Lead Software Engineer - SIIMS Release & Test Automation (Hybrid)

1+ years of experience monitoring and troubleshooting application workloads deployed to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), identifying performance bottlenecks and collaborating with DevOps teams to resolve infrastructure-related issues. 3+ years designing and building microservices, RESTful APIs, and event-driven/distributed systems, including resiliency patterns, observability, scalability, and high availability.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in management information systems, Computer Science, Business, or other analytical disciplines or equivalent experience  
• 7+ years of software engineering experience delivering enterprise applications (design, development, and end-to-end delivery), with a proven track record leading complex, cross-team initiatives  
• 5+ years of software engineering experience with .NET Core and C# (including .NET 8+), MVC 
• 5+ years of experience with SQL, including experience with database design, query optimization, and the use of ORM frameworks (such as Dapper or Entity Framework) to develop efficient and scalable applications 
• 3+ years designing and building microservices, RESTful APIs, and event-driven/distributed systems, including resiliency patterns, observability, scalability, and high availability.  
• 1+ years of experience monitoring and troubleshooting application workloads deployed to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), identifying performance bottlenecks and collaborating with DevOps teams to resolve infrastructure-related issues. 
• Ability to work on call as required by leadership (Tier 4 resolution, every 3 weeks) 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Agile/Scrum environments collaborating closely with Product Owners and Scrum Masters  
• Strong problem-solving, analytical thinking, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills; proven ability to drive innovation and continuous improvement  
• Hands-on experience with modern frontend frameworks (React, Next.js, or Blazor) integrated with backend APIs  
• Experience using logging and diagnostic tools in Azure to discover, diagnose, and solve problems. 
• Experience building highly scalable systems and performance tuning them. 
• Regular use of Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and Clean Architecture for enterprise-scale solutions  
• Test automation background (unit, integration, end-to-end/load testing) using frameworks such as xUnit, Selenium, and Robot, with a commitment to high coverage and maintainable test suites 
• Experience developing Android applications using Xamarin Forms or native Android 

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