.NET Architect

Role & responsibilities

• Design and define scalable, secure, and high-performance application architectures using the Microsoft .NET ecosystem.
• Lead the architecture, development, and technical delivery of enterprise-grade applications and platforms.
• Translate business and technical requirements into robust application and system architectures.
• Design and implement solutions using C#, ASP.NET Core, Web API, microservices, and cloud-native technologies.
• Establish architecture standards, coding guidelines, design patterns, and best practices across development teams.
• Design RESTful APIs, distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and integration solutions.
• Lead database architecture and optimization using SQL Server and NoSQL technologies.
• Design and implement cloud solutions using Azure, AWS, or other cloud platforms.
• Drive modernization and migration of legacy .NET applications to modern .NET and cloud architectures.
• Conduct architecture, code, security, performance, and technical design reviews.
• Identify and resolve complex scalability, performance, reliability, and integration challenges.
• Collaborate with product managers, developers, DevOps, QA, security, and business stakeholders.
• Establish CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring, logging, and deployment practices.
• Mentor developers and senior engineers and provide technical leadership across projects.
• Evaluate new technologies and recommend solutions that align with business and engineering objectives.
• Ensure applications meet security, availability, maintainability, and performance requirements.

Preferred candidate profile

• 5 to 10 years of professional experience in software development, application architecture, and enterprise .NET technologies.
• Strong hands-on expertise in C#, ASP.NET Core, .NET 6/7/8+, Web API, and Entity Framework Core.
• Proven experience designing scalable enterprise applications, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of software architecture principles, design patterns, SOLID principles, and clean architecture.
• Experience with SQL Server, database design, query optimization, and NoSQL databases.
• Hands-on experience with Azure, AWS, or other cloud platforms, preferably with cloud-native .NET solutions.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, Git, and DevOps practices.
• Strong knowledge of REST APIs, authentication, authorization, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and application security.
• Experience with messaging and event-driven technologies such as Azure Service Bus, Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar platforms.
• Knowledge of Redis, caching strategies, API gateways, observability, logging, and performance optimization.
• Experience modernizing legacy applications and migrating on-premises systems to cloud environments.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineering teams and provide technical leadership.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field; a Master's degree is an advantage.
• Relevant Microsoft Azure, .NET, or cloud certifications are preferred.