Your Responsibilities:

• Lead development projects from design through delivery, ensuring high standards for code quality, performance, scalability, security, and maintainability

• Provide day-to-day technical leadership for the development team by mentoring junior and mid-level developers and serving as a technical point of escalation

• Conduct thorough code reviews, enforce coding standards, and promote best practices across the team

• Assign development tasks, guide implementation approaches, and ensure work is completed accurately and on schedule

• Support developers by helping troubleshoot complex technical challenges, production issues, and performance bottlenecks

• Maintain, enhance, and debug existing VB.NET applications while actively driving modernization efforts in C#

• Lead and contribute to refactoring efforts to reduce technical debt and improve long-term system stability

• Participate in application design, system architecture, and technical decision-making with an enterprise-level mindset

• Collaborate closely with QA, Business Analysts, Operations, and other cross-functional teams to clarify requirements and deliver reliable solutions

• Develop, optimize, and maintain SQL queries, stored procedures, and database structures with a focus on performance and data integrity

• Analyze and resolve database-related issues, including long-running queries and resource contention

• Design, implement, and support integrations using RESTful APIs and service-based architectures

• Ensure proper error handling, logging, and monitoring are built into applications

• Support release planning, deployment readiness, and post-release validation activities

• Work collaboratively within cross-functional teams of multiple developers, contributing to shared ownership and team success

• Continuously evaluate existing systems and recommend improvements to technology, tools, and processes

You Must Have:

• 7+ years of professional software development experience in an enterprise or production environment

• Strong expertise in C# with the ability to lead new development and modernization initiatives

• Very strong working knowledge of VB.NET, including the ability to support and enhance legacy systems

• Advanced SQL development experience, including complex queries, stored procedures, indexing strategies, and performance tuning

• Hands-on experience with Git-based source control and tools such as Azure DevOps or TFS

• Demonstrated experience mentoring developers and guiding technical growth within a team

• Proven ability to lead technical discussions, make sound engineering decisions, and take ownership of outcomes

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to independently investigate and resolve issues

• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail and quality

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

• Self-starter who can work independently while also contributing effectively within a team environment

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

We Would Also Prefer:

• Industry experience including direct marketing, e-commerce, print, graphic design and insurance and financial services

• Experience developing and integrating RESTful APIs

• Familiarity with Microsoft Azure or other cloud-based platforms and services

• Background supporting enterprise-scale, production-critical applications with high reliability requirements

• Exposure to Agile or hybrid development methodologies

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated builds, and deployment processes

• Understanding of secure coding practices and compliance considerations

• Prior experience in a technical lead or senior mentoring role is a strong plus