Technical Lead – Portal

Location: Novi

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Title: Technical Lead – Portal

Pioneer the next generation of innovation. Join us and you’ll develop your skills and expertise to the very highest levels, working in an international environment for a company known the world over for its brilliance.

Key Accountabilities: 

• Accountable for the technical architecture of our customer and partner engagement platform, ensuring it meets business objectives and technical standards.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance, ensuring robust, scalable, and secure solutions that enhance user experience and drive platform adoption.
• Align technical strategies with business goals, working with multi-disciplinary teams across different products in a global setup 
• Design solutions that are scalable and secure, addressing potential risks and ensuring long-term platform viability
• Work closely with product management, development, and other stakeholders to ensure cohesive technical implementation.
• Continuously assess system performance and implement improvements to enhance user experience and platform efficiency.
• Promote best practices in software architecture and development to ensure high-quality technical solutions.
• Maintain effective communication with stakeholders to ensure alignment and support for technical initiatives.
• Promote a safety and compliance culture in area of responsibility, and live the letter and the spirit of the Rolls Royce Code of Conduct
• Perform special assignments as required

Basic Requirements: 

• Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S without sponsorship. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline and 5 years’ experience in solution architecture and technical leadership; or 9 years’ experience in solution architecture and technical leadership
• Travel – domestic and international (20%, possibly on short notice)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent experience with demonstrated expertise in digital platforms and system design.
• Excellent experience in designing scalable, secure, and robust technical architecture.
• Excellent proficiency in creating architecture diagrams, flowcharts, and Entity-Relationship Diagrams (ERDs) to visualize the solution.
• Excellent experience with cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP), infrastructure as code, and CI/CD pipeline configuration.
• Excellent skill designing modular codebases, micro-frontends, or mono-repos that support team growth and long-term maintainability.
• Excellent skill designing the interface between frontend and backend systems, including RESTful API interactions and data synchronization
• Excellent track record in managing technical projects, including budget oversight and delivery within established timelines.
• Excellent ability to align technical strategies with overall business objectives to drive organizational success.
• Excellent communication skills, with experience in managing diverse stakeholders.
• Strong interpersonal skills, enabling effective collaboration and relationship-building across teams.
• Strong ability to work autonomously as well as collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on innovation and technical excellence.
• Strong competence in SQL/NoSQL database design, optimization, and data integrity.
• Strong understanding of React.js, Angular, or Vue, including their ecosystems for state management (e.g., Redux) and component lifecycles.
• Strong capability in relevant languages (e.g., Java, Python, JavaScript, .NET, C#).
• Proficient with MS Office Suite.
• German language fluency - verbally and written desired.

Rolls-Royce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristics.

At Rolls-Royce, we are committed to creating a workplace where all employees feel respected, supported, and empowered to do their best work. We foster a welcoming and innovative work environment that invests in you, giving you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference. 

Benefits

Rolls-Royce provides a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards package that includes base pay and a discretionary bonus plan. Eligible employees may have the opportunity to enroll in other benefits, including health, dental, vision, disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance; a flexible spending account; a health savings account; a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match; Employee Assistance Program; Paid Time Off; certain paid holidays; paid parental and family care leave; tuition reimbursement; and a long-term incentive plan. The options available to an employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as date of hire, employment type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.