Software Engineering Senior Manager
Duties And Responsibilities
Design and evolve the distributed system architecture for the cloud-native automation platform, including Azure Container Apps, Service Bus, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Blob Storage
Design event-driven architectures using Azure Service Bus for high-volume asynchronous processing
Optimize platform performance, cost, and operational complexity through architectural improvements
Lead .NET backend development including ASP.NET Core APIs, CQRS pattern with MediatR, Entity Framework Core, and FluentValidation
Conduct code reviews ensuring adherence to SOLID principles, async programming best practices, and distributed systems patterns
Own and evolve multi-stage Azure DevOps YAML pipelines including multi-phase infrastructure deployment, container image builds, and environment-specific deployments
Required Education and/or Experience
Required Education and/or Experience:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related technical field; or equivalent professional experience with demonstrable cloud architecture expertise
Minimum 6 years of hands-on software engineering experience building cloud-native applications on Azure
Minimum 3 years of experience with Azure Container Apps, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), or equivalent container orchestration platforms
Minimum 2 years of people management experience leading software engineering teams
Proven track record delivering distributed systems in production using microservices architecture and event-driven patterns
Hands-on experience with Azure Service Bus, Azure database services including Azure SQL Database with Elastic Pools, Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server, managed identity authentication, connection pooling, and private endpoint configuration
Deep understanding of microservices communication patterns including synchronous HTTP, asynchronous messaging, event-driven architecture, and service discovery
Proficiency in C# and .NET (minimum .NET 6, preferably .NET 8+) including NET Core Web API with Controllers, Async/await patterns and Task-based asynchronous programming, LINQ and lambda expressions, Dependency injection and Options pattern and Entity Framework Core
Proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript including js development, Async patterns (Promises, async/await), npm/pnpm package management, Module systems (CommonJS, ES modules) and scripting proficiency in Bash or PowerShell for deployment automation and troubleshooting
Container image build and deployment workflows including Dockerfile optimization, multi-stage builds, and Azure Container Registry integration
Proven ability to mentor software engineers on cloud-native development patterns, distributed systems concepts, and Azure architecture
Strong code review skills with ability to provide constructive feedback on backend APIs, infrastructure code, and integration logic
Systematic troubleshooting approach for complex distributed systems issues
Strong analytical skills for capacity planning, performance optimization, and cost analysis