Principal Architect / .NET Microservices Architect

Hire'in Solutions; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Hire'in Solutions in Houston, TX seeks hands-on Principal .NET Microservices Architect to design scalable, secure, cloud-native platforms. The role demands 10+ years in C#/.NET and 7+ years in microservices, with 5+ years in architecture and system design.

You will lead architecture, define service boundaries, drive cloud-native patterns, and mentor senior engineers while ensuring performance, security, and reliability across AWS and Kubernetes environments.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of C#/.NET development
• 7+ years of microservices & distributed systems
• 5+ years of architecture & system design
• Experience with Kafka, SQS, SNS, EventBridge or RabbitMQ
• Performance engineering, scalability & production troubleshooting
• Experience integrating AI/LLM capabilities with security, observability and cost optimization

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and design for high-throughput, low-latency enterprise platforms
• Define microservice boundaries, APIs, data ownership and distributed-system patterns
• Drive cloud-native architecture across AWS, Kubernetes and container platforms
• Lead performance, reliability, security and production engineering initiatives
• Mentor senior engineers and technical leads
• Establish architecture standards, coding practices and engineering governance
• Troubleshoot complex production issues across application, database, messaging, Kubernetes and AWS layers

Skills

C#/.NET

Microservices

Architecture

Performance engineering

Security & observability

Tools

Kafka

SQS

SNS

EventBridge

RabbitMQ

Job description

Hiring: Principal .NET Microservices Architect

Location: Houstan, TX

Experience: 12-18 Years

Cloud/AWS: 5+ Years

We are looking for a hands-on Principal .NET Microservices Architect to design and build highly scalable, secure, and cloud-native enterprise platforms.

• 10+ years of C#/.NET development
• 7+ years of Microservices & Distributed Systems
• 5+ years of Architecture & System Design
• Kafka, SQS, SNS, EventBridge or RabbitMQ
• Performance engineering, scalability & production troubleshooting

Experience integrating AI/LLM capabilities using:

• AI security, guardrails, observability and cost optimization

What You'll Do

• Lead architecture and design for high-throughput, low-latency enterprise platforms
• Define microservice boundaries, APIs, data ownership and distributed-system patterns
• Drive cloud-native architecture across AWS, Kubernetes and container platforms
• Lead performance, reliability, security and production engineering initiatives
• Mentor senior engineers and technical leads
• Establish architecture standards, coding practices and engineering governance
• Troubleshoot complex production issues across application, database, messaging, Kubernetes and AWS layers