Lead - Development

Role Summary :

We are looking
for a .NET Software Developer who will design, build, and own scalable,
cloud -native microservices using the latest .NET Core ecosystem. You will
drive technical strategy across cross -functional squads, establish patterns and
guardrails for Clean Architecture, Domain -Driven Design (DDD), and CQRS, and
mentor engineers to elevate the entire team's craft.

Key
Responsibilities :

1. Architecture
& Design

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Having exposure on microservices built on latest .NET Core ecosystem, Clean
Architecture, and DDD.

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Architect event -sourcing strategies with Marten and Apache Kafka, including
topic design, consumer group topology, and schema registry governance.

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Having understanding on resilience patterns — retry, circuit breaker.

2. Development
& Implementation

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Lead development of RESTful, GraphQL and gRPC APIs using ASP.NET Core Minimal
APIs and controllers.

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Implement secure authentication and authorization flows with JWT, Azure
Identity, and role -based access control.

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Having understanding on Build and maintain distributed messaging infrastructure
using Mass Transit.

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Own background job infrastructure using Hang fire and Quartz.NET.

3. Data &
Persistence

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Having exposure on data partitioning, indexing, and migration strategies for
PostgreSQL and SQL Server via EF Core.

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Having exposure on Redis cache — distributed cache and session management.

4. Observability
& Quality

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Establish OpenTelemetry instrumentation (traces, metrics, spans) exported to
the organisation's observability stack.

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Having exposure for define structured logging standards.

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Build a testing culture: domain/application -layer unit tests with XUnit.

5. DevOps &
Cloud

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Own Dockerisation and cloud -native deployment manifests; CI/CD pipeline
standards.

Must -Have
(Non -Negotiable)

• 7+ years of
hands -on .NET development; minimum 4 years on .NET 6+ with proven progression
toward .NET 8/10.

• Strong command
of Clean Architecture and DDD — aggregates, value objects, domain events,
bounded contexts.

• Solid EF Core
skills: fluent configuration, migrations, performance tuning, multi -database
support.

• JWT / OAuth 2.0
/ OpenID Connect implementation in ASP.NET Core.

• MSSQL Server at
production scale.

• Docker and
container -first development; CI/CD awareness (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or
equivalent).

• Proficiency in
xUnit for unit and integration testing.

Strong Advantage

• Experience with
Azure Identity, Managed Identity, and Azure Key Vault secret management.

Good -To -Have
(Negotiable)

• Practical CQRS
and event -sourcing experience.

• Production
experience with Apache Kafka — topic design, consumer groups, offsets, exactly -once
semantics.

• Experience with
Mass Transit or a comparable messaging framework including saga/state machine
patterns.

• Redis in a
distributed caching.

• Hang fire or
Quartz.NET for durable background job processing.

• Open Telemetry
SDK instrumentation.

• Seri log with
enrichers, structured sinks.

• Kubernetes
basics — health probes, resource limits.

Soft Skills

• Ability to
communicate trade -offs clearly to both technical and non -technical
stakeholders.

• Strong
ownership mindset .

• Collaborative
code -review culture; constructive and specific feedback.

• Comfortable
operating in ambiguity and decomposing large problems independently.

Education

• Master's degree
in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent
demonstrable experience.