Lead Software Developer

About the Role

We are seeking a hands-on Lead Software Developer with strong experience in building, modernizing, and supporting enterprise applications using C#,.NET, SQL Server, APIs, and Microsoft Azure. The role manages a small team of developers and serves as the technical lead for assigned enterprise applications and services.

Key Responsibilities

• Application & Platform Engineering

  • Design, develop, and maintain enterprise applications using C#,.NET, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Core, and Web API.
  • Build secure, reliable, and scalable backend services, APIs, and integrations; modernize existing.NET applications while maintaining business-critical platform stability.
  • Develop efficient data-access solutions using SQL Server and Entity Framework; integrate internal services, external APIs, and enterprise data sources.
  • Implement caching and asynchronous processing using technologies such as Redis and RabbitMQ.
  • Ensure application performance, security, reliability, code quality, and maintainability.

• AI-Assisted & AI-Integrated Engineering

  • Apply AI-assisted development across solution design, coding, refactoring, testing, code review, troubleshooting, and documentation.
  • Identify opportunities to use AI to improve developer productivity, software quality, and delivery efficiency.
  • Create or integrate AI-enabled features within enterprise applications, APIs, and engineering workflows.

• Technical Leadership & People Management

  • Manage a small team of developers, including work allocation, delivery follow-up, regular feedback, performance appraisals, development discussions, and leave approvals.
  • Support team hiring and replacement needs by defining role requirements, screening candidates, conducting technical interviews, and contributing to selection decisions.
  • Act as a technical lead for assigned enterprise applications and services, covering technical design, delivery, system health, production support, and continuous improvement.
  • Guide technical decisions within established enterprise architecture, security, and platform standards; partner with business analysts, product stakeholders, and cross-functional technology teams to translate requirements into scalable solutions and communicate risks, dependencies, and delivery concerns.

• Cloud, DevOps & Delivery

  • Develop and support applications hosted on Microsoft Azure using Git-based workflows and Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines.
  • Implement automated unit and integration testing and collaborate with DevOps and platform teams on deployment and configuration.
  • Promote secure development, observability, and reliable release practices.

• Reliability, Collaboration & Coaching

  • Own production troubleshooting through monitoring, root-cause analysis, improved failure handling, and sustainable corrective actions; collaborate with technical and business stakeholders while building team capability through code review, knowledge sharing, and coaching.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of professional software development experience, typically within the 8-to-12-year range.
• Strong experience building and supporting enterprise-grade applications, managing a small development team, and providing hands-on technical leadership.
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision and resolve difficult or complex engineering problems.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-management skills; experience working in Agile or Scrum environments.

Must-Have Skills

• Advanced hands-on experience with C#,.NET, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Core, Web API, and REST API design and integration.
• Strong knowledge of SQL Server, relational data modelling, query & stored procedures development, and Entity Framework or equivalent data-access technologies.
• Strong experience with Microsoft Azure, Git, automated testing, and DevOps CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with production debugging, logging, exception handling, root-cause analysis, and performance optimization.
• Experience reviewing code, providing technical direction, coaching developers, and leading delivery while remaining hands-on.

Mandatory AI Skills

• Demonstrated hands-on use of AI-assisted development tools across multiple stages of the software development lifecycle.
• Ability to validate and improve AI-generated code for correctness, security, maintainability, and engineering quality.
• Practical exposure to creating or integrating AI-enabled application features, APIs, workflows, or proofs of concept.

Secondary / Nice-to-Have Skills

• MongoDB or another NoSQL database; Redis or another distributed cache; RabbitMQ or another enterprise messaging platform.
• Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Foundry, GitHub Copilot, Claude, Hugging Face, or comparable AI platforms and tools.
• Docker, Kubernetes, or Azure Kubernetes Service; ReactJS and TypeScript.
• Legacy.NET modernization, client onboarding, data integrations, reporting systems, or externally consumed APIs.
• Financial services, investment management, risk, reporting, application security, performance testing, or AI governance.