Technical Lead

Rocket India; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 3,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Rocket India is seeking a Senior Tech Lead to own end-to-end architecture of C#/.NET services, drive delivery quality, and shape technical direction while remaining hands-on. You will translate business requirements into technical plans, lead architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and collaborate with stakeholders to reduce risk and improve scalability.

The role requires 8+ years of software engineering with deep .NET expertise, cloud experience (Azure), and a track record of leading

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with leadership responsibilities.
• Deep expertise in the .NET ecosystem: ASP.NET Core, EF Core, Azure DevOps, HAL deployment.
• Proven track record of owning a system end-to-end (design, production support, evolution).
• Strong architectural thinking balancing performance, scalability, maintainability, and time-to-market.
• Excellent stakeholder communication translating complex technical concepts for leaders.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end technical architecture, design decisions, and roadmap for C#/.NET services.
• Translate business requirements into feasible technical plans with sequencing and estimates.
• Make final architectural decisions; resolve design tradeoffs with clear rationale and alignment.
• Identify and resolve cross-team technical dependencies proactively.
• Coach and mentor senior engineers on system design and technical leadership.
• Partner with Engineering Manager on performance evaluations and growth conversations.
• Represent the team in cross-functional forums and design reviews.
• Remain hands-on with 30-40% coding time and participate in reviews.

Skills

C#/.NET

System architecture

Technical leadership

Code reviews

Tools

ASP.NET Core

Entity Framework Core

Azure DevOps

HAL deployment infrastructure

Job description

Job Description - Tech Lead

Summary

Senior-level C#/.NET engineer with formal technical ownership of a team or program area accountable for architecture, delivery quality, and technical direction, while staying hands-on. This role bridges technical excellence and leadership, requiring both deep engineering expertise and the ability to influence across organizational boundaries.

What You’ll Do

Technical Architecture & Strategy

• Own end-to-end technical architecture, design decisions, and roadmap for assigned team/program area (C#/.NET services, integrations, and related systems)
• Translate business and product requirements into feasible technical plans with clear sequencing and resource estimation
• Make final architectural decisions; resolve design tradeoffs with clear rationale and stakeholder alignment
• Identify and resolve cross-team technical dependencies proactively

Engineering Excellence & Quality

• Establish and enforce coding standards, best practices, and architectural patterns across the team
• Drive tech debt strategy and execution (e.g., .NET version upgrades, dependency management, legacy system modernization)
• Champion observability, monitoring, and alerting practices; ensure production systems are instrumented for visibility
• Own quality metrics and continuous improvement initiatives (code review processes, testing standards, deployment reliability)

Leadership & Mentorship

• Coach and mentor senior engineers on system design, architectural thinking, and technical leadership skills
• Partner with Engineering Manager on performance evaluations, growth conversations, and career development planning
• Represent the team in cross-functional forums, leadership meetings, and technical design reviews
• Communicate technical risks, blockers, and escalations clearly to stakeholders and leadership

Hands-On Contribution

• Remain actively engaged in C#/.NET development at a reduced but meaningful level (estimated 30-40% coding time)
• Participate in code reviews, design reviews, and architectural discussions
• Prototype solutions for complex or novel problems; unblock the team on critical technical challenges
• Model engineering excellence through personal work quality and technical decision-making

What You’ll Need

Required

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with majority in C#/.NET and demonstrated technical leadership
• Deep expertise in the .NET ecosystem: ASP.NET Core (MVC, Web API, middleware), Entity Framework Core, Azure DevOps pipelines, and HAL deployment infrastructure
• Proven track record of owning a system or program area end-to-end (design, implementation, production support, and evolution)
• Strong architectural thinking - ability to evaluate tradeoffs between performance, scalability, maintainability, and time-to-market
• Excellent stakeholder communication - translates complex technical concepts for non-technical leaders and influences decisions through clear reasoning

Preferred

• Experience with cloud-native architecture and Azure services
• Familiarity with CI/CD best practices and deployment automation
• Track record of leading technical initiatives across multiple teams
• Experience mentoring engineers into technical leadership roles
• Knowledge of observability tools and practices (logging, tracing, metrics)