About this role
Job title: Technical Fellow
About the Role
As a Technical Fellow at AHEAD, you are the most senior technologist in our consulting organization. You lead large strategic programs, set architectural direction, and act as the CTO for key accounts to ensure business outcomes are achieved through engineering excellence.
What You'll Do
- Lead large strategic programs from a technical perspective
- Establish architectural patterns across the entire program
- Set vision and communicate it to customer
- Oversee overall quality and ensure technical alignment
- Mentor Jr Engineers and assist them in their progression
- Establish consistent thought leadership and innovation for your customers
- Participate in code reviews
- Choose the correct technologies and ensure they are used properly
- Onboard team members and set expectations
- Set high standards, lead by example, and meet technical consultants where they’re at; exceed expectations
- Lead workshops and ideation sessions with your customer
- Build internal methodologies and advocate for newer ways of working
- Work with sales specialists and service partners to build an account vision
- Own the technical vision within an account
- Continuously working to improve the developer experience for team members, in internal and client contexts
- Operate in a truly DevSecOps mindset and any and all day 2 concerns will be prioritized in any and all feature development
What We're Looking For
- Senior technologist with ability to lead strategic programs and drive technical outcomes
- Excellent communication skills with executive leadership; able to articulate high-level visions and dive into details
- Credibility, approachability, and willingness to mentor others
- Comfortable operating across the stack and learning new tools and technologies
- Experience acting as the CTO for client accounts and building strong customer relationships
- Ability to align technology with business objectives and industry verticals
- Innovative thinker who pushes boundaries and drives engineering excellence
- Strong commitment to quality software and engineering delivery
- Experience leading workshops, ideation sessions, and building new methodologies
- DevSecOps mindset
Nice to Have
- Primary area of expertise (e.g., AI, Platform Engineering) with ability to operate across the stack
- Consulting or customer-facing experience
- Experience shaping architectural patterns and delivery methodologies
- Proficiency with modern cloud-native architectures and platforms
Compensation & Benefits
Salary: $300,000 - $400,000 per year (USD) as On-Target Earnings (OTE). This includes base salary plus any target bonus.
USA Benefits include:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid company holidays
- Paid time off
- Paid parental and caregiver leave