Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced .NET Core Team Lead to lead, mentor, and guide a team of developers in building scalable, secure, and high-performance backend systems. The ideal candidate will play a key role in architectural decision-making, hands-on development, and ensuring engineering excellence while delivering projects on time and with high quality. This role requires a strong technical background in .NET Core, leadership capability, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of .NET developers, ensuring best coding practices and high quality deliverables.
• Drive architecture design, technical decision-making, and conduct design and code reviews.
• Design and develop high-performance backend services and APIs using .NET Core.
• Ensure compliance with software standards, security guidelines, and engineering best practices.
• Plan, manage, and track project tasks, timelines, and deliverables.
• Work closely with Product Owners, QA, DevOps, and UX teams to ensure seamless delivery.
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications and actionable development tasks.
• Ensure timely delivery of features while maintaining code quality and system stability.
• Actively participate in coding, debugging, and performance optimization.
• Design and implement microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, and cloud-native solutions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across the application stack.
• Lead sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and team meetings.
• Communicate project progress, risks, dependencies, and technical challenges to stakeholders.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and technical excellence.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software development with 1–2 years in a Team Lead role.
• Strong proficiency in .NET Core / ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework Core, REST API design and development, Microservices architecture.
• Hands-on experience with SQL Server / PostgreSQL, CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins), Cloud platforms (Azure and/or AWS), Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Solid understanding of SOLID principles, design patterns, and clean architecture.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, leadership, and communication skills.
• Ability to guide teams, manage priorities, and work in fast-paced environments.

Preferred Skills (Good to Have)

• Experience with distributed systems and high-availability architectures.
• Exposure to event-driven architectures or messaging systems.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Knowledge of application security best practices.