, AWS, and familiarity with agile methodologies.

At Cayuse, we are committed to the growth and development of our employees, especially our Tech Leads. You have the opportunity to influence junior engineers, work on complex projects, and engage in continuous learning to adapt to best practices in software engineering.

A Tech Lead at Cayuse works with a diverse range of technologies, including Java, Spring, Hibernate, AWS, and various database technologies. Familiarity with unit testing and tools like Snyk and SonarQube is essential to ensure code quality and security.

The team culture for Tech Leads at Cayuse is one of inclusion, collaboration, and empowerment. We value diverse perspectives and encourage our Tech Leads to mentor others while driving innovation and excellence within the engineering teams.

In this role, clear communication and collaboration are essential. When discussing your experience, emphasize instances where you effectively guided your team, resolved conflicts, and delivered on project commitments.

Illustrate your conflict resolution strategies by sharing specific examples where you facilitated discussions, encouraged open communication, and helped find compromises to ensure team cohesion and project success.

When addressing this question, discuss your knowledge of code review processes, automated testing tools, and best practices like Test-Driven Development (TDD) that you use to maintain high standards in software quality.

Demonstrate your understanding of architecture by mentioning methods you use to evaluate different solutions, consider long-term impacts, and achieve consensus among your team and stakeholders.

Be sure to detail the nature of the problem, the steps you took to analyze and solve it, and the positive results that followed to showcase your analytical and problem-solving skills.

Explain how Agile methodology influences your work style, particularly in terms of collaboration, adaptability, timely feedback loops, and continuous delivery, while providing examples from past projects.

Mention your mentoring style, how you foster learning and growth, and share specific examples where your guidance had a measurable positive impact on their performance and confidence.

Discuss specific AWS services you've used, any projects where these services were integral, and how you harness cloud infrastructure for scalability, performance, and cost-effectiveness.

Illustrate how you actively engage with product management and stakeholders to capture requirements and ensure that the technical decisions you make align with the overall business objectives.

Describe your strategies for prioritizing tasks, delegating responsibilities among team members, and how you maintain productivity and quality even under pressure.