Technical Lead – .NET Digital Banking Platform

About the role

The .NET Technical Lead provides hands‑on technical leadership for a team responsible for customizing, implementing, supporting, and troubleshooting a sophisticated enterprise digital banking platform. You will own the technical direction across the software development lifecycle, translating business needs into scalable designs and guiding delivery from estimation through production deployment.

Key responsibilities

• Lead design, configuration, customization, upgrade, support and troubleshooting of the digital banking solution across on‑premises and hosted environments for desktop and mobile platforms.
• Own technical design and delivery approach, turning business and functional requirements into scalable solution designs, implementation plans, estimates and delivery commitments.
• Conduct architecture and design reviews, establish development standards and make technical decisions that support performance, security and maintainability.
• Remain hands‑on in the codebase by developing critical components, creating proofs of concept and resolving complex engineering challenges.
• Mentor senior and junior engineers through coaching, pair programming, knowledge‑sharing sessions and constructive feedback.

Required profile

• Eight or more years of hands‑on software engineering experience, including at least two years in a technical leadership or lead engineer role.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, Mathematics, Engineering or equivalent professional experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical decisions, risks and options to clients, engineers and senior stakeholders.

Required skills

• Expert‑level C#, ASP.NET Core, RESTful Web APIs, WCF, Entity Framework and microservices architecture.
• Proficiency with client‑side technologies such as React, React Native and TypeScript.
• Deep knowledge of SQL Server, database design, indexing, query optimisation and production troubleshooting.
• Secure software development practices (OWASP Top 10), vulnerability remediation and security controls throughout the development lifecycle.
• Experience with development tools including Visual Studio, GitHub, Azure DevOps, Jenkins and CI/CD pipelines.