Lead .NET Developer

Lead .NET Developer

£90,000 + Bonus

Chester (Hybrid)

ShortList Recruitment are working with a market-leading software company to recruit a Lead .NET Developer to help drive an exciting transformation programme.

This is a senior, hands-on leadership role where you'll guide a small but growing development team in modernising legacy desktop systems into scalable, cloud-based web applications. You'll take ownership of architecture, best practices and delivery standards, ensuring every release is clean, secure and future-ready.

If you're a seasoned .NET professional with strong cloud and DevOps experience who enjoys leading by example, this is an opportunity to shape both the product and the engineering culture.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and deliver full-stack solutions using modern .NET and JavaScript frameworks
• Lead the migration of legacy (WinForms / WPF) applications to web and cloud platforms
• Design and implement secure, scalable and maintainable cloud-native applications
• Define and uphold coding standards, design principles and development best practices
• Manage CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployment and maintain high code quality
• Build and maintain testing, staging and integration environments for continuous delivery
• Collaborate closely with Product, QA, IT and external partners to align technical goals
• Mentor and develop junior engineers, fostering continuous learning and improvement

Tech Stack & Skills:

• Core: C#, .NET Core, SQL
• Frontend: JavaScript / TypeScript with React, Angular or Vue.js
• DevOps: Azure DevOps, CI/CD Pipelines
• Nice to Have: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Microservices, API design

The Lead .NET Developer role offers up to £90,000, plus annual bonus and benefits. You'll work in a hybrid model (2 days a week onsite in Chester), commutable from Liverpool, Wirral, Crewe, Runcorn, Warrington and North Wales.

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