Lead .NET Developer

Lead .NET Developer

Location: Canary Wharf, London

Working pattern: Hybrid – 2–3 days per week onsite

Contract length: 6 months

Rate: Up to £475 per day

IR35: Outside IR35

About the role

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Lead .NET Developer to join a housing organisation on an initial 6-month contract.

The successful candidate will play a key role in the development, support and continuous improvement of a modern application environment, combining hands-on software development with technical leadership across delivery, troubleshooting and engineering standards.

This is a strongly technical role, so we are looking for someone who is comfortable getting into the detail while also helping provide direction across the wider development team.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to the development of applications using .NET / C#
• Support the design, build and maintenance of cloud-based solutions
• Work across AWS environments and associated cloud services
• Develop and support solutions using SQL and MySQL
• Contribute to front-end development using JavaScript
• Build and support containerised solutions
• Work with Docker and Kubernetes across development and deployment environments
• Use Terraform to support infrastructure-as-code and environment provisioning
• Support and improve CI/CD pipelines
• Carry out detailed troubleshooting and root cause analysis
• Identify and resolve application, infrastructure and deployment issues
• Work closely with developers, technical teams and wider stakeholders to ensure successful delivery
• Help drive development standards, engineering best practice and technical quality
• Support deployment, release and ongoing application stability
• Provide technical guidance and leadership where required

Key skills and experience

We are looking for candidates with strong experience across a good proportion of the following:

• .NET / .NET Core
• C#
• SQL
• MySQL
• AWS
• JavaScript
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Terraform
• Containerised application environments
• CI/CD pipelines
• Infrastructure as Code
• Application troubleshooting
• Root cause analysis

Ideal background

The strongest candidates are likely to have previously worked as a:

• Lead .NET Developer
• Lead Software Developer
• Senior .NET Developer
• Senior Software Developer
• Technical Lead
• Development Lead

You should be comfortable remaining hands-on technically rather than operating purely in a management or architecture capacity.

Experience working within a cloud-native or containerised environment would be particularly valuable.

Contract details

6-month initial contract

Up to £475 per day

Outside IR35

Canary Wharf, London

The role requires 2–3 days per week onsite, with the remainder worked remotely.

Apply if you are an experienced .NET developer with strong cloud and containerisation experience and are available for a new contract, please apply with your latest CV and details of your availability.