Development Lead – .NET, Azure & MS SQL

Roles & Responsibilities : We are looking for an experienced Development/Technical Lead – .NET & Azure to lead the design, development, modernization, and technical delivery of enterprise applications. The ideal candidate should bring strong hands-on expertise in C#, .NET / ASP.NET Core, Microsoft Azure, MS SQL Server, Stored Procedures, REST APIs, and DevOps , along with the ability to guide development teams, review technical designs, resolve complex issues, and drive engineering best practices. The role also requires a foundational understanding of AI/Generative AI concepts and the ability to identify opportunities for incorporating AI capabilities into enterprise applications. Key Responsibilities .NET Development/Technical Lead • Lead the design and development of enterprise applications using C#, .NET, ASP.NET Core, Web API, Entity Framework Core , Angular and related technologies. • Provide hands-on technical guidance to developers throughout design, development, testing, deployment, and production support. • Perform code reviews, technical design reviews, and root-cause analysis for complex application issues. • Establish coding standards and promote SOLID principles, design patterns, clean architecture, reusable components, and maintainable code . • Guide developers and mentor team members to strengthen overall engineering capability. • Support technical estimation, sprint/release planning, dependency management, and technical risk identification. MS SQL Server & Stored Procedures The candidate should have strong hands-on database development experience , not merely application-level exposure to SQL. • Strong expertise in Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) . • Hands-on experience designing and developing complex Stored Procedures, Functions, Views, Triggers, and SQL scripts . • Strong understanding of T-SQL , joins, subqueries, CTEs, transactions, temporary tables, indexing, and data manipulation. • Experience analyzing and optimizing complex SQL queries and Stored Procedures for performance. • Ability to troubleshoot database performance issues including inefficient queries, locking, blocking, deadlocks, and long-running transactions. • Good understanding of execution plans, indexing strategies, query optimization, and database performance tuning . • Experience integrating .NET applications with SQL Server using Entity Framework Core, ADO.NET, or similar data-access approaches . • Ability to review database code and establish SQL development and database design standards. • Understanding of data integrity, security, transaction management, backup/recovery, and database design principles. Microsoft Azure • Hands-on experience developing and deploying applications using Microsoft Azure . • Understanding of cloud-native architecture, scalability, resiliency, high availability, security, and cost considerations . • Experience modernizing traditional or legacy .NET applications toward modern .NET and Azure-based solutions . API & Integration • Strong experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and Web APIs . • Understanding of synchronous and asynchronous integration patterns. • Experience with enterprise application integration and messaging. • Knowledge of authentication and authorization concepts such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, and Microsoft Entra ID . • Ability to design secure, scalable, reusable APIs and integration components. DevOps & Engineering Practices • Experience with Azure DevOps and/or GitHub . • Strong understanding of Git, branching strategies, pull requests, CI/CD, automated builds, testing, and deployment . • Experience with automated unit and integration testing. • Knowledge of code-quality, dependency, and security scanning practices. • Exposure to Docker, Bicep,