Senior .NET Architect — Cloud & Microservices Leader

Emergent Staffing; Fort Snelling Unorganized Territory (MN); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Emergent Staffing seeks a Senior Software Architect to lead design, development, and support of enterprise-scale applications on the Microsoft stack. You will guide platform services, shared libraries, and microservices across the organization, while hands-on coding and mentoring teams.

You will evaluate platform changes, support release governance, and help mature engineering processes, balancing strategy with day-to-day delivery to improve structure, scalability, and maintainability.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience developing software using C# and .NET.
• Strong experience with modern .NET technologies, including ASP.NET Core.
• Experience developing and supporting enterprise-scale applications in production environments.
• Strong proficiency with SQL Server and Azure-based solutions.
• Experience working within microservices-based architectures.
• Experience supporting shared frameworks, libraries, services, or platforms used by multiple dependent applications.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and scalable application development.
• Experience evaluating technical risk, release planning, downstream impacts, and change management processes.
• Experience with source control, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployment practices.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to provide technical leadership while remaining actively involved in development work.
• Willingness to work onsite as a long-term commitment.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain enterprise applications, microservices, and shared platform components.
• Provide architectural leadership for core platform applications and shared NuGet packages consumed by multiple downstream systems.
• Evaluate the impact of platform changes across dependent applications and services.
• Lead technical design discussions and contribute to long-term platform strategy.
• Support release planning, change management activities, stakeholder communication, and deployment governance.
• Build scalable, reliable, and maintainable software solutions that support critical business operations.
• Collaborate with engineering, DevOps, product, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality technical solutions.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code with a focus on performance, reliability, and long-term supportability.
• Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews, and technical planning sessions.
• Contribute to CI/CD improvements, deployment automation, and engineering best practices.
• Help strengthen backlog refinement, work definition, and Product Backlog Item (PBI) creation processes.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues across interconnected enterprise systems.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance on platform architecture, development practices, and solution design.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and recommend improvements where appropriate.

Skills

C#

ASP.NET Core

SQL Server

Azure

Microservices

Leadership

Communication

Tools

Kubernetes

Azure Service Bus

Hangfire

DevOps

CI/CD

Job description

Emergent Staffing seeks a Senior Software Architect to lead design, development, and support of enterprise-scale applications on the Microsoft stack. You will guide platform services, shared libraries, and microservices across the organization, while hands-on coding and mentoring teams.

You will evaluate platform changes, support release governance, and help mature engineering processes, balancing strategy with day-to-day delivery to improve structure, scalability, and maintainability.