Title: Lead Developer/ Technical Architect Location: Remote Duration: Fulltime Salary: $Open Requirements About the Role We are looking for a hands-on Lead Developer with deep .NET and Azure expertise who can deliver immediate impact. This is not a pure architect role. The candidate will actively code, review code, troubleshoot production issues, and design Azure-native solutions when needed. You will work closely with onshore and offshore teams supporting enterprise-grade applications for a private equity client. Key Responsibilities • Design, develop, and maintain .NET Core / .NET 8+ backend services • Own Azure-first architecture decisions for production systems • Build and optimize applications using Azure PaaS services • Perform hands-on coding (70–80%), code reviews, and mentoring • Design secure, scalable, and resilient Azure architectures • Work on microservices, APIs, background workers, and integrations • Implement Azure-native monitoring, alerts, and logging • Partner with business stakeholders to translate requirements into solutions • Coordinate with offshore teams and own delivery quality Mandatory Technical Skills (Non-Negotiable) .NET / Backend • Strong hands-on experience with .NET Core / C# • REST API design, middleware, dependency injection • Microservices architecture and service-to-service communication • Unit testing, performance tuning, production debugging Azure (Must be Azure-first, not AWS-only) • Azure App Services • Azure Functions (HTTP, Queue, Timer triggers) • Azure SQL / Cosmos DB • Azure Service Bus / Queues • Azure API Management • Azure Key Vault • Azure App Insights + Log Analytics + Azure Monitor • Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines Azure Networking & Security (Critical) • Azure VNETs, Subnets, NSGs • Private Endpoints / Private Link • Application Gateway (WAF) • Azure Front Door • Traffic Manager (DNS-based routing & failover) • Secure access patterns (no public endpoints by default) Authentication & Authorization • Azure AD / OAuth2 / JWT • App registrations, scopes, roles, claims • Role-based access at application level Front-End (Good to Have) • React + TypeScript experience • Comfortable reviewing React code and enforcing standards (Daily UI-heavy development not mandatory) Benefits If Interested please send your updated resume to:[email protected] include your rate/Salary requirement along with your contact details with a suitable time when we can reach you. If you know of anyone in your sphere of contacts, who would be a perfect match for this job then, we would appreciate if you can forward this posting to them with a copy to us. We look forward to hearing from you at the earliest.