Senior Cloud Platform Lead - Azure & Distributed Systems

Sidley Austin LLP; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 141,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Sidley Austin LLP is seeking a Software Development Senior Manager to architect, build, and operate its cloud-native automation platform. You will lead Azure-based design, drive multi-stage CI/CD, and mentor engineers. This role emphasizes technical leadership with people management over time.

You will work on .NET and React tech stacks, implement event-driven patterns, and optimize cost and performance while guiding senior stakeholders on architecture decisions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering or related field.
• 6+ years hands-on software engineering, cloud-based apps.
• 3+ years direct people management in software teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve the distributed system architecture for the cloud-native platform.
• Lead .NET backend development with ASP.NET Core and CQRS patterns.
• Design event-driven architectures with Azure Service Bus at scale.
• Own multi-stage Azure DevOps pipelines for deployments.
• Mentor engineers and foster cloud engineering skills.
• Conduct code reviews focusing on SOLID and async best practices.
• Optimize performance, cost, and operational complexity.

Skills

Azure cloud

Distributed systems

C# / .NET

React / TypeScript

Azure DevOps

Azure Container Apps

AKS

Docker

Terraform / Bicep

MediatR / CQRS

Entity Framework Core

Event-driven design

Cloud architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Azure DevOps YAML pipelines

Azure Container Registry

PostgreSQL

Redis

Job description

Sidley Austin LLP is seeking a Software Development Senior Manager to architect, build, and operate its cloud-native automation platform. You will lead Azure-based design, drive multi-stage CI/CD, and mentor engineers. This role emphasizes technical leadership with people management over time.

You will work on .NET and React tech stacks, implement event-driven patterns, and optimize cost and performance while guiding senior stakeholders on architecture decisions.