Technical Application Lead

Technical Application Lead R&D Color

Location: Hoskote, India | Experience: 4 - 8 years | Function: R&D Color / IT Development

1. Role purpose

The Technical Application Lead will be responsible for developing, maintaining and continuously improving business-critical applications supporting the organization's global Color IT landscape.

The role requires strong hands-on expertise in modern .NET, C#, Angular and Microsoft Azure, along with the ability to provide technical guidance to Agile development teams. The individual will drive end-to-end application delivery, ensure system stability, implement scalable solutions and progressively modernize existing applications while maintaining business continuity.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain scalable enterprise applications using .NET, C#, ASP.NET Core and Angular.
• Develop and manage REST APIs, Web APIs and microservices.
• Build and maintain cloud-based solutions using Microsoft Azure services.
• Work with Azure Functions, Azure Service Bus, Storage Accounts, Key Vault and Application Insights.
• Develop responsive frontend applications using Angular, TypeScript, RxJS and NgRx.
• Implement secure authentication and authorization using Microsoft Entra ID, App Registrations and token-based authentication.
• Manage Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, YAML configurations and deployment processes.
• Work with Entity Framework, SQL Server and T-SQL for efficient data management.
• Apply software engineering best practices, including coding standards, dependency injection, unit testing and code reviews.
• Provide technical guidance and coordinate activities across Agile/Scrum development teams.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Solution Architects, DevOps Engineers and global stakeholders.
• Troubleshoot existing applications, investigate technical issues and implement low-risk improvements.
• Support modernization of legacy applications by identifying opportunities to migrate suitable functionalities to modern .NET and Azure services.
• Monitor application performance, ensure production stability and drive continuous improvement.

Ideal candidate description

The ideal candidate should be a Senior Microsoft Full-Stack Developer with strong hands-on expertise in .NET, Angular and Microsoft Azure, capable of independently handling technical development, application troubleshooting and end-to-end delivery.

The candidate should have experience working in enterprise application environments and be comfortable handling both modern applications and existing legacy systems.

They should demonstrate technical ownership, problem-solving ability and experience guiding or coordinating Agile development teams.

Ideal candidate profile:

• 48 years of relevant software development experience.
• Strong hands-on development experience in C#, .NET Core, ASP.NET Core and Web API.
• Good experience with Microsoft Azure and cloud-based application development.
• Strong Angular, TypeScript and RxJS knowledge.
• Experience in Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines and YAML.
• Knowledge of microservices, REST APIs and system integration.
• Experience with SQL Server, Entity Framework and T-SQL.
• Exposure to Agile/Scrum methodologies and technical team coordination.
• Ability to troubleshoot, maintain and modernize existing applications.
• Strong communication skills and experience working with global stakeholders.

Good-to-have skills

• .NET Framework 4.x
• Windows Services
• ADO.NET
• Windows/Active Directory Authentication
• IIS Hosting and Configuration
• Windows Event Viewer and traditional application logging
• MSI/Windows application deployment
• Legacy .NET application modernization
• Dapr
• Microsoft Graph API
• Azure Identity Framework
• NgRx/Signal Store
• Docker and Azure Container Registry
• GitHub Copilot