Job Title: Web Solutions Lead Engineer
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Experience Required: 12+ Years
Employment Type: Contract
Interview Type: In-Person or Webcam
Job Description We are looking for a seasoned Web Solutions Lead Engineer who can guide the design, development, and delivery of enterprise-level web platforms and applications. The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise, strong leadership capabilities, and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams. This role requires someone who can translate business needs into scalable, secure, and high-performing web solutions while ensuring best practices in architecture, development, and deployment.
As the Web Solutions Lead Engineer, you will oversee solution planning, technical direction, hands-on development, and mentoring of engineering teams. You will play a key role in shaping web technology standards, modernizing legacy systems, and driving continuous improvement across the digital ecosystem.
Key Responsibilities - Lead the end-to-end design and architecture of complex web applications and solutions.
- Work closely with product owners, business stakeholders, and engineering teams to define requirements and technical strategies.
- Oversee development efforts, ensuring high-quality coding standards, security practices, and performance optimization.
- Conduct technical reviews, troubleshoot issues, and provide expert guidance during development and deployment cycles.
- Drive integration efforts with backend services, APIs, cloud platforms, and third-party systems.
- Mentor and guide junior developers and team members, fostering a collaborative engineering environment.
- Contribute to DevOps pipelines, CI/CD configurations, and automation initiatives to improve release reliability.
- Ensure compliance with industry standards, accessibility requirements, and organizational governance.
- Support scalability planning, system performance tuning, and long-term technical roadmap development.
- Stay informed about emerging technologies, frameworks, and tools to recommend modernization opportunities.
Required Skills and Qualifications - 12+ years of experience in web development and engineering roles, with proven leadership responsibilities.
- Strong expertise in modern web technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, TypeScript, and responsive design.
- Hands-on experience with front-end frameworks like React, Angular, or Vue.js.
- Strong backend development experience using Node.js, Java, .NET, or similar technologies.
- Solid understanding of RESTful services, API integrations, microservices, and cloud-native architectures.
- Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Proficiency in DevOps concepts including CI/CD, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and version control (Git).
- Strong understanding of application security, performance optimization, and web accessibility standards.
- Ability to lead technical discussions, make architectural decisions, and guide teams toward best practices.
- Proven experience managing complex projects in an agile or hybrid development environment.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to collaborate across technical and business teams.