Technical Lead Developer C# .NET / .NET Core

We are Haefele Software. We are a boutique software development firm, established in London 2006, with a growing team of 55 between London, Cape Town (primarily), Johannesburg, and Melbourne.

We are engineering-focused and build high-performance Agile teams, enjoying complex problems, serving a variety of industries and clients, generally abroad.

As a collective, we strive to be surrounded by equally personable, sharp, and growth-minded people, in a space that values relationships, people first, and pragmatic process, to foster the mentor and the mentorable.

Job Description

Overview

Lead technically, be accountable, and be responsible for the technical direction and decisions on client projects
Manage a team of developers to maintain a high standard of quality in the team’s technical output
Look after the career development of the more junior developers on your team
Technical point of contact between the client, scrum master, business analysts, Quality assurance engineers, and the other developers
Actively participate in Scrum Ceremonies
Run technical sprint planning (SP2)
Responsible for diligent pull-request reviews as laid out in the organization’s technical standards document and ensure that other developers in your team do the same
Building new features and maintaining code to the quality and standard as set by the team and the organization
Independently design and/or collaborate on the design of whole systems or parts of existing systems
Maintain the organization’s technical standards across multiple teams
Participate in architectural audits and reviews of other solutions from time to time
Fixing bugs
Supporting production systems
Actively sharing knowledge
Actively seek to mentor and teach others

Formal Qualification Requirements

Degree/Diploma/Accredited Certificate in Software Development, Computer Science or equivalent will be beneficial.

Certification Expectation

While not a requirement, the candidate will be expected to achieve the following certifications (paid for internally) within a reasonable agreed time if successful

Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Certification.
Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals Certification.
Microsoft Azure Developer Associate.
Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert.

Prerequisites

8+ years experience on high performing enterprise consulting teams
3+ years experience leading high-performance teams
Strong Agile literacy
Strong Experience with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
Expert knowledge and experience in C#, .NET, .NET Core
Expert knowledge and experience in SQL Server
Expert knowledge and experience in DI and IoC
Expert knowledge and experience in Entity Framework Core / NHibernate or other ORM technology
Expert knowledge and experience in ASP.NET MVC and RESTful APIs
Expert understanding, experience, and working knowledge of standard approaches to Back-End Architectures and Industry-standard design patterns (SOLID)
A key contributor to solution design, technical planning, and technical analysis
Architect and implement a solution based on technical requirements and designs from inception to final delivery of a working solution
Expert knowledge and experience with Microsoft Azure Platform and Services
Expert knowledge and experience with Git source control
Expert knowledge and experience with Azure DevOps and / Atlassian product suite
Expert knowledge and experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery pipeline automation
Expert knowledge and experience in unit testing technologies (MSTest, xUnit, NUnit, Moq)
Expert experience implementing OpenID Connect and OAuth 2.0 authentication solutions using IdentityServer4 or third-party services like Auth0
Strong experience with PostgreSQL
Strong experience with Azure Table Storage
Strong experience with CosmosDB
Strong experience integrating with Azure AD and AD B2C
Strong experience with Amazon Web Services
Strong experience with Google Cloud Platform and Firebase
Enterprise experience in the Insurance sector
Enterprise experience in the Legal sector
Experience with Mambu Cloud Banking Platform

Advantageous

Experience with WebForms
Experience with ADO.NET
Experience with Azure Service Bus;
Experience with MongoDB;
Experience with Docker / Kubernetes / Cloud Native;
Experience with Front-End JavaScript frameworks (Angular, React, Vue);
Experience with Mobile Development Technologies (Android Native, IOS Native, Xamarin, React Native, Ionic, Flutter);
Experience with Indexed Search technologies (Elastic, Azure Search);
Experience with Microsoft Flow / Power Platform;

The successful candidate will host internal technical workshops and complete prescribed training and certifications from time to time. You will be a self-motivated individual and be able to demonstrate good problem-solving skills. The successful candidate will gain international experience and possible international traveling.