Lead / Senior Backend Engineer (.NET / Azure)

\\We are seeking a Dev Lead / Senior Backend Engineer specialized in .NET and Azure to join a premium fashion retailer's internal tech team. This role is vital for ensuring the scalability, maintainability, and coherence of a broad system landscape. The ideal candidate will possess strong backend development skills, particularly in C# and modern .NET versions, and have practical experience in setting up event-driven architectures and developing applications on Microsoft Azure. The Dev Lead will contribute both as a hands-on developer and as a technical leader, mentoring team members and driving engineering quality.Main ResponsibilitiesThe Consultant will work as a hands-on engineer while also supporting the technical direction of the team.Developing backend services and integrationsReviewing pull requests and contributing to code qualitySupporting architectural discussions with the Head of Tech and the teamEnsuring the overall development landscape remains coherent and scalableContributing to system design decisions and actively engaging in technical discussionsSupporting developers with architectural and technical queriesParticipating in technical discovery and solution design for new initiativesDriving improvements in development practicesExploring AI-assisted development tools for practical usageInterfacing with third-party SaaS vendors for integration effortsKey RequirementsStrong backend development experience with C# / .NETExperience with .NET 8 or modern .NET versionsExperience developing and operating applications on Microsoft AzurePractical experience designing and building event-driven systemsExperience with microservices architecturesExperience with Azure messaging patterns (queues, topics, event-based integrations)Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, YAML pipelines)Comfortable working remotely in a setup primarily on siteNice to HaveExperience with Cosmos DBExperience working with integration platformsExperience building integration-heavy systemsStrong understanding of scalable distributed systemsAbility to communicate system architecture clearly to stakeholdersExperience with e-commerce systemsExperience in retail environments