About this role
Salary: £65,000 - 75,000 per year
Requirements
- Strong commercial experience with C# and modern .NET development
- Substantial hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure
- Experience designing, modernising or improving complex software applications
- Strong knowledge of APIs, microservices and distributed systems
- Experience troubleshooting production systems and improving reliability
- Confidence making technical decisions and communicating with stakeholders
- A practical, collaborative approach to engineering and technical leadership
- Experience with Azure Functions, App Services, Service Bus, Azure SQL, Azure DevOps, CI/CD, observability and cloud architecture would be particularly valuable
Responsibilities
- Design, develop and improve applications using C#/.NET and Microsoft Azure
- Review existing application architecture and identify opportunities for improvement
- Improve application performance, resilience, scalability and security
- Troubleshoot complex technical issues and undertake root cause analysis
- Contribute to technical roadmaps, application modernisation and architectural decisions
- Develop and maintain APIs, microservices and distributed systems
- Improve development standards, code quality, testing and maintainability
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to experienced developers
- Work closely with senior technology stakeholders to deliver effective solutions
Technologies
- Azure
- C#
- CI/CD
- Cloud
- DevOps
- SQL
- Security
- microservices
- ASP.NET
More
We are recruiting a Senior .NET / Azure Technical Lead for an established financial services technology business in Newcastle upon Tyne. This permanent, full-time opportunity offers the chance to influence the technical direction of an established development function and help improve the reliability, security and performance of complex applications. The salary is £65,000–£75,000, depending on experience and the responsibilities of the appointment. The role is hybrid, with three days per week onsite in Newcastle and two days working from home. Our package includes 33 days of annual leave including bank holidays, employer pension contributions that increase with service, a Medicash Health Cash Plan, life assurance, enhanced family leave, employee rewards, professional development opportunities and free onsite parking.
last updated 46 week of 2026