.NET/ C# Software Engineering /. Azure Senior Hand On Manager

Request Technology, LLC; United States; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel expenses reimbursed

Job summary

Request Technology, LLC is hiring a Senior Engineering Manager for .NET/Azure to lead a team of 5–7 engineers and shape cloud-native architecture within the Data & AI organization.

This role blends hands-on coding with leadership; required Azure expertise, Kubernetes, C#/.NET, and distributed systems. Travel quarterly to Chicago (expenses reimbursed). In Chicago, hybrid 3 days onsite; all other locations are remote.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field, or equivalent experience
• 6+ years building cloud-native apps on Azure
• 3+ years leading software teams
• 2+ years people management
• Proven distributed systems with microservices
• Hands-on with Azure networking and private endpoints

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 5–7 engineers and drive cloud-native architecture
• Own platform engineering, DevOps ownership, and CI/CD
• Mentor engineers on Azure architecture and coding standards

Skills

Azure Cloud

C#/.NET

Kubernetes

Leadership

Microservices

CI/CD

DevOps

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Eng

6+ years cloud engineering experience

Equivalent professional experience

Tools

AKS

Azure Container Apps

Azure SQL Database

Azure Service Bus

Azure DevOps

Terraform

Job description

.NET/ C# Software Engineering Senior Manager - Azure Cloud

LOCATION: Chicago, Boston, New York, Washington, DC, Miami, Dallas, Houston

IF YOU LIVE IN CHICAGO – HYBRID 3 DAYS ONSITE

ALL OTHER LOCATIONS – REMOTE

50% hands on and 50% leadership

Travel

-Quarterly travel to Chicago (expenses reimbursed)

Seeking a hands-on engineering leader / manager with deep Azure expertise to lead a team of 5–7 engineers. You will be driving cloud-native architecture, platform engineering, and modern software development within the Data & AI organization.

Target Candidate:

Senior Engineering Manager who has experience as a Principal Engineer, Cloud Architect, or Platform Engineering Leader with strong Azure and .NET/React stack expertise who is still hands-on technically.

Must-Have Experience

• 6+ years building cloud-native applications on Azure
• 3+ years with AKS, Azure Container Apps, Kubernetes, or similar container platforms
• 2+ years leading software engineering teams as a formal people leader

Experience with:

• Microservices & distributed systems
• CI/CD & DevOps ownership
• Infrastructure as Code

What Will Make Someone Successful?

We’re looking for someone who can bridge:

• DevOps/Infrastructure
• Modern Software Development

Education and/or Experience:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related technical field; or equivalent professional experience with demonstrable cloud architecture expertise
• Minimum 6 years of hands‑on software engineering experience building cloud-native applications on Azure
• Minimum 3 years of experience with Azure Container Apps, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), or equivalent container orchestration platforms
• Minimum 2 years of people management experience leading software engineering teams
• Proven track record delivering distributed systems in production using microservices architecture and event‑driven patterns
• Hands‑on experience with Azure Service Bus, Azure database services including Azure SQL Database with Elastic Pools, Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server, managed identity authentication, connection pooling, and private endpoint configuration
• Deep understanding of microservices communication patterns including synchronous HTTP, asynchronous messaging, event-driven architecture, and service discovery
• Proficiency in C# and .NET (minimum .NET 6, preferably .NET 8+) including NET Core Web API with Controllers, Async/await patterns and Task‑based asynchronous programming, LINQ and lambda expressions, Dependency injection and Options pattern and Entity Framework Core
• Container image build and deployment workflows including Dockerfile optimization, multi‑stage builds, and Azure Container Registry integration
• Proven ability to mentor software engineers on cloud-native development patterns, distributed systems concepts, and Azure architecture
• Strong code review skills with ability to provide constructive feedback on backend APIs, infrastructure code, and integration logic
• Systematic troubleshooting approach for complex distributed systems issues
• Strong analytical skills for capacity planning, performance optimization, and cost analysis

Preferred:

• Expert-level experience with Azure DevOps YAML pipelines including multi‑stage pipelines, pipeline templates, variable groups, and environment‑based deployments
• AZ-400: Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions
• AZ-204: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure

Advanced Technical Skills

• Experience with .NET Aspire for cloud-native application orchestration and service discovery
• Experience with CQRS and Mediator patterns (MediatR or equivalent)
• Event Grid and Event Hubs for event‑driven architectures
• Agile/Scrum certifications including Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or SAFe Agilist
• Experience in professional services industry (legal, financial services, accounting, consulting)
• Understanding of enterprise security and compliance requirements (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR)
• Familiarity with legal technology or document management systems
• Deep Azure networking expertise including VNETs, subnets, Network Security Groups, private endpoints, Private DNS Zones, VNET peering, Application Gateway, and NAT Gateway
• Ability to diagnose Azure networking problems including DNS resolution failures, private endpoint connectivity issues, and Application Gateway routing problems
• Expert-level Bicep or Terraform proficiency with ability to read, write, and debug complex Infrastructure-as-Code modules (500+ lines)