Technical Lead (.NET / Angular / Azure)

Location: Edinburgh Employment Type: Full-time Employee

About the Role

As a Technical Lead (.NET / Angular / Azure), you will make an impact by designing, developing, and delivering scalable cloud-native applications that support critical business operations. You will be a valued member of our Engineering team and work collaboratively with architects, product owners, and cross-functional stakeholders to build secure, high-performing, and innovative solutions that drive real business value.

In this role, you will:

• Lead the design and implementation of enterprise-grade cloud-native applications using .NET, Angular, and Microsoft Azure, while driving application modernisation and migration to microservices architectures.


• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to development teams, setting and upholding best practices, coding standards, and quality benchmarks.


• Design and implement scalable, secure, and resilient Azure-based solutions, leveraging services such as App Services, Azure Functions, Azure APIM, and Azure DevOps.


• Collaborate with architects, product owners, and stakeholders to define technical solutions, estimate effort, and deliver high-quality software on time.


• Champion Agile ways of working, DevOps adoption, CI/CD automation, and continuous improvement across the engineering function.

What You Need to Have to Be Considered

• Strong hands-on experience in .NET Core / .NET Framework, C#, ASP.NET MVC / Web API, and Angular, with a proven ability to deliver enterprise-grade applications.


• Extensive expertise in designing and developing RESTful APIs and microservices architectures in cloud-native environments.


• Proven experience with Microsoft Azure services including App Services, Azure Functions, Azure APIM, and Azure DevOps.


• Strong knowledge of SQL Server, including database design, optimisation, and performance tuning.


• Solid understanding of security best practices, authentication/authorisation mechanisms, and application monitoring.


• A degree or equivalent relevant practical experience.

Additional eligibility requirements

Candidates must currently reside in the UK.

• Candidates must be available to start within 4 weeks of receiving an offer.

These Will Help You Stand Out

• Experience with modern software development practices including Agile, CI/CD pipelines, Git, and automated testing frameworks.


• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Azure infrastructure management tools.


• Exposure to application performance monitoring tools and observability platforms.

Qualifications

• Exhibit strong proficiency in Net Framework and C sharp with extensive experience building large scale enterprise applications for financial or insurance organizations


• Demonstrate deep expertise in SQL Server including schema design performance tuning indexing and writing complex queries that handle large volumes of transactional data


• Show solid experience with Azure services such as web apps functions storage and monitoring tools to build resilient and observable cloud hosted applications


• Apply practical skills in JavaScript and modern front end approaches to create responsive and accessible user interfaces that streamline insurance operations


• Utilize detailed knowledge of Life and Annuities Insurance products policy lifecycle billing and claims workflows to design solutions that align with industry practices


• Combine analytical thinking and problem solving skills to diagnose issues across application layers and propose clear and sustainable technical resolutions


• Use experience in hybrid work setups and agile methodologies to collaborate effectively with dispersed teams while maintaining strong ownership of deliverables