Senior Manager Azure .NET Engineering

Request Technology, LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Request Technology, LLC is seeking a Senior Manager of Software Engineering with strong Azure, .NET, and DevOps experience. You will lead a team of 5–7 engineers while driving cloud-native architecture within the Data & AI organization.

The role balances hands-on technical leadership with people leadership and requires deep Azure expertise for scalable distributed systems. Prior leadership of cloud platform teams is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related field; or equivalent cloud architecture experience.
• Minimum 6 years building cloud-native apps on Azure; 3+ years with AKS or Kubernetes; 2+ years in people management.
• Proven track record delivering distributed systems using microservices and event-driven patterns.
• Hands-on experience with Azure services including SQL Database, PostgreSQL, Service Bus, Redis, and Blob Storage.
• Proficiency in C# and .NET (minimum .NET 6, preferably .NET 8+) with Web API, Async patterns, LINQ, DI, and EF Core.
• Strong code review, troubleshooting, and capacity planning skills.
• Experience mentoring engineers on cloud-native development and Azure architecture.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve cloud-native architecture for a service platform on Azure.
• Lead .NET backend development with ASP.NET Core and CQRS patterns.
• Own multi-stage Azure DevOps pipelines for deployments and environments.
• Mentor engineers and balance hands-on leadership with people management.
• Review code for SOLID adherence and distributed systems patterns.
• Drive performance, cost optimization, and operational simplicity.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable solutions.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Azure

Distributed systems

Leadership

DevOps

C#/.NET

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/IS or related field

Tools

Azure DevOps

AKS

Azure Container Apps

Kubernetes

Docker

Entity Framework Core

Job description

***We are unable to sponsor for this permanent full-time role***

***Position is bonus eligible***

Prestigious Global Firm is currently seeking a Senior Manager of Software Engineering with strong Azure, .NET, and DevOps experience. Candidate will be a strong hands-on engineering leader with deep Azure expertise to lead a team of 5–7 engineers while driving cloud-native architecture, platform engineering, and modern software development within the Data & AI organization. Experience as a Principal Engineer, Cloud Architect, or Platform Engineering Leader with strong Azure and .NET/React stack expertise who is still hands-on technically is needed for this role.

Responsibilities:

• Design and evolve the distributed system architecture for the cloud-native automation platform, including Azure Container Apps, Service Bus, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Blob Storage
• Design event-driven architectures using Azure Service Bus for high-volume asynchronous processing
• Optimize platform performance, cost, and operational complexity through architectural improvements
• Lead .NET backend development including ASP.NET Core APIs, CQRS pattern with MediatR, Entity Framework Core, and FluentValidation
• Conduct code reviews ensuring adherence to SOLID principles, async programming best practices, and distributed systems patterns
• Own and evolve multi-stage Azure DevOps YAML pipelines including multi-phase infrastructure deployment, container image builds, and environment-specific deployments
• Manage and mentor software engineers, focusing on cloud engineering skill development
• Role is approximately 50% hands-on technical leadership / 50% people leadership

Qualifications:

• 6+ years building cloud-native applications on Azure
• 3+ years with AKS, Azure Container Apps, Kubernetes, or similar container platforms
• 2+ years leading software engineering teams as a formal people leader
• Microservices & distributed systems
• CI/CD & DevOps ownership
• Infrastructure as Code
• AI-enabled applications/platforms

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related technical field; or equivalent professional experience with demonstrable cloud architecture expertise
• Minimum 6 years of hands-on software engineering experience building cloud-native applications on Azure
• Minimum 3 years of experience with Azure Container Apps, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), or equivalent container orchestration platforms
• Minimum 2 years of people management experience leading software engineering teams
• Proven track record delivering distributed systems in production using microservices architecture and event-driven patterns
• Hands-on experience with Azure Service Bus, Azure database services including Azure SQL Database with Elastic Pools, Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server, managed identity authentication, connection pooling, and private endpoint configuration
• Deep understanding of microservices communication patterns including synchronous HTTP, asynchronous messaging, event-driven architecture, and service discovery
• Proficiency in C# and .NET (minimum .NET 6, preferably .NET 8+) including NET Core Web API with Controllers, Async/await patterns and Task-based asynchronous programming, LINQ and lambda expressions, Dependency injection and Options pattern and Entity Framework Core
• Container image build and deployment workflows including Dockerfile optimization, multi-stage builds, and Azure Container Registry integration
• Proven ability to mentor software engineers on cloud-native development patterns, distributed systems concepts, and Azure architecture
• Strong code review skills with ability to provide constructive feedback on backend APIs, infrastructure code, and integration logic
• Systematic troubleshooting approach for complex distributed systems issues
• Strong analytical skills for capacity planning, performance optimization, and cost analysis

Preferred Certifications:

• Expert-level experience with Azure DevOps YAML pipelines including multi-stage pipelines, pipeline templates, variable groups, and environment-based deployments
• AZ-400: Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions
• AZ-204: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure