[Remote] Senior Software Engineering Manager

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Franklin Fitch is working with a large, established global organization that's investing heavily in a cloud-native automation platform built on Azure. The role is primarily focused on technical leadership and people management, requiring a background in cloud engineering or platform engineering to shape the evolution of a distributed system.

Responsibilities

• Designing and evolving the architecture for a cloud-native automation platform built on Azure Container Apps, Service Bus, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Blob Storage
• Designing event-driven architectures using Azure Service Bus for high-volume asynchronous processing
• Driving architectural improvements that optimize performance, cost, and operational complexity
• Leading .NET backend development, including ASP.NET Core APIs, CQRS with MediatR, Entity Framework Core, and FluentValidation
• Running code reviews focused on SOLID principles, async best practices, and distributed systems patterns
• Owning and evolving multi-stage Azure DevOps YAML pipelines, including infrastructure deployment, container builds, and environment-specific releases
• Managing and mentoring a team of engineers, with a focus on developing their cloud engineering skills

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent demonstrable experience
• 6+ years of hands-on software engineering experience building cloud-native applications on Azure
• 3+ years of experience with Azure Container Apps, AKS, or equivalent container orchestration
• 2+ years of people management experience leading engineering teams
• A track record delivering distributed systems in production using microservices and event-driven patterns
• Hands-on experience with Azure Service Bus, Azure SQL with Elastic Pools, Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server, managed identity, connection pooling, and private endpoints
• Strong understanding of microservices communication patterns: sync HTTP, async messaging, event-driven architecture, service discovery
• Proficiency in C# and .NET 6+ (ideally .NET 8+), including ASP.NET Core Web API, async/await and Task-based programming, LINQ, dependency injection, and Entity Framework Core
• Proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript, including async patterns, npm/pnpm, module systems, and scripting in Bash or PowerShell
• Experience with Dockerfile optimization, multi-stage builds, and Azure Container Registry
• Strong code review skills across backend APIs, infrastructure code, and integration logic
• A systematic approach to troubleshooting complex distributed systems issues, with strong analytical skills for capacity planning and cost analysis
• Azure certifications (AZ-400, AZ-305, AZ-204, AZ-104)
• Expert-level Azure DevOps YAML pipeline experience, including templates and variable groups
• .NET Aspire experience for cloud-native orchestration and service discovery
• Event Grid and Event Hubs experience
• Agile/Scrum certifications (CSM, SAFe Agilist)
• Background in a large enterprise or professional services environment, with familiarity with SOC 2, ISO 27001, or GDPR compliance requirements
• Deep Azure networking expertise: VNETs, NSGs, private endpoints, Private DNS Zones, VNET peering, Application Gateway, NAT Gateway
• Strong Bicep or Terraform skills, including the ability to read and debug complex IaC modules (500+ lines)

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