AHEAD - Principal Technical Consultant, App Dev
Requirements
• In Modern Apps, the Principal Technical Consultant (PTC) is expected to lead teams building and modernizing web applications, mobile applications, APIs, functions (AWS Lambda/Azure Functions/GCP Functions), and related platform services. This includes using AI-assisted engineering tools such as agentic IDEs and autonomous development platforms to accelerate delivery while maintaining accountability for architecture, security, scalability, maintainability, and measurable business outcomes. • The role is highly client-facing and consulting-oriented. The PTC must be comfortable leading discovery sessions, facilitating workshops, defining modernization strategies, shaping target architectures, supporting pre-sales efforts, and presenting complex technical concepts to audiences ranging from engineers to executive leadership in addition to being a hands-on software engineer delivering code.
Responsibilities
• Technical Expertise • Facilitate application and platform assessments, modernization strategy development, target architecture design, roadmap creation, and planning workshops. • Lead technical teams across the full application landscape (CI/CD, testing, data migrations, architecture, application code) and review and sign off on key deliverables including assessments, architecture blueprints, migration plans, and proof-of-concept outcomes. • Establish standards across security, DevSecOps, cloud architecture, observability, testing, and operational readiness. • Demonstrate effective personal use of AI-assisted software delivery tools and help others use them effectively by structuring context, setting expectations, validating outputs, and ensuring engineering quality. • Lead, mentor, and guide consultants and client team members through implementation challenges and modern engineering practices. • Contribute to practice development through reusable assets, accelerators, methodologies, and thought leadership. • Consulting & Client Leadership • Build and sustain trust-based relationships with client Directors, VPs, and C-level technology leaders, positioning yourself and AHEAD as the trusted advisor on modernization strategy and execution. • Tailor communication style and storyline to the audience — from engineers to C-level — and lead discovery sessions, workshops, executive readouts, and difficult conversations with confidence, empathy, and clarity. Navigate client organizational dynamics and manage expectations on outcomes, timelines, and delivery risks. • Develop modernization strategies that ladder up to clients' business and digital transformation objectives, accounting for organizational readiness, change management, and operating-model implications alongside the technical roadmap. • Build and defend the business case for modernization — quantifying TCO, ROI, and risk reduction — and use the client’s cost and value drivers to prioritize candidates, sequence the roadmap, and frame trade-offs. • Decompose enterprise modernization programs into pragmatic workstreams, sequencing decisions based on business value, risk, dependencies, and organizational readiness rather than purely technical considerations. • Continually identify new ways to serve the client, surfacing follow-on opportunities and expanding the footprint of the engagement based on observed business needs.
Benefits
• Through our daily work and internal groups like Moving Women AHEAD and RISE AHEAD, we value and benefit from diversity of people, ideas, experience, and everything in between. • We fuel growth by stacking our office with top-notch technologies in a multi-million-dollar lab, by encouraging cross department training and development, sponsoring certifications and credentials for continued learning. • Comprehensive health insurance coverage for employees, with options to extend coverage to dependents • Paid time off and company holidays, along with additional leave benefits as per policy • Flexible work arrangements, supporting work-life balance • Learning and development opportunities to support continuous growth and upskilling • Employee wellness initiatives and programs focused on physical and mental well-being • Retirement and statutory benefits in line with India regulations • Inclusive and people-first culture, with a strong focus on collaboration and ownership • We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
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