Lead / Senior Backend Engineer (.NET / Azure)

\We are seeking a Dev Lead / Senior Backend Engineer specialized in .NET and Azure to join a premium fashion retailer's internal tech team. This role is vital for ensuring the scalability, maintainability, and coherence of a broad system landscape. The ideal candidate will possess strong backend development skills, particularly in C# and modern .NET versions, and have practical experience in setting up event-driven architectures and developing applications on Microsoft Azure. The Dev Lead will contribute both as a hands-on developer and as a technical leader, mentoring team members and driving engineering quality.

Main Responsibilities

The Consultant will work as a hands-on engineer while also supporting the technical direction of the team.

• Developing backend services and integrations

• Reviewing pull requests and contributing to code quality

• Supporting architectural discussions with the Head of Tech and the team

• Ensuring the overall development landscape remains coherent and scalable

• Contributing to system design decisions and actively engaging in technical discussions

• Supporting developers with architectural and technical queries

• Participating in technical discovery and solution design for new initiatives

• Driving improvements in development practices

• Exploring AI-assisted development tools for practical usage

• Interfacing with third-party SaaS vendors for integration efforts

Key Requirements

• Strong backend development experience with C# / .NET

• Experience with .NET 8 or modern .NET versions

• Experience developing and operating applications on Microsoft Azure

• Practical experience designing and building event-driven systems

• Experience with microservices architectures

• Experience with Azure messaging patterns (queues, topics, event-based integrations)

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, YAML pipelines)

• Comfortable working remotely in a setup primarily on site

Nice to Have

• Experience with Cosmos DB

• Experience working with integration platforms

• Experience building integration-heavy systems

• Strong understanding of scalable distributed systems

• Ability to communicate system architecture clearly to stakeholders

• Experience with e-commerce systems

• Experience in retail environments