.NET Architect

Good co India; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Good co India seeks an experienced Senior .NET Architect to design scalable, secure, and high-performance software architectures across enterprise platforms. You will lead architecture, development, and technical delivery, translating business needs into robust systems using C#, ASP.NET Core, Web API, and cloud-native technologies.

The role requires guiding teams through RESTful APIs, distributed and event-driven architectures, and cloud migrations, while establishing standards, patterns, and

Qualifications

• 5 to 10 years of professional experience in software development and enterprise .NET technologies.
• Hands-on expertise in C#, ASP.NET Core, .NET 6/7/8+, Web API, and Entity Framework Core.
• Proven experience designing scalable enterprise applications, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of software architecture principles, design patterns, SOLID principles, and clean architecture.
• Experience with SQL Server and NoSQL databases; cloud platforms like Azure or AWS.

Responsibilities

• Design and define scalable, secure, and high-performance architectures using the .NET ecosystem.
• Lead the architecture, development, and technical delivery of enterprise-grade applications and platforms.
• Translate business and technical requirements into robust architectures.
• Design RESTful APIs, distributed systems, and event-driven architectures.
• Establish architecture standards, coding guidelines, patterns, and best practices across teams.
• Drive modernization and migration of legacy .NET applications to modern cloud architectures.
• Mentor developers and provide technical leadership across projects.

Skills

Software architecture

C#

ASP.NET Core

Web API

Microservices

Distributed systems

SOLID principles

Clean architecture

Cloud-native architectures

CI/CD

Mentoring

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT / Software Engineering

Master's degree (advantage)

Tools

Azure

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Design and define scalable, secure, and high-performance application architectures using the Microsoft .NET ecosystem.
• Lead the architecture, development, and technical delivery of enterprise-grade applications and platforms.
• Translate business and technical requirements into robust application and system architectures.
• Design and implement solutions using C#, ASP.NET Core, Web API, microservices, and cloud-native technologies.
• Establish architecture standards, coding guidelines, design patterns, and best practices across development teams.
• Design RESTful APIs, distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and integration solutions.
• Lead database architecture and optimization using SQL Server and NoSQL technologies.
• Design and implement cloud solutions using Azure, AWS, or other cloud platforms.
• Drive modernization and migration of legacy .NET applications to modern .NET and cloud architectures.
• Conduct architecture, code, security, performance, and technical design reviews.
• Identify and resolve complex scalability, performance, reliability, and integration challenges.
• Collaborate with product managers, developers, DevOps, QA, security, and business stakeholders.
• Establish CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring, logging, and deployment practices.
• Mentor developers and senior engineers and provide technical leadership across projects.
• Evaluate new technologies and recommend solutions that align with business and engineering objectives.
• Ensure applications meet security, availability, maintainability, and performance requirements.

Preferred candidate profile

• 5 to 10 years of professional experience in software development, application architecture, and enterprise .NET technologies.
• Strong hands-on expertise in C#, ASP.NET Core, .NET 6/7/8+, Web API, and Entity Framework Core.
• Proven experience designing scalable enterprise applications, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of software architecture principles, design patterns, SOLID principles, and clean architecture.
• Experience with SQL Server, database design, query optimization, and NoSQL databases.
• Hands-on experience with Azure, AWS, or other cloud platforms, preferably with cloud-native .NET solutions.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, Git, and DevOps practices.
• Strong knowledge of REST APIs, authentication, authorization, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and application security.
• Experience with messaging and event-driven technologies such as Azure Service Bus, Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar platforms.
• Knowledge of Redis, caching strategies, API gateways, observability, logging, and performance optimization.
• Experience modernizing legacy applications and migrating on-premises systems to cloud environments.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineering teams and provide technical leadership.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field; a Master's degree is an advantage.
• Relevant Microsoft Azure, .NET, or cloud certifications are preferred.