.Net Architect

Empower Professionals; Fort Worth (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Empower Professionals Inc. seeks a senior .NET Architect to lead design and implementation of scalable microservices and robust APIs. You will drive security, data architecture, and frontend collaboration with Angular in a hybrid Fort Worth environment.

The role requires 12–15 years of experience, strong expertise in .NET, C#, ASP.NET Core, and a track record of delivering enterprise-grade software. Team leadership and AI-assisted development experience are a plus.

Qualifications

• Backend and .NET expertise in C# and ASP.NET Core with SOLID principles.
• Strong Angular frontend familiarity for architecture reviews.
• Experience in designing microservices and service boundaries.
• RESTful and GraphQL API design with security considerations.
• Data modeling with SQL Server, EF Core and Dapper usage.
• CI/CD and observability with Azure DevOps, OpenTelemetry, AI-assisted workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable microservices with robust APIs.
• Ensure security, versioning, and backward compatibility in APIs.
• Lead data design for relational databases and access patterns.
• Collaborate on frontend architecture using Angular.

Skills

.NET

C#

ASP.NET Core

Angular

Distributed systems

REST GraphQL APIs

Security best practices

SQL Server / data design

DevOps / CI-CD

AI-assisted development

System design

Tools

Dapper

EF Core

OpenTelemetry

Application Insights

Grafana

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Job Title: .Net Architect

Location: US FortWorth, TX (Hybrid)

Duration: 12+ Month

Experience: 12 to 15 years

Must have Skills –

.Net – 10+Yrs of Exp –

C# – 10+Yrs of Exp –

ASP.NET Core –10+ Yrs of Exp –

Designing and implementing microservices –10+ Yrs of Exp RESTful and GraphQL –10+ Yrs of Exp – SQL Server and relational database design –10+ Yrs of Exp – Angular –10+ Yrs of Exp – Azure DevOps -5+ Yrs of Exp- Good To have Skills – Cloud platforms – 5+ Yrs of Exp - AI and LLM integration – 5+ Yrs of Exp -

Required Skills (MUST HAVE)

• Backend and .NET: Strong expertise in .NET, C#, and ASP.NET Core, with a solid grasp of SOLID principles and clean architecture. Should be strong in Angular as well
• Distributed systems: Designing and implementing microservices, including service boundaries, inter-service communication, and resilience patterns.
• APIs and security: RESTful and GraphQL API design, versioning and backward compatibility, and application security (OAuth2/OpenID Connect, JWT, OWASP Top 10, secrets management).
• Data: SQL Server and relational database design, query optimization, and data access using Dapper, EF Core, and GraphQL where appropriate.
• Frontend: Working knowledge of Angular for building or reviewing front-end architecture and integrations.
• Observability and DevOps: Logging, metrics, and distributed tracing (e.g., OpenTelemetry, Application Insights, Grafana, or similar), along with CI/CD pipeline design (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins) and containerization.
• AI-assisted development: Practical experience using AI coding assistants and integrating AI-assisted workflows into the SDLC, including prompt design, code review of generated output, and quality safeguards.
• System design and problem solving: Ability to design for scale, availability, and cost, and to break down ambiguous problems into clear technical plans.

Current Market Skills (Good to Have/Preferred)

• Cloud platforms: Hands-on experience with Azure or AWS,
• Containers and orchestration: Docker and Kubernetes, with an
• understanding of Helm and GitOps practices.
• Cloud-native patterns: Event-driven architecture, CQRS, event
• sourcing, and message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ, or Azure Service Bus).
• AI and LLM integration: Experience integrating LLM-based features into
• enterprise applications (e.g., Azure/AWS OpenAI, retrieval-augmented generation, vector databases), along with awareness of AI governance and data privacy.
• Security and compliance: Zero-trust principles, identity platforms
• (Azure AD / Entra ID), and familiarity with standards such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, or GDPR.
• Modern frontend practices: Component-driven design, micro-frontends,
• and performance optimization for SPAs.