Johnson Controls - .Net Technical Lead - C#/WinUI

Job Title : Technical Lead-II (.Net, C#, WPF, WinUI, MVVM)

Job Location : Pune

What you will do :

Tech lead II-Not people manager, but a technical leader. A Tech lead is a person who not only has the experience of development, but can own a set of stories & story points and allocate work to his/her team of dev. /Sr. Dev. He/She also develops code by himself as well as works as a mentor/reviewer of the codes developed.

We are looking for you to successfully lead the design, architecture and implementation in our product line . This role will require interaction with representatives of other cross functional teams to understand requirements and strategies for the project, writing specification documents, assist with customer inquiries reported to support.

This role requires :

- Ability to define product architecture and oversee technical development, open source technologies adaptation with related scope, risk and cost

- Deep technical knowledge of software methodologies and techniques, preferably with systems programming technologies and tools

- Demonstrated application of cutting-edge software technologies from internal and external sources

- Experience in software technologies which integrate multiple systems using industry-wide standards

- Works independently with minimal direction. Independently develops approach to solutions.

- Both self-assesses competency gaps and creates plan to address gaps. Technical leader of projects/ team.

- Mentor/ role model for technical team members.

- Works with team to help them identify competency gaps.

- Regularly proposes, communicates, and implements team-level improvements/ solutions (working with team).

- Contributes to sprint/ project/ PI/ release goals. Can communicate sprint/ project /PI /release goals.

- Expert in one or more products or features Recognized expert in one or more technical disciplines. Plans complex projects & product releases. Able to complete full set of designs for features or products.

- Presents team designs, results of investigations, and strategy for completion to departmental teams and management. Defines specs for multiple features or products. Project & product communicator.

- Able to represent Engineering in cross functional activities. Excellent written & verbal skills.

- Communicates cross-functional needs to team Promotes environment of trust, shares knowledge, empowers team, grows leaders in team Proposes innovations for cross-functional processes and products.

Required :

- BE/B.Tech/M.Tech (ECE/EIE/ETC/CSE) Degree in a technical field is required.

- Demonstrate the ability to think holistically about complex systems, understanding interactions between software, hardware, and cloud components.

- Must have 12-16+ years of hands-on programming experience using C#, WPF, WinUI, MVVM , SQL server, Entity Framework, technology stack with design, Architecture. (at least 2 years relevant experience as an Associate Architect)

- Microsoft .Net Programming stack

- Experience in design and architecting various engineering products involving interaction between software and hardware components.

- Define and drive product architecture, ensuring scalability, security, and maintainability across the full technology stack.

- Lead the design and implementation of technical roadmaps, balancing current needs with future scalability and adaptability.

- Strong understanding of tech stack upgrade paths, including evaluating and adopting new frameworks, libraries, and cloud-native patterns.

- Experience in optimizing application for speed, security and scalability

- Strong understanding of different software development life cycles (Agile, iterative) and contemporary software quality assurance processes and automated tools.

- Must have a desire for achieving excellence in customer satisfaction, process and product quality and reliability.

- Willingness and ability to learn new technologies

- Excellent diagnostic and troubleshooting skills, problem solving, and an ability to learn quickly

- Good stakeholder management and influencing skills covering colleagues, partners / vendors and project sponsors

- Self-motivation, tenacity, flexible and reliable in approach to work

- Must have experience in working effectively in collaboration with distributed global team members.

- Must be able to do multi-tasking efficiently

- Must be extremely detail-oriented with respect to documentation and communications

- Demonstrated ability to engage and motivate a highly skilled technical team members

- Act as a mentor and technical role model, guiding team members in best practices, code reviews, and architectural decisions

- Stay abreast of the latest AI trends, tools, and models relevant to software engineering.

- Evaluate and integrate AI/ML solutions (e.g., code generation, automated testing, intelligent monitoring) to enhance team productivity and product capabilities.

- Promote a culture of experimentation, encouraging the team to leverage AI for automation, analytics, and smarter decision-making.

- Strong knowledge of cloud technologies (preferably Azure), DevOps practices, and CI/CD pipelines.

- Familiarity with service-oriented architecture, integration patterns, and modern software quality assurance processes.

Specialized Skills :

- Familiarity with Cloud technologies, Azure DevOps would be preferred.

- Familiarity with unit testing frameworks

- Exposure to work with Service oriented architecture and integration between various systems

- Experience to use Resharper tools

- Experience to work with Github & JIRA

- Prior experience to work with System programming stack (C, C++, MFC) would just be an added advantage.

- Strong communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills

- Thorough knowledge of the software development area with key focus on PC Software Architecture and Usability.

- Able to work independently or in a team environment

- Able to take on end to end ownership adhering to committed project timelines

- Ability to solve problems through analysis of a situation where there are a variety of variables

- Strong business acumen, coaching and mentoring skills

- Knowledge of Fire Detection Systems or similar engineering systems