Role: Principal - Backend

Location: India, Remote

Experience : 8+ Years

Role overview

We are seeking a Backend Tech Lead to provide hands-on technical leadership for a greenfield, multi-tenant platform built on .NET 8, Clean Architecture and MediatR/CQRS.

The candidate will own backend technical direction, set engineering standards, lead a pod of developers and remain hands-on - designing bounded contexts, reviewing code and ensuring the platform is secure, observable and production-ready on AKS.

Key responsibilities:

1. Technical leadership

- Own backend architecture and standards: Clean Architecture, MediatR/CQRS, FluentValidation and DDD bounded contexts.
- Define the Dapper-first + EF Core data strategy and ambient multi-tenancy approach.
- Drive API design and versioning behind Azure API Management.

2. Engineering quality

- Establish test-first practices with xUnit + FluentAssertions and database tests with tSQLt.
- Embed observability via OpenTelemetry and Application Insights.
- Lead code reviews and enforce security-by-design (Duende IdentityServer, Azure Key Vault).

3. Team and delivery

- Lead, mentor and unblock a backend development pod.
- Partner with the Solution Architect, DevOps and frontend leads on cross-cutting decisions.
- Translate roadmap priorities into well-sequenced, deliverable technical work.

Required technical skills and qualifications:

- Bachelor s or Masters degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related field.
- 8+ years in backend engineering with deep C# / .NET expertise.
- Proven Clean Architecture, MediatR/CQRS and DDD experience.




- Strong Dapper + EF Core and advanced SQL Server skills.
- Experience designing and versioning APIs for multi-tenant SaaS.
- Hands-on leadership: code reviews, mentoring and standards-setting.
- Experience with containerized deployment (Docker/AKS) and Azure DevOps CI/CD.

Must have skills:

- Expert .NET 8 backend architecture with Clean Architecture and CQRS.
- Strong data (Dapper/EF Core/SQL Server) and API-design skills.
- Demonstrated technical leadership of a development team.
- Hands-on, standards-driven, quality-first engineering approach.

Good to have skills:

- Experience with Duende IdentityServer, Azure Key Vault and feature management.
- OpenTelemetry-based observability experience.
- Familiarity with tSQLt database testing.
- Prior experience leading greenfield builds.
- Hands-on experience using AI tools in the Software Development Lifecycle; Claude and GitHub Copilot preferred.

Desired attributes:

- Strong ownership mindset and engineering discipline.
- High attention to detail with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Effective communicator who collaborates well across distributed, cross-functional teams.
- Comfortable working in a greenfield setting with evolving standards and a test-first culture.
- Passion for continuous improvement, clean code and engineering excellence.

Interview process

2 rounds of discussion.

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