AI-First .NET Cloud Engineer (Kubernetes & Cloud-native)

TEKsystems; Greensboro (NC); On-site; USD 78,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

TEKsystems in Greensboro, NC is seeking a Senior C#/.NET AI Engineer to lead AI-driven, spec-based software delivery for a large-scale enterprise platform. You will design cloud-native applications, containerized workloads on AWS EKS, and implement zero-downtime deployments, while partnering with architects to modernize legacy systems and accelerate production-ready solutions.

In this contract-to-hire role, you will own architecture and specifications through deployment and production support,

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on C#/.NET development experience.
• Solid SQL Server experience, including performance tuning and query optimization.
• Deep experience with AI spec-driven development as a primary workflow (required).
• Use of AI tools (Claude, GitHub Copilot, or equivalent) to generate the majority of code.
• Proven experience designing and building cloud-native applications and architectures.
• Strong Kubernetes experience, including deployments, scaling, debugging, and architecture (AWS EKS preferred).
• Deep understanding of zero-downtime deployment strategies in containerized environments.
• Experience with Docker, containerization, and microservices architectures.
• Strong experience refactoring and modernizing large legacy codebases.
• Experience implementing observability using OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, structured logging, and metrics.
• Strong understanding of memory management, application performance, and scalability.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain cloud-native applications, APIs, and microservices using C# and .NET.
• Leverage AI-driven, spec-based development workflows as the primary method of software delivery.
• Build and support containerized workloads deployed in Kubernetes environments, preferably AWS EKS.
• Refactor and modernize legacy codebases into scalable cloud-native solutions.
• Implement zero-downtime deployment strategies and CI/CD best practices.
• Build and maintain APIs supporting web and mobile applications.
• Design observability solutions using telemetry, distributed tracing, logging, and metrics.
• Troubleshoot, optimize, and improve application performance, scalability, and memory utilization.
• Collaborate with architects and engineering teams to drive modernization initiatives.

Skills

C#/.NET

SQL Server

Kubernetes

Docker

AI-driven development

OpenTelemetry

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Claude

AWS EKS

Job description

TEKsystems in Greensboro, NC is seeking a Senior C#/.NET AI Engineer to lead AI-driven, spec-based software delivery for a large-scale enterprise platform. You will design cloud-native applications, containerized workloads on AWS EKS, and implement zero-downtime deployments, while partnering with architects to modernize legacy systems and accelerate production-ready solutions.

In this contract-to-hire role, you will own architecture and specifications through deployment and production support,