.NET Engineering (North America)

Lateral Group; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Job summary

Lateral Group is seeking a senior .NET engineer to design, build, and ship cloud applications on Microsoft Azure. You will own features end-to-end and mentor teammates in a globally distributed, async-first environment.

Responsibilities emphasize scalable services, clean code, and deep collaboration with architects and product designers across time zones. A strong focus on craftsmanship and continuous improvement is expected.

Qualifications

• Several years of professional experience building production .NET applications with C# and SQL.
• Hands-on experience designing and operating services on Microsoft Azure.
• Strong commitment to code quality, testing, and software craftsmanship.
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership of features from concept to production deployment.
• Mentoring engineers and contributing to a learning-oriented team culture.
• Comfort working in a distributed, async-first environment with high autonomy.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop scalable, secure cloud services on Azure using C# and .NET.
• Deliver clean, well-tested code with comprehensive unit tests.
• Drive features end-to-end, often as primary developer with architect support.
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews and pairing.
• Lead architecture discussions and advocate pragmatic solutions.
• Continuously refactor and reduce technical debt while delivering features.

Skills

.NET

C#

SQL

Azure

Code quality

Testing

Ownership

Job description

Role overview

This is a senior-level opportunity for an experienced .NET engineer to design, build, and ship resilient cloud applications on Microsoft Azure. The position sits within a globally distributed engineering organization that values ownership, craftsmanship, and continuous improvement, and the work spans the full lifecycle from architecture through deployment.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop scalable, secure, high-performance cloud services in C#, .NET, and SQL on Azure, following established coding standards.
• Produce clean, well-tested, maintainable code with comprehensive unit-test coverage, applying software craftsmanship principles throughout.
• Drive substantial product features end-to-end, often acting as the primary developer alongside an architect or product designer.
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews and pair programming, offering constructive feedback that raises the team's overall quality bar.
• Lead technical discussions on architecture and design, advocating for simple, pragmatic solutions and pushing back on unnecessary complexity.
• Continuously refactor and refine the codebase, balancing new feature delivery with paying down technical debt.

Requirements

• Several years of professional experience building production .NET applications with C# and SQL.
• Hands-on experience designing and operating services on Microsoft Azure.
• Strong commitment to code quality, testing, and software craftsmanship.
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership of features from concept to production deployment.
• Track record of mentoring engineers and contributing to a thoughtful, learning-oriented team culture.
• Comfort working in a distributed, async-first environment with a high degree of autonomy and self-management.

Nice to have

• Experience providing technical leadership in architecture reviews and design sessions.
• Familiarity with iterative improvement practices and giving/receiving candid feedback.

Benefits and work setup

• Fully remote, globally distributed team with asynchronous communication as the default.
• Self-managed culture that trusts engineers to lead initiatives and run with ideas.
• Interview process includes a portfolio review, talent team conversation, take-home work trial, engineering deep dive, and project-fit discussion.