We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced .NET Development Lead to build and lead our development team in the Bengaluru, India office. This role requires deep technical expertise, strong leadership, and excellent communication skills to effectively collaborate with the onshore U.S. team. The ideal candidate has a minimum of 10 years of hands-on development experience and at least 3 years in technical leadership capacity. This role requires active contribution to codebase alongside leading a small development team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build and lead a team of mid-level developers based in our Bengaluru, India office.
- Provide mentorship, technical guidance, and performance feedback to the development team.
- Collaborate with the U.S.-based on-shore development team to align goals and manage project deliverables.
- Assign and track tasks for the India-based team; ensure project deadlines and quality standards are met.
- Provide initial hands-on coding support to the U.S. team during the team s ramp-up phase.
- Conduct code reviews, ensure adherence to coding standards, and promote development best practices.
- Demonstrated ability to work across time zones and communicate effectively in cross-cultural, distributed development environments.
- Assist in support onboarding of development team members and help define coding standards, version control workflows, and release practices in coordination with U.S.-based leadership.
Technical Skills and Qualifications:
- Proven communication and problem-solving skills, with a strong understanding of integration best practices.
- Strong analytical capabilities with the ability to gather, organize, analyze, and interpret requirements.
- 10+ years of hands-on experience with C# and the .NET framework, including .NET Core.
- 5+ years of experience working with JSON, RESTful APIs, and Web API development.
- 5+ years of front-end experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript; familiarity with MS Blazor, Angular, Vue.js , or React is a plus.
- 5-7 years of experience with Microsoft SQL Server and T-SQL; strong understanding of RDBMS design principles.
- Experience with ORM tools such as Entity Framework and/or Dapper.
- Deep knowledge of object-oriented programming and design patterns (e.g., Dependency Injection, Singleton, MVC, Repository, Inversion of Control).
- Ability to write and maintain unit tests using xUnit or similar frameworks.
- Proficiency with Git or similar version control systems.
- Experience in analyzing both business and technical requirements, modeling processes, and mapping data flows.
- Familiarity with both REST and SOAP-based API protocols and schemas.
- Experience with cloud services (e.g., Azure App Services, Azure Functions, Key Vault, Blob Storage).
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools like Azure DevOps.
- Exposure to microservices architecture and distributed systems is a bonus.
- Experience working in agile environments and using tools like DevOps.
Technical Lead Requirements
- The ideal candidate for this role should not only possess deep technical skills but also demonstrate proven experience leading development teams. Key expectations for the Technical Lead aspect of this role include:
- Ability to mentor and guide mid-level developers on technical implementation and coding best practices.
- Experience conducting code reviews and enforcing coding standards.
- Proven track record of balancing hands-on development responsibilities with team leadership.
- Ability to break down complex technical tasks and delegate effectively.
- Experience setting up technical workflows, version control strategies, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong decision-making skills in areas of software design, architecture, and implementation priorities.
- Comfortable collaborating with stakeholders to align on technical deliverables and project timelines.
- Demonstrated ability to manage conflict, provide feedback, and build a positive engineering culture.
