Azure Lead/Senior Developer

SFE; Oakland (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

SFE in Oakland, CA seeks an Azure Lead / Senior Developer to design, develop, and deliver scalable cloud applications on Microsoft Azure. You will lead technical direction across teams while translating business requirements into robust solutions.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on expertise in Azure cloud services, .NET Core, microservices, APIs, DevOps, and with a track record mentoring engineers. You will drive modernization and cloud migration, ensuring security, performance, and

Qualifications

• 8–10 years designing enterprise software and cloud-based apps.
• Strong C#, .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, EF and Web API expertise.
• 5+ years Azure DevOps, Git repos, PRs and deployment pipelines.
• 3–5 years leading and mentoring software engineers.
• Hands-on Azure components: SQL DB, Blob Storage, App Service, Functions.
• Experience with Blazor, Bootstrap, responsive design, Ajax.
• Familiar with Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
• Excellent communication and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical oversight within the development team.
• Architect, design, and build scalable solutions on the .NET Core/Azure stack.
• Develop full-stack applications: persistence, business logic, UI, APIs.
• Write scalable, high-quality, testable code.
• Mentor offshore team for predictable delivery and quality.
• Lead SDLC from inception to production release.
• Collaborate across teams and stakeholders for continuous improvement.
• Communicate strategies and progress to leaders.

Skills

.NET Core

Azure Functions

C#

ASP.NET Core

Entity Framework

Web API

Azure DevOps

Git Repositories

CI/CD Pipelines

Blazor

Bootstrap

Responsive Design

Ajax

Technical management

Azure SQL

Azure Storage

App Service

Service Bus

Azure API Management

Queues

Tools

Git Repositories

Azure DevOps

CI/CD

REST API

Job description

Section

Details

Job Title

Azure Lead/Senior Developer

Job Type

Full Time

Client Location

Oakland, CA

Work Arrangement

Remote

Duration

Full Time

Pay Rate / Salary

$120-$130k/yr.

Job Summary

• We are seeking an experienced Azure Lead / Senior Developer to design, develop, and deliver scalable, secure, and high-performance cloud applications and solutions on the Microsoft Azure platform.
• The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on expertise in Azure cloud services, .NET/C#, microservices, APIs, cloud-native development, andDevOps, with the ability to provide technical leadership and mentor development teams.
• The role will involve translating business requirements into robust technical solutions, driving application modernization and cloud migration initiatives, and ensuring best practices for security, scalability, performance, and reliability.
• The candidate will collaborate with architects, product owners, developers, QA, and business stakeholders to deliver enterprise-grade Azure solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise, project oversight, communication, and collaboration within the assigned development team(s) and with stakeholders, guiding and ensuring projects meet specifications.
• Play a key role in architecting, designing, and building performant and scalable solutions using the Microsoft .NET Core stack and Azure platform
• Design and develop software applications on all levels (full stack) persistence, business logic and service layers, frontend, and APIs
• Write scalable, testable, high-quality code that meets requirements
• Work closely with the offshore counterparts to mentor the team and strengthen them in terms of proactive and predictable delivery while ensuring the desired quality standards.
• Mentor engineers on Software Engineering best practices via design and code reviews. Ensure delivery of high-quality, value-driven, operationally efficient features that support technology platform and business initiatives.
• Own the software development life cycle. Lead development work and provide vision from project inception to architecture planning, development, release, and production.
• Build robust relationships across development teams, business analysts and all key stakeholders involved in projects.
• Collaborate closely with other teams (and managers) to help with continuous improvement of the architecture, tools, and processes.
• Communicate effectively with all levels of the organization while keeping leaders apprised of strategies, operational progress, issues, concerns, mitigation, and remediation plans.

Required Qualifications

• .NET Core, EF Core, Azure functions hands on experience
• 8 10 years of hands-on experience in designing/architecting enterprise software solutions including cloud-based applications using C#, .Net Core, ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework and Web/Rest API
• 5+ years using Azure Dev Ops - especially Git Repositories, pull requests, and creation of Deployment Pipelines
• 3+ years developing UI-based applications leveraging modern practices and tools such as Blazor, Responsive Design, Bootstrap, Modular CSS, Ajax.
• 3-5 years of prior technical management experience leading and mentoring teams of software engineers.
• Hands on Azure functions, C#, .Net Core, ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework and Web/Rest API
• Hands-on application development experience using Azure components such as Azure SQL Database, Azure Blob Storage, App Service, Azure Functions, Service Bus, Queues, Azure API Management, etc.
• Experience using best practices patterns and approaches to address the challenges inherent in re-engineering existing, complex systems
• Ability to build relationships, balance multiple priorities, and communicate across diverse teams.
• Ability to deal with ambiguous situations.
• Experience working with both Waterfall and Agile methodologies
• Effective communication and problem-solving capabilities