Technical Lead

About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Technical Lead – Full Stack with deep expertise in Microsoft technologies to lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable enterprise applications. The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical leader with strong experience in ASP.NET Core, .NET Core, EF Core, React/Angular, Azure, RESTful & GraphQL APIs, and modern DevOps practices.
Location: Glastonbury, CT
Mode: Hybrid 2 to 3 days a week.
Responsibilities

• Lead the design, architecture, development, and maintenance of scalable full-stack applications using ASP.NET Core, .NET Core, EF Core, React, Angular, and TypeScript.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to a team of software engineers through mentoring, coaching, and code reviews.
• Design, develop, and optimize RESTful and GraphQL APIs to support enterprise applications.
• Define application architecture, coding standards, development best practices, and technical governance.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Architects, QA, DevOps, and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Lead technical design discussions, estimate effort, identify risks, and support sprint planning activities.
• Drive cloud-native application development using Microsoft Azure services and ensure adherence to cloud best practices.
• Champion DevOps culture by implementing and improving CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, monitoring, and release processes.
• Design and optimize solutions leveraging both SQL and NoSQL databases for performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Ensure software quality through unit testing, code quality analysis, security best practices, and performance optimization.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues, conduct root cause analysis, and implement preventive measures.
• Foster Agile engineering practices and actively participate in Scrum ceremonies, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements to enhance application architecture, development efficiency, and customer experience.
• Work closely with project managers to ensure timely delivery while balancing technical debt and business priorities.

What You Will Bring

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire, mentor, and develop high-performing engineering teams.
• Ability to establish delivery plans, manage technical priorities, and ensure successful execution across multiple initiatives.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• A continuous improvement mindset with a passion for innovation and engineering excellence.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced Agile environment while managing changing priorities.
• Customer-focused approach with a commitment to delivering high-quality, scalable solutions.

Requirements
Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 6 - 8 years of software development experience with at least 2+ years leading development teams or technical initiatives.

Required Skills

• Extensive hands-on experience with: ASP.NET Core, .NET Core, Entity Framework Core (EF Core), C#
• Strong experience designing and developing RESTful and GraphQL APIs.
• Strong experience with front-end technologies: React, Angular, TypeScript
• Experience with Microsoft Azure services and cloud-native application development.
• Experience implementing DevOps practices including CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with Git and modern version control workflows.
• Hands-on experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments.
• Strong understanding of software design patterns, object-oriented programming, SOLID principles, and secure coding practices.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar CI/CD platforms.
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of Microservices and Event-Driven Architecture.
• Experience with application monitoring tools such as Azure Monitor, Application Insights, or similar.
• Azure Developer or Azure Solutions Architect certifications are a plus.

Experience working with enterprise-scale distributed applications