Lead .NET AWS Developer

About the role

Position: Lead .NET AWS Developer
Location: Arlington Heights, IL (2-3x per week onsite)
Duration: 6-12+ months

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, and technical decision-making for cloud-native solutions on AWS
• Translate business requirements into technical designs and implementation plans
• Mentor and guide development teams; establish coding standards and best practices
• Conduct code reviews to ensure high quality, performance, and security
• Design and develop backend services and APIs using .NET and AWS services
• Build microservices and event-driven systems (serverless/container-based: Lambda, ECS)
• Contribute to full-stack development (Angular or similar frameworks)
• Integrate with enterprise messaging/event-driven platforms (Solace, Kafka, etc.)
• Apply AI-assisted software development practices (e.g., GitHub Copilot)
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines with security and quality controls (DevSecOps)
• Use Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar) to manage cloud environments
• Drive observability through monitoring, logging, and tracing (CloudWatch, Dynatrace, etc.)
• Support production environments and perform root cause analysis for incidents

Requirements

• 7+ years of software engineering with technical leadership or lead developer experience
• Strong backend development with .NET and REST APIs
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud-native application design and development
• Experience with microservices, serverless architectures, and distributed systems
• Expertise in CI/CD, DevSecOps, automation, and Infrastructure as Code
• Experience with monitoring/observability and production support
• Strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration
• Heavy AWS experience
• Exceptional communication skills

Qualifications

• Experience with event-driven architecture and messaging platforms (Solace, Kafka)
• Experience with Terraform or similar IaC tools
• Frontend development experience (Angular or similar)
• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, Developer, etc.)
• Experience leading distributed teams or cloud modernization projects