Lead Engineer – Architect, .NET – Finance Group

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Design and actively develop the new ASP.NET Core / C# online banking platform, encompassing system architecture, service boundaries, data modeling, and API specifications.

• Create and execute essential features and components of the platform.

• Conduct code and design evaluations while establishing the technical standards.

• Guide and mentor a small agile team, manage sprints, assist engineers in overcoming obstacles, fulfill delivery commitments, and support through one-on-one sessions and pair programming.

• Collaborate with technology leaders, product management, QA, and security to convert business and regulatory requirements into effective solutions.

• Engage in shared architecture, cloud and CI/CD standards, and integrate AI functionalities into the platform.

• Promote engineering best practices, testing, CI/CD, and the use of contemporary AI development tools.

• Act as a forward-deployed engineer by collaborating with internal product partners to co-design, prototype, and launch products.

• Oversee AI-centric product development from start to finish, delivering LLM and agent-powered features with evaluation, guardrails, and cost/latency management.

• Develop full-stack and real-time experiences utilizing modern UX/UI, public REST APIs, SignalR, .NET Core/C#, and event-driven services.

• Manage infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, containerized deployments, and cloud delivery across Azure and/or AWS.

• Incorporate identity, security, compliance, data protection, and auditability into the platform.

• Recruit, mentor, and assist a small team of forward-deployed engineers.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in developing modern, data-intensive .NET web applications.

• Established track record as a tech lead or lead developer with direct team responsibility.

• Expert-level proficiency in C# and .NET, including both Framework and modern .NET / Core.

• Strong experience with SQL and Microsoft SQL Server.

• Extensive REST API experience at scale.

• Proven background in financial services or online banking, ideally serving US banks, credit unions, or regulated financial entities.

• Front-end experience with contemporary JavaScript/UI frameworks such as Angular or React.

• Familiarity with Azure or AWS, along with DevOps and CI/CD practices.

• Knowledge of US banking security and compliance standards, including PCI DSS, SOC 2, and FFIEC guidelines.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

• Demonstrated ability to deliver products from concept to launch at speed.

• Hands-on experience in AI/LLM application development, including prompt and context engineering, RAG, and agentic patterns on platforms like Vertex AI/Gemini, OpenAI, or Azure OpenAI.

• Experience with orchestration tools such as LangChain and understanding of evaluation, guardrails, and cost management.

• Real-time and event-driven experience with SignalR, Azure Service Bus, or similar messaging solutions.

• Strong platform/DevOps expertise with Terraform, GitHub Actions CI/CD, containerization, and multi-cloud environments.

• Knowledge of identity, security, and compliance measures for regulated financial institutions, including IAM/OAuth2/OIDC, SSO/MFA, secrets management, PCI DSS, SOC 2, and FFIEC.

• Ability to work with multiple programming languages.

• Excellent communication, ownership, and problem-solving abilities.

• Comfortable working in a highly remote, fast-paced, agile setting.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience.

• Fully remote work with a high degree of autonomy.

• Career growth opportunities within the Embrace portfolio.

• Chance to influence a platform utilized by numerous US banks and credit unions.

• High-autonomy, AI-first engineering culture.

• Small teams of empowered forward-deployed engineers transitioning ideas from concept to launch.