.Net Technical Lead

VDart Inc; Oak Park (PA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

VDart Inc in Oaks, PA is seeking a .NET Technical Lead for a contract role on a hybrid basis. The role focuses on defining, developing, and guiding software solutions, with emphasis on architecture and design in collaboration with the project team.

You will own full SDLC activities, mentor peers, perform code reviews, and drive improvements across .NET Core, C#, Angular, and cloud-native services in Azure. Strong communication and delivery focus are essential to succeed in this hands-on senior

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience.
• Deep knowledge of .NET Core and C#.
• Experience with SQL Server and PostgreSQL is desirable.
• Strong hands-on with Angular and UI development.
• Experience with microservices architecture.
• Containerization with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Azure cloud experience.
• Web API development and REST services.
• Extensive debugging, testing, and performance tuning.
• Familiar with SDLC, Agile/Scrum.

Responsibilities

• Leads in defining, documenting and developing software, architecture and technical design discussions, code reviews and technical design/specifications in collaboration with the project team.
• Responsible for development, enhancement, testing, support, maintenance and troubleshooting of software applications across platforms and tools.
• Provides sound project management skills to the team and assignments.
• Creates thorough, professional-quality project documentation and technical specifications.
• Evaluates software change requests, determines business need or conducts root cause analysis, and implements technically efficient solutions.
• Assesses the impact of software changes and new development on other systems; conducts integration tests to mitigate risks.
• Mentors peers and junior team members, and promotes a knowledge-sharing environment.
• Proactively recommends, schedules, and performs software improvements and upgrades.
• Recommends best practices and policies for installing, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting end-user access and usage of database applications.

Skills

.NET Core Architecture

C# / ASP.NET Core

SQL Server / PostgreSQL

Angular 14–18

Docker

Kubernetes

Microservices

Azure Cloud

REST APIs

Unit Testing / TDD

Tools

Angular UI Framework

SQL & Data Modeling

Job description

Role: .Net Technical Lead

Location: Oaks, PA (Hybrid)

Type: Contract

Essential Functions/Responsibilities:

• Leads in defining, documenting and developing software, software applications, as well as contributes to architecture and technical design discussions, code reviews and technical design/specifications in collaboration with the project team
• Responsible for development, enhancement, testing, support, maintain and troubleshoot/ debug software applications that support business units or support functions. These application program solutions may involve diverse development platforms, software, hardware, technologies and tools.
• Provides sound project management skills to the team and assignments
• Creates thorough, professional quality project documentation and technical specifications
• Evaluates software change requests, determines business need or conducts root cause analysis, and implements technically efficient solutions
• Assesses the impact of software changes and new development on other systems; conducts integration tests to mitigate risks
• Mentors peers and junior team members, and participates in and promotes a knowledge-sharing environment
• Proactively recommends, schedules, and performs software improvements and upgrades
• Recommends best practices and policies for installing, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting end user access and usage of database applications

Specific Job Skills and Experience:

• 8 or more years of related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience with the full software development life cycle, including design, testing, deployment, and documentation activities (including agile and scrum patterns)
• Following technical skills and experience is required
• 8+ years of deep understanding of .NET Core Architecture. Application development C#, ASP .Net Core 8, SQL Server. .NET Framework, MVC & Web API 2.0
• 8+ years of strong SQL/ T-SQL expertise (SQL Server and exposure to PostgreSQL is desirable): query optimization, indexing strategies, transaction semantics. Model data and optimize SQL (indexes, query tuning, partitioning); contribute to schema evolution and migration strategies in Microsoft SQL Server
• 8+ years of hands on with Angular versions 14 to 18, responsive UI , HTML, Bootstrap, JQuery, CSS3 and accessibility best practices.
• 8+ years of proven experience with microservices architecture: service decomposition, API design, inter service communication.
• 5+ years of Containerization expertise (Docker) and practical exposure to Kubernetes (authoring manifests, debugging pods).
• Solid grasp of software engineering fundamentals: OO/FP, concurrency, networking, data structures, security.
• Adopt TDD: write unit/integration tests, participate in code reviews, pair programming, and continuous refactoring, clean code practices.
• REST Services Architecture knowledge
• Good experience with Cloud Platform specifically in Microsoft Azure
• Unit Testing Frameworks
• Web Development Concepts (State Management, Stateless Development)
• Asynchronous Programming Paradigm
• LINQ & Lambda Expressions
• Solid background in Designing & Implementing Applications using technologies defined by the IMS Enterprise Architecture
• Strong experience in analyzing and optimizing already deployed applications
• Extensive knowledge and hands on experience designing and developing objects and components of relational database
• Must have experience on full stack development on Microsoft platform
• Excellent written/verbal communication, presentation, and listening skills
• Excellent collaboration/teamwork skills
• Understanding of fundamental design principles for building a scalable application
• Experience creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Familiar with various design and architectural patterns
• Knowledge of concurrency patterns
• Known experience in Caching techniques
• Exposure to Apache Airflow (DAG authoring, scheduling, deployment in containerized/K8s environments).
• Event streaming (Kafka/RabbitMQ), caching (Redis), message driven architectures.
• Cloud experience (Azure/AWS/GCP) including managed Kubernetes and secrets/identity.
• Observability stack (Prometheus/Grafana, ELK).
• Security by design: OAuth/OIDC, TLS, secrets management, OWASP Top 10 mitigations.