Technical Lead - Health Client Team

About the role

Appnovation, an AI product company headquartered in Vancouver, is hiring a Technical Lead for a new dedicated team serving a health and longevity client. The role owns the team's technical direction, quality and client relationship, acting as the technical voice to the client. It is a hands-on technical leadership role, not a line-management position.

Key responsibilities

• Set the team's technical direction, own architecture and design decisions, and uphold coding standards through code review
• Ensure developers test their own work before it reaches QA
• Own documentation of architecture, design decisions and technical specifications, and turn one-to-one guidance into reusable material
• Stay current on compliance requirements for handling personal health data
• Break plans into tasks and stories, delegate work fairly, and coach and mentor developers
• Serve as the client's primary technical contact, explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and manage expectations on scope, effort and risk
• Lead technical input to planning, estimation and backlog refinement, track progress against milestones and budget with the project manager, and escalate technical risks early
• Seek client feedback and identify opportunities to add value for the client

Required profile

• At least 8 years of professional software engineering experience, including 2+ years leading a team's technical direction
• Proven ability to turn a technical vision into a clear, actionable plan
• Excellent communication with non-technical audiences
• Nice to have: consulting or agency experience, experience in health, life sciences or regulated industries, and experience integrating digital health devices such as wearables and sensors

Required skills

• Frontend: React, Next.js, TypeScript
• Backend: Python, Node.js

What we offer

• Work with real impact and exposure to high-profile clients
• Direct access to cutting-edge AI platforms
• Growth opportunities and a diverse and inclusive culture
• Hybrid working model