ABOUT THE ROLE :

As a Backend Team Lead, you will be responsible for leading a team of backend developers, driving the design and development of scalable and secure backend systems.

You will play a pivotal role in shaping architecture, mentoring developers, and ensuring high-quality delivery across cloud-native applications.

What Youll Be Doing :

- Lead and mentor a team of backend developers, providing technical guidance, conducting regular code reviews, and fostering a culture of continuous learning.

- Design and develop scalable, robust, and secure backend services using C# and the .NET framework.

- Architect, build, and maintain APIs for mobile applications, ensuring high performance, security, and responsiveness.

- Work within the Azure platform to deploy, manage, and monitor backend services, optimizing for cost, scalability, and reliability.

- Implement containerization using Docker and orchestrate deployments with Kubernetes, guiding junior developers in best practices.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (front-end developers, product managers, QA, etc.) to define objectives and deliver cohesive, high-quality solutions.

- Conduct technical evaluations of proposed solutions, ensuring alignment with business goals, architectural standards, and project timelines.

- Participate in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding, debugging, and providing robust, scalable solutions.

- Integrate data storage solutions, including databases, key-value stores, and blob stores, ensuring data integrity and optimal performance.

- Troubleshoot and debug to optimize performance, guiding junior developers in root cause analysis and resolution strategies.

- Stay current with emerging technologies in web application development, containerization, and cloud services, sharing knowledge with the team.

What Were Looking For :

- Proven experience in backend development with C# and .NET.

- Strong leadership and mentoring skills.

- Hands-on experience with Azure, Docker, and Kubernetes.

- Solid understanding of API design, cloud architecture, and data storage solutions.

- Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.

- Passion for continuous learning and team development.

Why NES Fircroft ?

- Financial stability : Extremely competitive basic salary with a strong bonus scheme.

- Work Life Balance : Generous WFH (working from home) policy, 2 days per week once you are established in your role and finish early on Fridays.

- Time Off : 18 days of paid leave plus birthday leave, 12 days of casual/sick leaves, 12days of bank holidays.

- Paid leaves will be increased to 20days after 2yrs of service.

- Onboarding & Development : Full training plan and guidance and clear career progression.

- Securing your future : pension schemes, life & medical insurance, and more.

- Keeping fit : Discount on Cult Fit membership.

- Transportation : Free Pick-up & Drop from our selected Nodal points.

- Spending time with loved ones : Christmas closes down.

- Team Time : Fun, lively environment with plenty of staff nights out.

WHO ARE WE :

Established in 1978, NES Fircroft is an award-winning staffing specialist that supplies technical and engineering experts (white collar) to Oil and Gas, Power, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Chemical, Mining, Automotive and IT sectors worldwide on an international basis.

Were a highly experienced team of over 2000 professionals made up of recruitment consultants and support staff spanning 58 offices worldwide.

At NES Fircroft, we dont just recruit; we innovate and connect talent with groundbreaking opportunities.

With 90+ years of combined experience, were a global leader in engineering staffing, empowering industries to build a brighter future.