Lead Developer (.NET)

We have an urgent opportunity for a Lead Developer (C#, .NET) in Atlanta, Georgia.This position is onsite (hybrid) 4 days per week.We cannot use vendors/3rd party under any circumstance (even on W2)US Citizen or Green Card onlyJob Summary:The Lead Developer is responsible for coaching, reviewing, and delegating work to lower-level professionals. Leads the development efforts within the team and has an expert understanding of critical software development efforts across the team and supports the software development function within the organization. Responsible for developing, coding, testing, debugging, and documenting a broad range of highly complex applications, programs, websites, databases and systems. Considers the current and future business environment of systems bringing enterprise-level perspective to designs and solutions. Manages large projects or processes with limited oversight from leadership. Serves as a high-level subject matter expert for the application, for technologies and integrations, or business processes.Primary Job ResponsibilitiesConducts a full range of programming tasks including program design, development, debugging, estimating, unit testing, and documentation for a variety of applications, systems, databases, or websites.Serves as a technical subject matter expert through all phases of system analysis and development.Collaborates with team leadership and architecture to design and develop well-integrated, scalable, enterprise-level solutions that meet present and future business needs. Guides the development team in applying these designs and patterns consistently across solutions.Works with team leadership and architecture to set, track, and support delivery and development goals for individual team members.Leads or contributes to the technical design of complex features, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and long-term maintainability.Contributes to the evolution of system architecture, including decomposition of monolithic applications into microservices and API-first solutions.Designs and implements event-driven solutions leveraging Azure services such as Service Bus, Event Grid, or similar messaging platforms.Applies modern engineering practices including test-driven development (TDD), clean architecture principles, and automated testing strategies.Determines testing methodology and manages the development and execution of comprehensive test plans including identifying key areas of application requiring stress or load testing.Reviews application modules and ensures compliance with application architecture standards and development best practices.Implements application observability, monitoring, and proactive alerting strategies including structured logging and tracing.Provides ongoing maintenance of applications, systems, databases, or websites.Provides third-level application support including on-call (after hours, weekends, holidays) for priority issues.Troubleshoots highly complex production issues, serving as escalation point. Evaluates and follows through on issues and problems until resolved.Partners with architecture and leadership to identify opportunities for system improvements, modernization, and technical debt reduction.Proactively collaborates with architecture leadership to contribute to application architecture standards and patterns.Leads knowledge sharing and promotes shared understanding amongst the development team.Identifies and leads process improvement efforts within the development team to improve quality, delivery, and effectiveness.Provides mentoring, training, procedural and technical guidance to less experienced staff. This includes documentation of technical designs and decisions and assuring technical knowledge is shared with all development team members.Participates in code reviews and contributes to establishing and reinforcing development standards.Champions development best practices, methods, standards, and processes across the team.Supports the evaluation and selection of new tools, frameworks, and vendor software solutions.Follows secure coding standards and addresses security scan alerts.Perform other duties as assigned.Organizational Impact: Works to achieve day-to-day objectives with major impact on the area of responsibility.Contributes to the development of goals the area and planning efforts (budgets, operational plans, etc.).Manages large projects or processes with moderate impact on the achievement of sub-family results.Work is performed with limited oversight.Typically responsible for coaching, reviewing and delegating work to lower-level professionals.Provides measurable input to new products, processes or standards in operational plans in order to implement operational objectives.Leadership & Talent Management: Typically responsible for providing guidance, coaching and training to other employees within job area.Typically responsible for managing major/complex projects at this level, involving delegation of work and review of work products.Additional responsibilities for this role:Recruits, selects, coaches, and develops team members.When direct reports are assigned, conducts performance reviews per HR guidelines. Takes corrective actions, including Performance Improvement Plans and terminations, when necessary. Also manages professional growth and development plans.Knowledge & Experience:Requires deep knowledge of area typically obtained through higher education combined with experience.Typically viewed as a subject matter expert within discipline. May have broad knowledge of project or program management.Minimum high school diploma or equivalent (GED) required.Typically requires a university degree or equivalent experience and minimum 6-8 years of prior relevant experience.Required SkillsStrong experience with Microsoft technology stack, including: .NET / C# (Core and/or Framework), Azure cloud services (App Services, Functions, Storage, Service Bus, Event Grid, etc.)Experience designing and building scalable, cloud-based applications and APIsExperience working with or migrating from monolithic architectures to microservicesExperience with event-driven architecture and messaging patternsStrong understanding of Domain-Driven Design (DDD) concepts and layered architectureExperience with modern front-end technologies such as TypeScript, Angular, and/or ReactStrong experience with SQL and relational databasesProficiency with GitHub, version control, and modern development workflowsExperience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practicesHands-on experience with test-driven development (TDD) and automated testing frameworksExperience implementing observability practices (logging, monitoring, tracing)Strong understanding of secure coding practicesExperience mentoring developers and contributing to technical directionExposure to AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot is a plus