Azure Cloud-Native Software Engineering Manager

Request Technology, LLC; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Request Technology, LLC in Chicago is seeking an experienced software engineering leader to design and evolve a cloud-native automation platform on Azure. You will guide .NET backend teams, shape event-driven architectures, and mentor engineers to raise architectural skills.

This hybrid role requires hands-on delivery, deep knowledge of microservices, Service Bus, PostgreSQL, Redis, and containerized deployments.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of hands-on software engineering experience building cloud-native applications on Azure.
• 3+ years of people management experience leading software engineering teams.
• Proven track record delivering distributed systems in production using microservices architecture and event-driven patterns.
• Hands-on experience with Azure Service Bus, Azure database services including Azure SQL Database with Elastic Pools, Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server, managed identity authentication, connection pooling, and private endpoint configuration.
• Deep understanding of microservices communication patterns including synchronous HTTP, asynchronous messaging, event-driven architecture, and service discovery.
• Proficiency in C# and .NET (minimum .NET 6, preferably .NET 8+) including NET Core Web API with Controllers, Async/await patterns and Task-based asynchronous programming, LINQ and lambda expressions, Dependency injection and Options pattern and Entity Framework Core.
• Container image build and deployment workflows including Dockerfile optimization, multi-stage builds, and Azure Container Registry integration.
• Proven ability to mentor software engineers on cloud-native development patterns, distributed systems concepts, and Azure architecture.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve the distributed system architecture for the cloud-native automation platform, including Azure Container Apps, Service Bus, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Blob Storage.
• Design event-driven architectures using Azure Service Bus for high-volume asynchronous processing.
• Optimize platform performance, cost, and operational complexity through architectural improvements.
• Lead .NET backend development including ASP.NET Core APIs, CQRS pattern with MediatR, Entity Framework Core, and FluentValidation.
• Conduct code reviews ensuring adherence to SOLID principles, async programming best practices, and distributed systems patterns.
• Own and evolve multi-stage Azure DevOps YAML pipelines including multi-phase infrastructure deployment, container image builds, and environment-specific deployments.
• Manage and mentor software engineers, focusing on cloud engineering skill development.

Skills

Azure

C# / .NET

Microservices

Event-driven

CQRS MediatR

ASP.NET Core

Docker

EF Core

Tools

Azure DevOps

Docker

AKS

Azure Container Registry

PostgreSQL

Job description

Request Technology, LLC in Chicago is seeking an experienced software engineering leader to design and evolve a cloud-native automation platform on Azure. You will guide .NET backend teams, shape event-driven architectures, and mentor engineers to raise architectural skills.

This hybrid role requires hands-on delivery, deep knowledge of microservices, Service Bus, PostgreSQL, Redis, and containerized deployments.