Technical Lead

Job Description - Tech Lead

Summary

Senior-level C#/.NET engineer with formal technical ownership of a team or program area accountable for architecture, delivery quality, and technical direction, while staying hands-on. This role bridges technical excellence and leadership, requiring both deep engineering expertise and the ability to influence across organizational boundaries.

What You'll Do

Technical Architecture & Strategy

• Own end-to-end technical architecture, design decisions, and roadmap for assigned team/program area (C#/.NET services, integrations, and related systems)
• Translate business and product requirements into feasible technical plans with clear sequencing and resource estimation
• Make final architectural decisions; resolve design tradeoffs with clear rationale and stakeholder alignment
• Identify and resolve cross-team technical dependencies proactively

Engineering Excellence & Quality

• Establish and enforce coding standards, best practices, and architectural patterns across the team
• Drive tech debt strategy and execution (e.g., .NET version upgrades, dependency management, legacy system modernization)
• Champion observability, monitoring, and alerting practices; ensure production systems are instrumented for visibility
• Own quality metrics and continuous improvement initiatives (code review processes, testing standards, deployment reliability)

Leadership & Mentorship

• Coach and mentor senior engineers on system design, architectural thinking, and technical leadership skills
• Partner with Engineering Manager on performance evaluations, growth conversations, and career development planning
• Represent the team in cross-functional forums, leadership meetings, and technical design reviews
• Communicate technical risks, blockers, and escalations clearly to stakeholders and leadership

Hands-On Contribution

• Remain actively engaged in C#/.NET development at a reduced but meaningful level (estimated 30-40% coding time)
• Participate in code reviews, design reviews, and architectural discussions
• Prototype solutions for complex or novel problems; unblock the team on critical technical challenges
• Model engineering excellence through personal work quality and technical decision-making

What You'll Need

Required

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with majority in C#/.NET and demonstrated technical leadership
• Deep expertise in the .NET ecosystem: ASP.NET Core (MVC, Web API, middleware), Entity Framework Core, Azure DevOps pipelines, and HAL deployment infrastructure
• Proven track record of owning a system or program area end-to-end (design, implementation, production support, and evolution)
• Strong architectural thinking — ability to evaluate tradeoffs between performance, scalability, maintainability, and time-to-market
• Excellent stakeholder communication — translates complex technical concepts for non-technical leaders and influences decisions through clear reasoning

Preferred

• Experience with cloud-native architecture and Azure services
• Familiarity with CI/CD best practices and deployment automation
• Track record of leading technical initiatives across multiple teams
• Experience mentoring engineers into technical leadership roles
• Knowledge of observability tools and practices (logging, tracing, metrics)