DotNet Technical Lead

Overview

Hybrid
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - 12 Month(s)

Skills

.NET
API Management
ASP.NET
AngularJS
SQL Server
ASP.NETCore
WebAPI
microservices
DDD/Clean Architecture
OAuth2/OIDC
Azure

Job Details

.NET Technical Lead (12+ yrs)

Location: Seattle, WA (Hybrid)

Duration: 6+ Months

Job Type: Contract on W2 or 1099 Only 

 

Role overview

Own the design and delivery of cloud-native .NET services powering enterprise apps. Lead a small squad (4 8 engineers), set engineering standards, and partner with product/architects to ship reliable, scalable platforms on Azure.

What you ll do

  • Lead end-to-end solution design for .NET 6/7/8microservices and APIs (REST/gRPC).
  • Guide the team through sprints: grooming, estimation, code reviews, release readiness.
  • Build secure, high-performance services using Core, SQL Server
  • Drive cloud deployment patterns on Azure (App Service/AKS, Functions, API Management, Key Vault, Service BEvent Hub).
  • Uphold engineering excellence: clean architecture, automated testing, performance tuning, resiliency.
  • Mentor engineers; unblock delivery; collaborate with Product, QA, and DevOps; manage stakeholder expectations.

What you ll bring

  • 12+ years professional experience in C#/.NET;3+ years leading engineers/technical delivery.
  • Strong Core, WebAPI, microservices, and SQL skills.
  • Solid grasp of design patterns, DDD/Clean Architecture, security (OAuth2/OIDC), and performance profiling.
  • Quality mindset: unit/integration testing (xUnit/NUnit/MSTest), code quality tools, code review rigor.
  • Excellent communication; can convert ambiguous requirements into actionable designs.

Nice to have

  • Front-end exposure (React/Angular) for full-stack coordination.
  • Data streaming (Kafka), caching (Redis), and IaC (Bicep/Terraform).
  • Hands-on Azure experience and production CI/CD pipelines; Docker/Kubernetes familiarity
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