What you'll do:

Design and implement scalable and high-performance back-end architectures using .NET technologies.

Define and enforce coding sstandards, architecture patterns, and best practices for back-end development.

Collaborate with front-end developers, UX/UI designers, and other stakeholders to ensure seamless integration between back-end systems and user interfaces.

Lead the evaluation and adoption of new technologies and tools that enhance back-end development processes and application performance.

Develop and maintain architectural documentation, including design specifications, API documentation, and system diagrams.

Oversee code reviews, provide feedback, and ensure adherence to architectural guidelines and quality standards.

Optimize backend systems for performance, scalability, and security, including database design and management.

Mentor and provide technical guidance to development teams, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.

Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to drive tthe evolution of our back-end systems.

Develop scalable and secure back-end architectures using the .NET framework.

Drive decisions on back-end architecture, cloud strategies, microservices, and RESTful APIs.

Collaborate with product teams to ensure the architecture aligns with business needs and technical standards.

Utilize WPF to build sophisticated, responsive, and high-performance desktop applications.

Design and implement MVVM architecture for WPF applications, ensuring code maintainability and modularity.

Create custom controls, templates, and animations in WPF for a rich user experience.

Ensure optimal performance, scalability, and responsiveness of both back-end and WPF applications.

Led and mentored development teams, guiding best practices in .NET and WPF.

Conduct code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and ensure adherence to development standards.

Collaborate with QA, DevOps, and other teams to streamline the development lifecycle.

What makes you a great fit:

3 - 5 years as a .Net architect with at least 2 end-to-end project architecture and implementation.

Should have managed a development team of a minimum of 8 developers for 3+ years.

Strong experience in C#, .Net (4.8), .Net Core (6+), MVC, Web API, Minimal API, EF, EF Core, LINQ, unit testing

Experience in defining solutions, defining architectures, OOAD, DDD, low-level system design, and common design patterns (builder, facade, adapter, strategy, factory, prototype, etc).

Deep understanding of WPF, MVVM, XAML, data binding, and custom control development.

Experience with SQL Server, database design, and data access optimization.

Strong experience in Microservices, various Microservices patterns (BFF, Circuit breaker, Saga, API Gateway, service discovery, etc), service interactions (gRPC), etc

Strong experience in SQL (preferably SQL Server), performance optimization,

Experience in implementing security as a part of the solution including OAuth, IDP, JWT tokens, API Keys, bespoke authentication, etc

Exposure to networking, proposing logical and physical infrastructure components, infrastructure sizing, load balancing, etc

Experienced in any GraphQL product (like Hasura, Apollo, Hot Chocolate, Strawberry Shake, etc)

Exposure to messaging systems preferably in Kafka but can be in MSMQ or RabbitMQ etc

Exposure to Docker and any orchestration technology like Kubernetes

Desirable to have US onsite experience.

Excellent communication skills, customer engagement skills, team management skills, negotiation skills (for feature and options negotiations), etc

Strong process orientation especially in Scrum.

Experience with DevOps practices and tools (e.g., CI/CD pipelines, automated testing).

Knowledge of modern architectural patterns (e.g., Domain-Driven Design, CQRS).

Familiarity with front-end technologies and integration with back-end systems.

Experience with Agile methodologies and project management tools (e.g., Jira, Trello).