Senior Technical Lead

Company: Eliassen Group
Location: Saint Louis
Posted on: February 19, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description Job Description Description: Hybrid 3 days in office/week in St. Louis, MO Our client is a leading regional retailer and ranks among the top privately held organizations in the United States. The team focuses on emerging technologies that advance in-store automation, digital shelf capabilities, and item integration. The environment promotes collaboration, experimentation, and measurable impact across the enterprise. This is a contract to hire opportunity. Applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis and convert to FTE following contract duration. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance. Rate: $70.00 to $80.00/hr. w2 Responsibilities: Responsibilities Serve as technical lead and mentor for developers and analysts on the Emerging Technologies team. Partner with enterprise architecture to define technical strategy, architecture standards, and modernization initiatives. Design, develop, and maintain integrations and applications using .NET Core, Python, Talend, RESTful APIs, Oracle, and GCP. Lead proofs of concept and pilot projects for next-generation retail technologies. Evaluate, recommend, and implement new frameworks, platforms, and methodologies to future-proof the technology ecosystem. Define best practices for cloud architecture, CI/CD pipelines, testing automation, and API governance. Collaborate with business stakeholders to align technology strategy with operational and customer experience goals. Ensure scalability, security, and reliability of systems and integrations. Foster a culture of innovation, documentation, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning. Provide ongoing production support and application maintenance for delivered solutions. Experience Requirements: Experience Requirements 8 years of professional software development experience, including 3 years in technical leadership or solution design. Proficiency with .NET Core and C# for application development. Experience with Python for application or integration development. Hands-on expertise with Talend or similar ETL/data integration platforms. Strong background in RESTful API and web services design and development. Experience with relational databases such as Oracle, SQL Server, or PostgreSQL. Cloud platform experience, preferably Google Cloud Platform. Proven ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives from concept through deployment and support. Effective communication, documentation, stakeholder engagement, and mentoring skills. Knowledge of microservices and event-driven architectures (preferred). Experience with containerization and orchestration such as Docker and Kubernetes (preferred). Familiarity with API management and GraphQL (preferred). Understanding of AI/ML concepts and applications (preferred). Exposure to IoT or edge computing (preferred). Experience with modern data engineering practices (preferred). Knowledge of serverless computing and cloud-native frameworks (preferred). Experience with automation and robotic process integration (preferred). Background in retail technology innovations, including digital shelves, smart sensors, robotics, or intelligent store infrastructure (preferred). Recruitment Transparency Notice Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team (noreply@eliassen.com, 781-808-2924) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group’s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process. Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range. W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality. Please be advised- If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please confirm that they have an Eliassen.com email address and never provide personal or financial information to anyone who is not clearly associated with Eliassen Group. If you have any indication of fraudulent activity, please contact InfoSec@eliassen.com. About Eliassen Group: Eliassen Group is a leading strategic consulting company for human-powered solutions. For over 30 years, Eliassen has helped thousands of companies reach further and achieve more with their technology solutions, financial, risk & compliance, and advisory solutions, and clinical solutions. With offices from coast to coast and throughout Europe, Eliassen provides a local community presence, balanced with international reach. Eliassen Group strives to positively impact the lives of their employees, clients, consultants, and the communities in which they operate. Eliassen Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. Don’t miss out on our referral program! If we hire a candidate that you refer us to then you can be eligible for a $1,000 referral check!

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