The Lead .Net Developer works closely with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and subject matter experts to deliver .NET APIs and Azure integrations that meet business needs. This role is approximately 70% hands-on development and 30% team leadership , working with a small, high-functioning team to deliver quality solutions while coaching and guiding team members. Strong problem-solving skills, solution design capabilities, and infrastructure knowledge are highly valued. Primary expertise in Azure Cloud is essential. Core Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain APIs using .NET Core and Azure integration within a microservices architecture. Lead and mentor a small team of developers, providing technical guidance, code reviews, and coaching to support skill growth and best practices. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable, maintainable solutions. Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues, including application and infrastructure-related problems, ensuring minimal downtime and optimal system performance. Apply strong solution design skills to address challenges across development and cloud infrastructure. Oversee development standards, system specifications, and documentation. Drive the team to follow agile best practices, ensuring timely delivery and quality outcomes. Manage and improve CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps. Provide clear status updates and reporting metrics to leadership. Act as the escalation point for technical decisions and ensure smooth collaboration between developers, architects, and business stakeholders. Work split: Approximately 70% hands-on .NET Core development and Azure integration, 30% leadership, team management, and coaching. Qualifications Relevant qualification in Computer Science or Information Technology. Experience & Skills Proven experience in .NET/C# Core development with strong knowledge of integration design patterns for building APIs from the ground up, including error handling and reconciliation mechanisms. Deep understanding of synchronous/asynchronous communication patterns, especially with Azure Service Bus and Azure Event Hub. Strong SQL (MSSQL) skills and experience with TDD/Unit Testing. Practical experience with Azure services such as Service Bus, Key Vault, App Service, Application Insights, Cosmos DB, API Management, etc. Strong infrastructure understanding for cloud-hosted applications, ideally within Azure. Azure DevOps experience, including pull requests, code reviews, and environment migrations using pipelines. Knowledge of security, logging, auditing, and performance monitoring for end-to-end processes. Familiarity with Git, JIRA, and Confluence. Demonstrated ability to lead small teams, coach developers, and foster a collaborative, high-performance environment. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a track record of delivering effective technical and infrastructure solutions. Employee Benefits We have a long list of benefits to suit your needs. On the clock, and off it. Here are a few favourites. B irthday leave: Enjoy a day off on your birthday, because you deserve it. Health and wellbeing leave: Take some well-deserved ‘me’ time, because your health comes first. Volunteering day: Make an impact with a day dedicated to giving back to the causes you care about. $500 ergonomic equipment reimbursement: Invest in comfort and productivity with support tailored to your work setup. Recruitment referral program: We want to find and hire the best talent in the market, and we want to reward you with a payment of up to $5,000 for helping us identify and personally endorse high-calibre candidates you believe would be a great fit to come and work for us. Employee rate program: When you’re part of the Angle Auto Finance team, you’ll gain access to our best auto finance rates with your next car purchase—just another way we’ve got your back. Paid parental leave: Be there for life’s most important moments with time to support your growing family. SPARK: The employee benefits program that gives you everything from discounts to wellbeing support. Purchased annual leave: Gain extra flexibility by purchasing additional leave. Diversity flex leave: Our people have the flexibility to observe culturally significant days by choosing an alternate day that better aligns with their cultural values. We'd love to hear from you Select the 'Apply' button above to send your resume through to the Talent Acquisition team. Angle Auto Finance is committed to attracting, retaining and strengthening the performance of a diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce. It is our commitment to ensure equal employment opportunities without discrimination or exclusion on the basis of cultural heritage, colour, religion, citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected by law.