.NET Stack Lead

About us: 
HighWay is a fintech company focused on building banking products. We have a highly motivated and skilled team with an excellent track record in finance and technology. By using the best technology and our expertise in finance and banking we have built FinTech solutions that allow our customers to embed financial services into their products. 

We are looking for a highly skilled .NET Stack Lead to drive the technical direction of our Back-end team. In this role, you will lead the design, development, and optimization of our .NET-based applications, ensuring high performance, scalability, and maintainability. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to define best practices, mentor engineers, and contribute to architectural decisions. 

 
Responsibilities:    

• Architect, design, and develop scalable, high-performance applications. 

• Lead and guide developers in the .NET tech stack, ensuring best practices and high coding standards. 

• Oversee the software development lifecycle, ensuring adherence to security guidelines and coding standards. 

• Work closely with product managers, designers, and engineers to define and implement technical solutions. 

• Research and apply cross-cutting components, libraries, and services to improve development efficiency. 

• Explore and integrate new systems that complement existing development efforts. 

• Lead and mentor a team of .NET engineers, fostering technical growth and knowledge sharing. 

• Set individual development plans, define goals, and support team members' career progression. 

• Motivate and ensure effective collaboration within the team, delegating tasks and monitoring deadlines. 

• Participate in the hiring process to build a strong development team. 

• Conduct code reviews and guide team members through complex technical challenges. 

• Troubleshoot production issues, ensuring application performance, reliability, and security. 

• Ensure smooth CI/CD pipelines and DevOps processes for efficient deployment and monitoring. 

• Stay up to date with the latest technologies, tools, and industry trends, driving innovation within the team. 

Qualifications:    

• 7+ years of experience in software development with a strong focus on .NET technologies. 

• 5+ years of experience working with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB). 

• Strong expertise in C#, ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework, and Web API development. 

• Deep understanding of event-driven architecture, microservices, clean architecture, and other modern software design patterns. 

• Proficiency in asynchronous programming, multithreading, and performance optimization techniques. 

• Experience with message queues (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ ). 

• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and guide development teams, fostering a culture of technical excellence. 

• Strong strategic thinking and system-level design expertise, with a focus on scalability, maintainability, and security. 

• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to analyze complex technical challenges and make informed decisions. 

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, version control (Git), and automated deployment strategies. 

• Proficiency in containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes for scalable deployments. 

• Strong communication, collaboration, and leadership abilities, with a track record of working in cross-functional teams. 

• Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions while balancing performance and scalability. 

• Passion for continuous learning and staying up to date with the latest industry trends and technologies.