Lead / Manager – .NET Developer
Location: [Onsite/Hybrid]
Employment Type: Full-time
Experience Level: 6 – 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
Technical Leadership & Architecture
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Lead the end-to-end development of backend services using .NET & C#.
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Own architectural decisions for microservices, distributed systems, and platform scalability.
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Drive and govern the migration of services from Node.js and Golang to .NET, ensuring performance, stability, and feature completeness.
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Mentor, guide, and upskill a team of developers through code reviews, pair programming, and technical coaching.
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Establish and enforce engineering best practices, coding standards, and architectural patterns.
Execution & Delivery
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Collaborate with product, DevOps, architects, and frontend teams to deliver well-designed and stable product features.
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Optimize performance, reliability, and security across backend services.
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Oversee CI/CD processes, automated testing, and deployment strategies.
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Ensure observability through proper logging, monitoring, alerting, and error-handling frameworks.
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Participate in roadmap discussions, sprint planning, and cross-functional decision-making.
People & Project Management
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Provide technical direction and project leadership to 4–10+ engineers.
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Facilitate communication between engineering, product, and stakeholder groups.
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Conduct performance reviews, capability assessments, and hiring interviews.
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Manage timelines, risks, and deliverables for complex backend initiatives.
Required Skills & Qualifications
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6–12 years of professional experience in backend engineering, with strong expertise in C#/.NET.
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Demonstrated leadership experience: leading teams, mentoring developers, or managing projects.
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Proven track record building high-availability, distributed systems, or SaaS platforms.
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Strong understanding of REST APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture, async processing.
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Practical experience with Entity Framework Core, SQL databases (MSSQL/PostgreSQL), NoSQL (Redis/MongoDB), and caching patterns.
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Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred; AWS/GCP acceptable).
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Proficiency with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native development.
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Experience migrating/modernizing legacy or non-.NET systems into .NET (highly preferred).
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Solid understanding of CI/CD (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
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Strong debugging, performance tuning, and system design skills.
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Excellent communication, leadership, conflict resolution, and stakeholder management abilities.
Nice-to-Have
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Prior experience leading migrations from Node.js or Golang into .NET.
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Knowledge of DDD, clean architecture, CQRS, or advanced architecture patterns.
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Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus, or other messaging systems.
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Exposure to frontend ecosystems (React/Angular) is a plus.
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Strong understanding of security best practices, auth, identity, and OWASP guidelines.
What We Offer
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Opportunity to lead a major platform migration and shape engineering direction.
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Ownership of complex technical problems and architecture decisions.
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A collaborative, product-driven engineering culture that values innovation.
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Competitive compensation, leadership growth, and career advancement opportunities.
