Lead / Manager .NET Developer

Employment Type : Full-time

Experience Level : 6 to 12 Years

About the Role :

We are seeking a seasoned Lead/Manager .NET Developer who can drive technical excellence, lead teams, and guide our large-scale migration from Node.js and Golang to .NET. This role combines hands-on backend engineering, architectural decision-making, and team leadership. You will oversee the design and implementation of scalable, high-performance backend services and help shape the future of our core product platform.

Key Responsibilities :

1. Technical Leadership & Architecture :

- Lead the end-to-end development of backend services using .NET & C#.

- Own architectural decisions for microservices, distributed systems, and platform scalability.

- Drive and govern the migration of services from Node.js and Golang to .NET, ensuring performance, stability, and feature completeness.

- Mentor, guide, and upskill a team of developers through code reviews, pair programming, and technical coaching.

- Establish and enforce engineering best practices, coding standards, and architectural patterns.

2. Execution & Delivery :

- Collaborate with product, DevOps, architects, and frontend teams to deliver well-designed and stable product features.

- Optimize performance, reliability, and security across backend services.

- Oversee CI/CD processes, automated testing, and deployment strategies.

- Ensure observability through proper logging, monitoring, alerting, and error-handling frameworks.

- Participate in roadmap discussions, sprint planning, and cross-functional decision-making.

3. People & Project Management :

- Provide technical direction and project leadership to 410+ engineers.

- Facilitate communication between engineering, product, and stakeholder groups.

- Conduct performance reviews, capability assessments, and hiring interviews.

- Manage timelines, risks, and deliverables for complex backend initiatives.

Required Skills & Qualifications :

- 6 to s12 years of professional experience in backend engineering, with strong expertise in C#/.NET.

- Demonstrated leadership experience : leading teams, mentoring developers, or managing projects.

- Proven track record building high-availability, distributed systems, or SaaS platforms.

- Strong understanding of REST APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture, async processing.

- Practical experience with Entity Framework Core, SQL databases (MSSQL/PostgreSQL), NoSQL (Redis/MongoDB), and caching patterns.

- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred; AWS/GCP acceptable).

- Proficiency with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native development.

- Experience migrating/modernizing legacy or non-.NET systems into .NET (highly preferred).

- Solid understanding of CI/CD (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).

- Strong debugging, performance tuning, and system design skills.

- Excellent communication, leadership, conflict resolution, and stakeholder management abilities.

Nice-to-Have :

- Prior experience leading migrations from Node.js or Golang into .NET.

- Knowledge of DDD, clean architecture, CQRS, or advanced architecture patterns.

- Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus, or other messaging systems.

- Exposure to frontend ecosystems (React/Angular) is a plus.

- Strong understanding of security best practices, auth, identity, and OWASP guidelines.

What We Offer :

- Opportunity to lead a major platform migration and shape engineering direction.

- Ownership of complex technical problems and architecture decisions.

- A collaborative, product-driven engineering culture that values innovation.

- Competitive compensation, leadership growth, and career advancement opportunities.