Lead .NET Core Backend Architect - Azure Microservices

Jobtailor; Falls Church (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior Backend Architect to lead our .NET Core microservices and backend build quality. You will direct an offshore team while remaining hands-on in service design, API contract ownership, and CI/CD governance to keep the platform production-ready.

You will own Azure SQL schema design, REST APIs via APIM, and secure write-path logic, ensuring compliance and high reliability across sprint cycles and post-launch hypercare.

Qualifications

• 6–8 years of back-end development experience.
• At least 4 years focused in .NET Core / C#.
• Experience leading or directing offshore back-end teams.
• Strong experience designing REST APIs exposed through an API gateway (Azure APIM preferred).
• Proficiency with Azure SQL, schema design, and delta-refreshed transactional cache.
• Experience with Azure Service Bus or similar async messaging infrastructure.
• Solid understanding of microservices architecture and separation of concerns between API gateway, service layer, and data layer.
• Proficiency with Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines and security-gated builds (Veracode or similar).
• Experience using AI coding assistants (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead backend architecture and set standards; oversee service layer quality.
• Direct offshore engineers while staying hands-on in design and CI/CD governance.
• Own REST API endpoints via API Management; ensure production readiness each sprint.
• Design Azure SQL transactional cache schema and write-path logic.
• Enforce security, data validation, and error handling in the service layer.
• Ensure CI/CD pipeline compliance with Veracode SAST/SCA before merging.
• Lead bi-weekly sprint demos and triage backend defects during SIT/UAT.

Skills

Back-End Development

Microservices Architecture

REST API Design

Azure SQL Proficiency

CI/CD Pipeline Governance

Azure DevOps

Azure Service Bus

Security Compliance

Leading Offshore Teams

Veracode SAST/SCA

AI Coding Assistants

API Gateway Design (Azure APIM)

Strong Communication

Tools

Azure API Management

Veracode

AI Coding Assistants

Azure DevOps

Azure SQL

Azure Service Bus

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a senior Backend Architect to lead our .NET Core microservices and backend build quality. You will direct an offshore team while remaining hands-on in service design, API contract ownership, and CI/CD governance to keep the platform production-ready.

You will own Azure SQL schema design, REST APIs via APIM, and secure write-path logic, ensuring compliance and high reliability across sprint cycles and post-launch hypercare.