Job Description

Role: Lead Engineer -.NET

We are seeking a Technical Lead who is equally at home writing production code and leading a team. This is a hands-on role: you will spend a significant portion of your time doing software architecture and development, while also owning the team’s engineering process, mentoring engineers, and championing AI adoption. You will bridge technical execution and business strategy, helping our cloud-based IoT asset tracking platform scale to meet enterprise customer demand.

What You’ll Do

Hands-On Development & Architecture (core focus)

• Design and implement critical features and platform components – this is an active coding role.
• Own technical architecture decisions: system design, service boundaries, data modelling, and API contracts.
• Lead code and design reviews, setting the technical bar and coaching engineers through them.
• Resolve complex engineering challenges, performance bottlenecks, and cross-cutting concerns.
• Drive adoption of engineering best practices: TDD, CI/CD, observability, and security-by-design.

Team & Process Leadership

• Lead a small agile team – run sprints, set goals, unblock engineers, and manage delivery commitments.
• Mentor and develop engineers through regular 1:1s, feedback, and pair programming.
• Collaborate with Product and Operations to refine roadmaps and translate requirements into technical plans.
• Hire and onboard engineering talent in partnership with leadership.

AI Adoption

• Lead the team’s adoption of AI development tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot, AI-assisted testing) and build internal best practices.
• Identify opportunities to embed AI/ML capabilities into the Radiant platform to enhance customer value.
• Evaluate emerging AI tools and partner with leadership to define an AI strategy roadmap for engineering.

Requirements

Technical

• 8+ years of professional software development experience, including production systems at scale.
• Expert-level C# and .NET (Framework & Core); strong SQL and Microsoft SQL Server.
• Experience with ASP.NET Web API, React, and modern JavaScript frameworks.
• Proven track record designing concurrent, scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems.
• Solid OOP fundamentals, design patterns, and experience with message brokers (MQTT, RabbitMQ).
• TDD mindset with strong unit and integration testing practices.

Leadership & AI

• 3+ years in a technical lead or senior engineering lead role with direct team ownership.
• Demonstrated ability to manage people, run agile processes, and deliver complex software projects.
• Hands-on experience with AI coding assistants and a genuine drive to advance AI adoption in engineering teams.
• Strong communicator – able to convey technical decisions clearly to both engineers and business stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

AWS or other cloud platforms • Docker/Kubernetes • Redis • ORMs (NHibernate, Dapper) • IoT protocols • RFID/BLE/GPS technologies • ML model integration or AI-powered feature development

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.