Principal Software Architect and Engineering Lead .
NET Core / Azure |

Location:
Surat Essential Experience and Skills
• 8+ years of relevant software engineering experience, including hands-on development, application support, and technical leadership.
• Robust C#, .
NET Core / ASP.
NET Core, Blazor, SQL, and REST API development and debugging skills.
• Practical experience with Azure App Service, Azure SQL, Azure Functions, Logic App, Fabric, Key Vault, Application Insights, and Log Analytics.
• Working knowledge of SaaS architecture, multi-tenancy, data isolation, authentication, authorization, and integration patterns.
• Experience with Azure DevOps or equivalent tools, CI/CD, testing, controlled releases, incident management, and production support.
• Strong troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, performance optimization, mentoring, and client communication skills.
• Experience managing support priorities, SLAs, production incidents, and application maintenance activities. Desirable Skills
• Blazor Web Assembly or Server, Azure Logic Apps, Data Factory, or Microsoft Fabric.
• Treasury, banking, fintech, or financial SaaS domain experience.
• Experience with VAPT remediation and SOC audit support. The Opportunity We are seeking a hands-on technology professional with strong .
NET Core and Azure experience to support enterprise SaaS products, lead engineering delivery, manage application support, and collaborate with technology leadership and product teams.

Key Responsibilities
1. Technical Design and SaaS Engineering
• Translate business requirements into technical designs, implementation plans, and effort estimates.
• Review existing application architecture, APIs, database design, and Azure services.
• Recommend improvements to scalability, security, performance, maintainability, and operating costs. 2. Application Support and Maintenance




• Provide L2/L3 application support, investigate production issues, and troubleshoot complex application, SQL, API, and Azure service failures.
• Analyse support tickets, identify root causes, implement bug fixes, and coordinate issue resolution within agreed SLAs.
• Monitor application health, review logs and alerts, and proactively identify recurring issues and performance bottlenecks.
• Support application maintenance, configuration changes, integrations, deployments, and production releases.
• Coordinate with clients, product owners, and internal teams to communicate incident status, prioritize issues, and ensure timely resolution.
• Maintain support documentation, troubleshooting guides, runbooks, and knowledge-sharing materials. 3. Hands-on Development and Production Ownership
• Develop enhancements, review code, and optimize application and SQL performance.
• Coordinate testing, UAT, approved production releases, and post-deployment verification.
• Participate in incident management, root-cause analysis, and preventive action planning to improve production stability. 4. Engineering Leadership and Security
• Guide engineers through sprint planning, estimation, technical discussions, design reviews, and delivery activities.
• Mentor team members and improve coding standards, testing, CI/CD, documentation, and secure development practices.
• Support VAPT assessments, SOC audits, security remediation, and application security reviews.
• Communicate technical risks, support issues, delivery progress, and recommendations to clients and technology leadership. Working Expectations
• Hands-on involvement in technical design, development, application support, maintenance, and engineering leadership.
• Ownership of production incidents and support activities during the agreed shift.
• Full-shift alignment with U.
S. Pacific Time business hours is mandatory.

📌 Principal Software Architect and Engineering Lead (Surat)
🏢 Esquare Biztech Solutions
📍 Surat