Remote Lead .NET Developer - Modernization & APIs

Eliassen Group; Lincoln (NE); Remote; USD 96,000 - 107,000; Part time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Lead .NET Developer for a remote, contract-to-hire engagement. You will drive backend development, shape architecture, and guide the transition of critical enterprise apps to modern .NET services and event-driven patterns.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate on architecture, and ensure scalable, production-ready solutions across integrations and APIs. This is a hands-on leadership role focused on modernization and best practices across teams.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on .NET/C# development experience.
• Advanced experience building REST APIs and backend services.
• Strong experience with Kafka and event-driven architecture.
• Experience with Apicurio or similar tools for schema design.
• Strong enterprise application development background.
• Experience designing integrations across multiple systems.
• Experience building and supporting production-grade applications.
• Ability to analyze legacy applications and translate business logic into modern services.
• Experience providing technical leadership, architecture guidance, or mentoring.

Responsibilities

• Lead backend design and development of services and REST APIs.
• Drive modernization of legacy mainframe applications into .NET services.
• Translate legacy logic into scalable, maintainable solutions.
• Design and build event-driven services, consumers, and publishers.
• Lead integrations across internal and third-party platforms.
• Provide technical guidance and establish development best practices.
• Partner with engineering on architecture decisions and implementation.
• Support finance, payroll, data, and other critical integrations.
• Mentor developers and provide technical direction during modernization.

Skills

.NET/C# development

REST APIs

Kafka

Schema design

Enterprise apps

System integrations

Production-grade apps

Legacy modernization

Technical leadership

Tools

Apicurio

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Lead .NET Developer for a remote, contract-to-hire engagement. You will drive backend development, shape architecture, and guide the transition of critical enterprise apps to modern .NET services and event-driven patterns.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate on architecture, and ensure scalable, production-ready solutions across integrations and APIs. This is a hands-on leadership role focused on modernization and best practices across teams.