Software Architect - .NET full-stack

Leads the design and delivery of complex solution architectures by guiding technical teams, shaping future‑state roadmaps, and engaging stakeholders to ensure scalable, compliant, and high‑quality product outcomes.

Job Summary We are seeking an experienced and motivated Software Architect to lead the design and delivery of large-scale product and solution development initiatives. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in .NET, C#, SQL, and cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure. This role requires a balance of technical expertise, strategic planning, and leadership to drive architectural excellence and innovation across projects.

Key Responsibilities: Technical Leadership: Provide technical leadership by analysing business processes, applications, architecture, and infrastructure to identify pain points and recommend improvements.

Lead technical discussions with internal and external stakeholders, creating and analysing architecture diagrams, code, and data for actionable insights.

Writing technical specifications based on business requirements for new features. 

Offer coaching and guidance across all levels of the organization, motivating teams to achieve shared goals. Including technical code reviews and coaching based on best practices. 

Mentor technical associates to enhance the team’s technical skills, foster a collaborative culture, and sustain engagement

Architectural Design and Road mapping: Analyze systems across business processes, applications, databases, and infrastructure. Document current states and build future-state architectural roadmaps across all tiers.

Develop artifacts representing current and future state system architecture, including visualization, database, and application layers.

Identify opportunities to enhance performance, stability, capacity, and resiliency of systems, architecture, databases, and processes, considering associated costs and risks.

Platform and Process Optimization: Design and implement robust microservices leveraging .NET, JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular, AWS, and PostgreSQL.

Optimize deployment strategies by leveraging physical, virtual, and cloud environments to meet performance and scalability needs.

Identify and implement improvements to ensure system capacity, performance, and operational excellence.

Operational Proficiencies: Optimize Resource Utilization: Analyse infrastructure usage and application performance to recommend cost-effective solutions and improvements.

Implement Best Practices: Advocate and enforce industry standards for software development, deployment, and maintenance to enhance operational excellence.

Collaborate with DevOps Teams: Partner with DevOps to automate deployments, CI/CD pipelines, and incident management workflows.

Risk Mitigation and Recovery: Identify potential operational risks and design fail-safe architectures and disaster recovery strategies.

Documentation and Training: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for systems, and train teams on operational protocols and tools.

Support Cross-Team Communication: Act as a liaison between technical teams and operational stakeholders to align priorities and objectives.

Required Skills:  At least 12-14 years of technical experience in software development.

At least 5 years of experience with full lifecycle development using Agile methodologies, including technical leadership for an Agile team.

Proven ability to guide complex projects from initial concepts to successful launch.

Expertise in . NET, C#, SQL, and cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.

Strong ability to communicate technical knowledge effectively to clients, stakeholders, and cross functional teams.

Knowledge of business operations, terminology, and communication standards.

Excellent analytical, design, and troubleshooting skills.

Education/ Certifications:  Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

Netsmart is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer, providing equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all associates. All employment decisions at Netsmart, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, promotion and transfer, are based on performance, qualifications, abilities, education and experience. Netsmart does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, past or present military service, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.

Netsmart desires to provide a healthy and safe workplace and, as a government contractor, Netsmart is committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace in accordance with applicable federal law. Pursuant to Netsmart policy, all post-offer candidates are required to successfully complete a pre-employment background check, which is provided at Netsmart’s sole expense.