Remote Tech Lead Engineer – Azure Cloud‑Native SaaS

Elite; New York, Pasadena (NY, CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Elite is seeking a Tech Lead Engineer to drive architecture and execution of its cloud-native SaaS platform. You will mentor engineers, guide architecture decisions, and ensure high standards across the software lifecycle.

You will lead end-to-end technical execution for complex initiatives, partner with product and leadership, and stay hands-on with production-grade code to deliver scalable, secure solutions in a high-performing environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related STEM field, or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of professional software development experience building complex, scalable business applications.
• Expert-level proficiency in the Microsoft stack, including C#/.NET Core and Angular.
• Strong hands-on experience with Azure cloud services, including Azure Container Apps, App Services, Event Hub and API Management.
• Proven experience designing and operating distributed systems, microservices, and RESTful APIs.
• Deep experience with CI/CD pipelines, Terraform, Azure DevOps, GitHub, and modern DevOps practices.
• Strong database experience with SQL Server, Azure SQL, and Cosmos DB, including performance tuning and scalability.
• Strong knowledge of Real-Time & Event-Driven Architectures, optimizing low-latency data processing with Azure Event Hubs, Kafka, and OpenTelemetry monitoring.
• Excellent familiarity with automation concepts – unit, integration, end to end testing, as well as testing best practices for full stack applications.
• Hands-on experience in Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, and Delta Lake for data engineering is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for complex, high-impact initiatives, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable, and aligned with product and business objectives.
• Lead system and component-level architecture design in partnership with engineers and architects.
• Own end-to-end technical execution for key projects, from design through delivery, proactively managing risks and dependencies.
• Translate high-level designs into well-scoped tasks, estimates, and implementation plans.
• Design, implement, and evolve cloud-native architectures using modern patterns (microservices, event-driven systems, API-first design), technologies and tools.
• Set and enforce high engineering standards through code reviews, CI/CD, testing, TDD, observability, and DevOps practices.
• Build, prioritize, and manage technical debt and drive performance, scalability, and reliability improvements using data-driven insights.
• Mentor and coach engineers, fostering strong engineering judgment, collaboration, ownership, continuous learning and skill development.
• Partner closely with Product Managers, UX, QA, Security, and Infrastructure teams to deliver solutions that meet functional and non-functional requirements.
• Clearly communicate technical trade-offs, risks, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Support alignment between product priorities and technical execution, ensuring predictable, high-quality delivery.
• Remain deeply hands-on, contributing with high-quality, production-ready code for critical components and complex problem areas.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues, applying strong diagnostic and problem-solving skills.
• Continuously evaluate and adopt modern technologies and tools that improve system reliability and team effectiveness.
• Perform other duties as assigned to support departmental and company objectives.

Skills

Technical leadership

Architecture design

Mentoring engineers

Communication

Problem solving

Data-driven decision making

Cloud-native SaaS

Security

DevOps practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or STEM

Tools

C#/.NET Core

Angular

Azure cloud services (Azure Container Apps, App Services)

Azure DevOps

Terraform

GitHub

Cosmos DB

SQL Server / Azure SQL

OpenTelemetry

Kafka

Azure Event Hubs

Delta Lake

Job description

Elite is seeking a Tech Lead Engineer to drive architecture and execution of its cloud-native SaaS platform. You will mentor engineers, guide architecture decisions, and ensure high standards across the software lifecycle.

You will lead end-to-end technical execution for complex initiatives, partner with product and leadership, and stay hands-on with production-grade code to deliver scalable, secure solutions in a high-performing environment.