Technical Lead, Digital Generalist

Title: Technical Lead, Digital Generalist

Location: Remote, Anywhere in the United States or Canada

Who We Are

Left Field Labs is the creative technology agency that builds what’s next. We partner with the world’s most ambitious brands to transform breakthrough technology into extraordinary human experiences. Since 2008, we’ve delivered end-to-end digital transformation services—from strategy to platform development to immersive experiences—for the biggest companies in the world, including Google, Amazon, and Meta.

What We Do

• Digital Experience: We architect seamless digital ecosystems that simplify complexity and drive measurable impact. Whether launching new platforms or evolving legacy systems, we strike the perfect balance between innovation and pragmatism
• Product Innovation: We build scalable platforms and products in lockstep with organizations, identifying and seizing new technology opportunities.
• Immersive: We create immersive, cross-media experiences that move beyond omnichannel thinking, blending digital, social, AI, and physical spaces to engage and delight.
• Applied AI: We transform AI from a tech tool to the infrastructure for business evolution - enhancing decision-making, unlocking new efficiencies, and expanding human capacity  Our AI solutions power predictive intelligence, sharper decision-making, and game-changing innovation.

Who We Are Seeking

Left Field Labs is seeking a talented Full Stack Technical Lead to join our Digital Pod. You will work alongside a group of dedicated and multi-disciplined technologists and designers to bring high-quality solutions to the market. We count on our developers to write elegant and well-documented code, with a strict eye towards the separation of concerns and maintainability. 

Our developers are creatives, we expect an eye for design, collaboration on interactions, and understanding of overall user experience when building our software. Technical Leads take their development knowledge and apply that to project leadership in the form of estimation, architecture, planning, and coming alongside developers to complete tasks and release projects.

What You’ll Need to be Successful

• Advanced Javascript, HTML5, CSS3, Python, Typescript
• Experience with React/Preact, Angular, Vue.js, or similar
• Experience in Python and Node
• Experience with relational and document databases
• Solid understanding of REST architecture and consumption patterns
• Good proficiency collaborating through Git
• At least 6 years experience building web-based applications in production environments
• Experience with direct client interaction
• Experience with technical project leadership, from estimation through deployment
• Experience with cloud functions and hosting - GCP, GAE, Firebase, or AWS
• Ability to architect solutions, notating needs and technology to fill those needs
• A drive to creatively solve technical problems and enable teams in to develop solutions

Bonus Points

• Go and Java experience
• Experience creating or maintaining SaaS projects
• Scrum or Kanban related project leadership experience
• Protobufs, PubSub, or other non-REST communication platforms
• Mentoring and Skill sharing abilities, specifically with more junior to mid-level developers
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

Compensation

The salary range for this role is $140,000 to $175,000 and applies only to jobs performed in Culver City, California. This range represents the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. Please note that we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Equal Opportunities

Left Field Labs is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and team members, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. This includes the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance related to an applicant's criminal history (LAMC 189.00). Left Field Labs makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled team members.

Left Field Labs is an E-Verify employer. E-Verify is an Internet based system operated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA) that allows participating employers to electronically verify the employment eligibility of their newly hired employees in the United States.