Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Request Technology, LLC is a company looking for a Technical Manager in Software Engineering to lead their software engineering teams. The role involves designing distributed system architectures, optimizing platform performance, and managing cloud-native application development.
Responsibilities
- Design and evolve the distributed system architecture for the cloud-native automation platform, including Azure Container Apps, Service Bus, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Blob Storage
- Design event-driven architectures using Azure Service Bus for high-volume asynchronous processing
- Optimize platform performance, cost, and operational complexity through architectural improvements
- Lead .NET backend development including ASP.NET Core APIs, CQRS pattern with MediatR, Entity Framework Core, and FluentValidation
- Conduct code reviews ensuring adherence to SOLID principles, async programming best practices, and distributed systems patterns
- Own and evolve multi-stage Azure DevOps YAML pipelines including multi-phase infrastructure deployment, container image builds, and environment-specific deployments
- Manage and mentor software engineers, focusing on cloud engineering skill development
Skills
- Bachelor's degree
- 6+ years of hands-on software engineering experience building cloud-native applications on Azure
- 3+ years of experience with Azure Container Apps, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), or equivalent container orchestration platforms
- 2+ years of people management experience leading software engineering teams
- Proven track record delivering distributed systems in production using microservices architecture and event-driven patterns
- Hands-on experience with Azure Service Bus, Azure database services including Azure SQL Database with Elastic Pools, Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server, managed identity authentication, connection pooling, and private endpoint configuration
- Deep understanding of microservices communication patterns including synchronous HTTP, asynchronous messaging, event-driven architecture, and service discovery
- Proficiency in C# and .NET (minimum .NET 6, preferably .NET 8+) including NET Core Web API with Controllers, Async/await patterns and Task-based asynchronous programming, LINQ and lambda expressions, Dependency injection and Options pattern and Entity Framework Core
- Proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript including js development, Async patterns (Promises, async/await), npm/pnpm package management, Module systems (CommonJS, ES modules) and scripting proficiency in Bash or PowerShell for deployment automation and troubleshooting
- Container image build and deployment workflows including Dockerfile optimization, multi-stage builds, and Azure Container Registry integration
Company Overview
With over 39 years of experience, Request Technology, LLC, formerly Quest Enterprises, Inc., is an established entrepreneurial executive search firm that specializes in recruiting Information Technology professionals for organizations throughout the United States. It was founded in 1984, and is headquartered in Naperville, Illinois, USA, with a workforce of 2-10 employees. Its website is https://www.requesttechnology.com.