Technical Director (Temp to Hire)

1 month from now
US > Portland
Wizard Studio

Job Description

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What You'll Do

  • Own and evolve the technical vision, building on an existing GCP architecture (Cloud Run, Firestore, Cloud SQL) and guiding integration with a modern Angular-based SPA

  • Lead architectural decision-making across the stack, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability of a real-time, stateful system

  • Drive delivery health by evaluating feasibility, identifying risks early, and shaping scope to support sustainable execution

  • Mentor and unblock a senior, multi-disciplinary engineering team; actively participate in sprint planning, standups, retros, and architectural reviews

  • Uphold code quality across backend and frontend systems, including state management, rendering performance, and accessibility standards

  • Act as the technical bridge across Engineering, Design, Strategy, and Production—translating AI capabilities into actionable product and UX decisions

  • Partner with clients and external teams as a senior technical advisor, clearly communicating complex systems and influencing direction

  • Collaborate closely with the Executive Technical Director to ensure strong alignment across technical strategy and client partnership

  • Establish best practices for AI-augmented engineering, guiding the use of tools like Gemini, Cursor, or Claude Code to accelerate development responsibly

  • Apply deep expertise across Full-stack development, Systems Architecture, and GCP to scale a complex, distributed system

What You'll Bring

  • Proven experience operating as a Technical Director, Principal Engineer, or Architect leading complex, multi-disciplinary teams

  • Deep full-stack fluency, with the ability to guide frontend architecture (TypeScript, Angular/React/Vue) and backend systems (Python, async processing, distributed services)

  • Strong expertise in JavaScript, TypeScript, and Python, with the ability to contribute across the stack when needed

  • Advanced experience architecting and deploying systems on GCP, including containerized microservices, database design (SQL/NoSQL), and DevOps/IaC practices (Terraform)

  • Experience bringing generative AI systems into production, with an understanding of latency, orchestration, and multi-agent architectures

  • Solid foundation in security, deployment, monitoring, and systems operations at scale

  • Ability to balance technical excellence with pragmatic decision-making to keep teams moving efficiently

  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate between technical and non-technical stakeholders and guide cross-functional collaboration

  • Experience working within delivery frameworks, maintaining visibility into timelines, budgets, staffing, and technical risk

  • Proficiency with modern frontend frameworks such as Angular (preferred), React, or Vue, with a strong grasp of complex state management

  • Strong understanding of accessibility standards and frontend performance considerations

  • Familiarity with generative AI technologies (LLMs, agentic systems) and modern AI-augmented engineering workflows

  • A collaborative, low-ego leadership style with the ability to partner across disciplines and lead through ambiguity

Pay Range

The expected contract pay range for this role is $113-130 per hour (on a W-2)   The expected full time pay range for this position is $150,000 - $180,000.   Both contract and full time compensation is determined by location, experience, and skillset We have three regional pay ranges that are adjusted for cost of living (US1 +15%, US2 +7.5%, US3 Base), *learn more about our pay philosophy and cost of living adjustments.

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