Azure Cloud-Native Software Engineering Manager

Request Technology, LLC; United States; Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Request Technology, LLC is seeking a Manager, Software Engineering in the Chicago area to lead and mentor a team building cloud-native platforms. The role focuses on designing distributed systems using Azure services, containers, and microservices patterns, while delivering robust .NET backends and APIs.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years in software engineering on Azure, 3+ years in people management, and strong C#/.NET plus TypeScript/JavaScript skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field required.
• 6+ years in software engineering, building cloud-native apps on Azure.
• 3+ years of people management leading engineering teams.
• Proven track record delivering distributed systems with microservices.
• Hands-on Azure services and container orchestration experience.
• Strong C#/.NET and TypeScript/JavaScript skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve cloud-native architecture with Azure components.
• Lead .NET backend development and API design, CQRS with MediatR.
• Mentor engineers, guide cloud engineering practices and patterns.
• Own multi-stage Azure DevOps pipelines and deployments.
• Improve performance, cost, and operations of the platform.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud-native design

Mentoring

Distributed systems

C# .NET

TypeScript/JavaScript

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Azure

AKS

Azure Service Bus

Azure SQL Database

Azure PostgreSQL

Docker

ASP.NET Core

MedaitR/CQRS

Job description

Request Technology, LLC is seeking a Manager, Software Engineering in the Chicago area to lead and mentor a team building cloud-native platforms. The role focuses on designing distributed systems using Azure services, containers, and microservices patterns, while delivering robust .NET backends and APIs.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years in software engineering on Azure, 3+ years in people management, and strong C#/.NET plus TypeScript/JavaScript skills.