Senior Technical Lead (.NET, Angular, LLMs & Azure)
About the role
The Senior Technical Lead will be responsible for owning the backend architecture of an AI-driven, data-heavy product built on .NET, working closely with the client's CTO. The role involves designing and building backend systems, integrating advanced AI capabilities, setting up AI tooling for the team, and ensuring high-quality, production-ready code. The position also includes mentoring engineers, leading architecture and code reviews, and maintaining high standards for the team. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in software engineering and technical leadership, with deep expertise in C#, .NET, distributed systems, high-volume data, cloud deployments, and practical AI integration. The company offers a USD salary, medical coverage from day one, flexible working hours, and a hybrid work model with exposure to international product development.
Must have
- 8–10+ years in software engineering, including technical leadership roles.
- Deep, hands-on C#, .NET / .NET Core, and ASP.NET Core knowledge.
- Strong backend and distributed systems design: REST APIs, microservices, complex integrations.
- High-volume data experience: SQL modeling, indexing, query optimization, async processing, message queues, event-driven systems, caching, performance tuning.
- Cloud and modern deployment (Azure or AWS).
- Practical AI integration experience with LLM APIs in production.
- Daily use of AI coding tools (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor) and a clear sense of their limits.
- Excellent communication with senior stakeholders.
Nice to have
- Backend experience on AI-first products; hands-on RAG, vector databases, or agentic workflows in production.
- High-volume pipelines and brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus).
- Complex third-party integration ecosystems.
- A track record of bringing better AI-assisted workflows to a team.
Technologies
- Agentic AI
- Angular
- AWS
- Azure
- Azure Service Bus
- Claude Code
- C#
- Cursor
- .NET
- Embeddings
- Event-Driven Architecture
- GitHub
- GitHub Copilot
- Kafka
- LLM
- Microservices
- Observability
- RabbitMQ
- RAG
- REST
- SQL
- Test Automation
- Vector Databases
Highlights
This is a long-term contract role with a hybrid work arrangement requiring two days per week at the office. The position offers medical coverage from day one, no probationary leave restrictions, and quarterly team events. The salary is paid in USD. Excellent English communication skills are required. The role does not involve people management but includes mentoring responsibilities.
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