.NET Technical Lead

About the Project:
Join our ambitious effort to revolutionize battery recycling. This is a modern, microservicebased system developed on Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) using Dapr actors, Minimal APIs ( .NET), and Vue.js for front-end. The MES platform integrates real-time hardware like barcodescanners, smart scales, and thermal/OAK-D cameras to automate and streamline lithium-ion battery sorting and repurposing.
We are looking for a hands-on .NET Technical Lead to take architectural ownership, mentor a small engineering team, and ensure smooth technical execution across the backend and infrastructure.

What You Will Do Technical Leadership:
• Own and evolve system architecture, ensuring modularity, scalability, and clean separation of concerns.
• (Domain vs DTO, actor isolation).
• Design and implement backend services using Minimal APIs, Entity Framework Core, and Dapr actors.
• Drive architectural documentation (e.g., HLD, component diagrams, README for Helm/Bicep).
• Review and refactor existing codebases, enforce formatting and testability.
• Create and maintain architecture validation tests (e.g., NetArchTest rules).

Product Owner Support:
• Work closely with the client (Product Owner) to gather, clarify, and refine requirements.
• Translate business needs into technical tasks and ensure alignment with the team.
• Help prioritize backlog items and suggest trade-offs between scope, time, and resources.
• Support user story writing, acceptance criteria definition, and release planning.
• Act as the main point of contact between the business side and the development team.
• Support testing, participate in UAT, and ensure that delivered functionality meets business goals.

DevOps & Infrastructure Oversight:
• Collaborate on Helm charts and Azure Bicep IaC scripts.
• Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines for code and infrastructure deployments.
• Monitor application health using Prometheus and Grafana, and expand alerting rules.
• Ensure services are ready for production (HPA, secrets management, autoscaling).

Testing and Code Quality:
• Define unit and integration testing strategies.
• Establish test coverage metrics and integrate them into CI pipelines.
• Ensure actor logic is covered by unit tests.
• Support E2E and mock-based frontend testing.

Stakeholder & Product Collaboration:
• Work closely with the Product Owner and domain experts to understand user workflows.
• Translate business requirements into technical tasks and user stories.
• Help prioritize backlog and clarify acceptance criteria.
• Participate in UAT and validate that features meet stakeholder goals.

What We’re Looking For:
• 6+ years of professional experience with .NET (C#).

Strong experience in:
• Dapr actors and service-to-service messaging.
• .NET 6+/Minimal APIs.
• Entity Framework Core + PostgreSQL.
• Azure Cloud + Kubernetes + Helm.
• DevOps practices (CI/CD pipelines, IaC).
• Solid understanding of distributed system design and system observability.
• Experience with modular monorepo or multi-service structuring.
• Familiar with frontend/backend API integration and micro-frontend architecture (Vue.js familiarity is a bonus).
• Strong testing culture (unit, integration, E2E).
• Excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal.
We do not expect you to know everything, but we expect you to be hungry to learn new things.

Nice to Have:
• Experience with hardware interaction (e.g., USB/COM peripherals, smart scales, cameras).
• Familiarity with Python for scripting/test automation.
• Awareness of secure development practices and zero trust principles.
• Knowledge of Octopus Deploy or similar for environment-specific service provisioning.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies is a plus.

What You’ll Get:
• Private health insurance.
• Gym/sports subscription reimbursement.
• Education budget (certifications, courses, hardware).
• Weekly 1-hour self-development time (“5 PM Club”).
• Flexible working hours.