Lead Software Development Engineer (.NET)

Description

Job Location

The primary work location for this role is Trivandrum, Kerala with a hybrid/ remote work model.

About Envestnet

Envestnet is an adaptive WealthTech company that is redefining the future of wealth management by helping advisors meet the moment with its comprehensive technology, actionable insights, and industry leading support. Backed by over 25 years of experience and approximately $7.0 trillion in platform assets, Envestnet is trusted by over one third of financial advisors across leading banks, wealth managers, brokerages, and RIAs.

For a deeper look at how Envestnet is shaping the future of financial advice, visit www.envestnet.com.

The Team You'll Join

You will join Envestnet's Technology team, where we design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and robust WealthTech solutions that power the future of financial advice. The team collaborates closely with product, operations, and business stakeholders to drive innovation, enhance efficiency, and enable sustainable growth. Guided by modern engineering practices and a commitment to domain excellence, technical rigor, and collaboration, the Technology team ensures our platforms remain resilient, adaptable, and aligned with evolving business needs making it a core driver of Envestnet's long term success.

How You'll Contribute

Responsible for building scalable, secure platforms in support of Envestnet business operations, including wealth management, financial data aggregation and advisor-driven technology solutions. Works across cloud-based architectures, integrating complex data sources and APIs to deliver reliable, high-performance systems. Collaborates with product managers, data scientists and compliance stakeholders to meet both business and regulatory requirements.

• Architects and designs systems, services, or platforms with broad impact.
• Leads technical decision-making for major features or initiatives.
• Breaks down complex problems into scalable and maintainable solutions.
• Drives cross-team collaboration and align technical solutions with business goals.
• Establishes and enforces best practices in architecture, coding, and deployment.
• Mentors engineers across multiple levels and contribute to talent development.
• Anticipates technical risks and proactively implement mitigation strategies.
• Leads incident response and root cause analysis for critical issues.
• Influences roadmap planning through technical insight and feasibility analysis.
• Partners with DevOps/SRE to improve system reliability, deployment automation, and observability.
• Designs and maintains CI/CD pipelines for owned services, improving deployment speed and safety.
• Implements infrastructure-aware design decisions (scalability, failover, resiliency, cost).
• Experience with AI-assisted software development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT, or agentic AI workflows for improving development productivity and software quality.
• Experience designing and implementing third-party integrations with SaaS platforms, financial institutions, custodians, broker-dealers, CRM systems, or enterprise applications.
• Experience with API design, RESTful services, API Gateway technologies, OAuth/OpenID Connect, and API lifecycle management.
  
  

What You'll Need To Bring

• Candidates should demonstrate the relevant experience, skills, and capabilities needed to successfully perform in the role. Relevant experience may be gained through current responsibilities, prior roles, project work, leadership opportunities, or other comparable experiences.
• Professional software engineering experience in designing, developing, and supporting enterprise-scale software solutions.
• Strong expertise in .NET Framework/.NET Core, C#, REST APIs, NuGet, Git, and modern software engineering practices.
• Proven experience designing and implementing scalable APIs, integration solutions, and distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of SQL, relational database design, data modeling, and performance optimization techniques.
• Experience with automated testing strategies, including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical initiatives, drive architectural decisions, and influence engineering best practices across teams.
• Experience refactoring and modernizing legacy applications while maintaining system stability and business continuity.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience working in Agile development environments and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver business value.
  
  

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, including serverless services, container orchestration, monitoring, and infrastructure automation.
• Experience working with microservices, Kubernetes, Docker, RabbitMQ, Kafka, and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Snowflake, and large-scale data integration platforms.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines, DevSecOps practices, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation), and observability solutions such as Datadog, New Relic, or OpenTelemetry.
• Experience with JavaScript/React and modern frontend development frameworks.
• Relevant cloud, architecture, security, or AI certifications.
• Experience with secure coding practices and application security principles.
  
  

Why You'll Enjoy Working at Envestnet 

Help shape the future of WealthTech. At Envestnet you'll gain hands-on experience and collaborate with some of the industry's brightest minds to deliver meaningful, innovative solutions that make a real difference.

We value flexibility in how and where work gets done, and we recognize strong performance with meaningful rewards—because your contributions should drive both business success and your own personal growth. If you're looking for a place where your work has impact, your development is supported, and your contributions are truly valued, Envestnet is where you can build your future.

The opportunity is now!

Our Investment in You

At Envestnet, our total rewards philosophy is designed to attract, motivate, and grow exceptional talent. We offer competitive, market-aligned compensation complemented with performance-linked incentives and rewards programs that recognize and reward impact.

In addition, we provide a comprehensive suite of benefits - subject to Envestnet's plan eligibility rules - that support your overall well-being, including medical insurance for you and your family, annual health check-ups, free online doctor consultations and telemedicine services, subsidized health club memberships, and an employee assistance program. Our investment in you means supporting you professionally, financially, and personally at every stage of your journey with us.

Our Commitment to Inclusion & Belonging

Envestnet is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of religion, race, color, caste, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, disability, medical condition, nationality, ethnic origin, marital status, or any other status protected under applicable Indian law. This commitment is in accordance with the Constitution of India and applicable labor and employment laws. All employment decisions are made solely based on merit, qualifications, performance, and business needs.

We strive to provide an inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation, please contact us at [email protected]. Please include your full name, the title of the role you are applying for, and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process.

Recruitment Fraud

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