Azure Tech Lead — Senior Engineer

London Insurance Life; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Howden is seeking a Senior Technical Engineer to lead enterprise-scale Microsoft Azure solutions. You will drive architectural decisions, oversee delivery, and mentor engineers while collaborating with product and business stakeholders.

The role emphasizes hands-on development with .NET/C#, APIs, microservices, and Azure PaaS, plus secure, scalable deployments within a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure cloud services.
• Strong background in .NET/C# application development and API-based architectures.
• Experience designing and implementing integrated services (microservices) and data integrations.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and ownership of end-to-end Azure-based solutions.
• Lead architecture decisions, design reviews, and governance across cloud apps and services.
• Hands-on development with .NET/C#, APIs, microservices, and Azure PaaS components.
• Mentor engineers and align product delivery with architectural standards.

Skills

Azure

.NET/C#

APIs

Microservices

Azure AI

Power Platform integration

Education

Microsoft Azure Certifications

Tools

Docker

AKS

Logic Apps

Function components

Event Grid

Service Bus

API Manager

Job description

Howden is seeking a Senior Technical Engineer to lead enterprise-scale Microsoft Azure solutions. You will drive architectural decisions, oversee delivery, and mentor engineers while collaborating with product and business stakeholders.

The role emphasizes hands-on development with .NET/C#, APIs, microservices, and Azure PaaS, plus secure, scalable deployments within a hybrid work model.