Senior .NET Backend Architect — Microservices & Azure

Zensar; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Zensar is seeking an accomplished Backend Software Engineer with 8+ years of experience to own and evolve enterprise-grade microservices built on .NET 8+. The role emphasizes architectural leadership, performance tuning, and mentorship across cross-functional teams in a fast‑moving environment.

You will shape software design, drive reliability, and enable scalable systems. The position focuses on advanced SQL Server workloads, distributed caching with Redis, and event-driven patterns using

Qualifications

• 8+ years of backend software development experience.
• 3+ years in a senior/equivalent role.
• Experience building and maintaining microservices at enterprise scale.
• Demonstrated impact on architectural decisions, mentorship, and system optimization.

Responsibilities

• Lead design discussions and influence architecture without formal authority.
• Own and drive backend solution quality, performance, and reliability.
• Mentor junior engineers and grow technical capability across teams.
• Own incident response and post-mortems for production systems.

Skills

Backend development

Senior/lead experience

Microservices design

C#/.NET

SQL Server

Azure

Event-driven systems

Mentorship

Tools

DOTNET 8

C#

Dapper

EF Core

SQL Server

Redis

Elasticsearch

RabbitMQ

Kafka

Azure Service Bus

REST/gRPC

OpenTelemetry

Job description

Zensar is seeking an accomplished Backend Software Engineer with 8+ years of experience to own and evolve enterprise-grade microservices built on .NET 8+. The role emphasizes architectural leadership, performance tuning, and mentorship across cross-functional teams in a fast‑moving environment.

You will shape software design, drive reliability, and enable scalable systems. The position focuses on advanced SQL Server workloads, distributed caching with Redis, and event-driven patterns using