8+ years of backend engineering experience, with deep, proven mastery of C# and modern .NET
A demonstrated track record operating successfully in a Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, or Senior Tech Lead role
Proven experience architecting, building, and owning large, complex systems end-to-end, including both monolithic and distributed architectures
Expert-level SQL and database design skills, including diagnosing slow queries in production and designing schemas that hold up under real load
Deep practical expertise with Entity Framework, including performance tradeoffs, query behavior, and data access strategy
Strong architectural judgment and experience applying concepts such as DDD and clean architecture pragmatically
A strong quality mindset, including test automation strategy and clear standards for what “done” means
Strong written and verbal communication skills in English — you are comfortable explaining technical tradeoffs, mentoring other engineers, leading code reviews, and facilitating architecture discussions
Enthusiasm for and hands-on proficiency with AI coding tools such as Cursor and Claude Code as productivity multipliers
Nice to have

Nice to have

You'll stand out if you bring any of the following:

Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure at scale, with Azure being a strong advantage
Experience with Angular or a modern frontend framework - enough to make informed architectural decisions across the full stack
Familiarity with Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipeline design at an organizational level, not just usage
Experience designing for compliance-driven deployment constraints - data sovereignty, tenant isolation, and schema management across numbers of independent databases
Background or genuine curiosity about Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) -understanding the domain makes the hardest problems tractable

Backend: .NET, C#, Entity Framework, SQL Server / Azure SQL
Messaging: Azure Service Bus, MassTransit
Observability: OpenTelemetry, Grafana stack
Frontend: Angular, our own Angular Component Library
Cloud: Azure
CI/CD: Azure DevOps
AI tooling: Cursor, Claude Code, and other modern AI-assisted development tools