.NET Lead

Location: Belfast, Hybrid
Type: Permanent
Compensation: Competitive with bonus and benefits

About the Company

A home-grown Northern Ireland success story in e-commerce technology, this organisation builds modern digital products that power convenience brands at serious scale. Their platforms underpin real supply chain and operational decision-making, supporting physical sites across the UK and beyond. The mission is simple: identify the pain, build the remedy, and scale it.

Why This Role

This is a chance to lead a small, high-performing .NET team shipping features used daily by real customers. Youll have ownership, clear product direction, and a leadership team that values pragmatic engineering and fast feedback loops. With the platform expanding into new customers and international markets, its an ideal time to join and influence the next chapter.

What You Will Do

Lead, mentor, and develop a team of .NET engineers, setting standards and elevating engineering quality
Design and build services powering ordering, payments, delivery workflows, and analytics
Own technical decision-making across architecture, performance, reliability, and security
Work closely with product, design, and data teams to translate operational problems into simple, effective software
Champion clean code, automated testing, and continuous delivery practices
Guide the platforms evolution towards modular, cloud-native architectures
Review code, support career development, and contribute to hiring plans
Collaborate with external stakeholders including retail partners and university research teams

Technology Environment

C Sharp and .NET 6 or newer
ASP.NET Core, Web APIs, background services
SQL Server and modern ORM patterns; exposure to alternative datastores is beneficial
Event-driven integrations, messaging, and queuing
Azure preferred; AWS experience welcomed
Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code
Frontend awareness for API design; React or similar is a plus
Observability tooling: logging, metrics, alerting

What You Will Bring

Proven experience leading .NET engineering teams delivering production-grade systems
Strong architectural capability spanning domain modelling, API design, and data design
A history of improving code quality, reliability, and delivery flow
Comfort working in a product-led environment with rapid iteration
Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
A passion for building software that solves real customer problems

Nice to Have

Payments, order orchestration, or logistics experience
Knowledge of food safety or allergen information systems
Awareness of compliance and regulated data handling
Experience with cloud performance tuning and cost optimisation

Whats On Offer

Meaningful ownership of a live platform used at scale
Progression path toward Engineering Manager or Architect
Hybrid working from a modern Belfast office
Dedicated training budget and time set aside for learning
A supportive, delivery-focused culture that values initiative

Interview Process

Intro call with Talent and the Hiring Manager
Technical conversation and practical design discussion with senior engineers
Final culture and values conversation with leadership

How to Apply

Based within commuting distance of Belfast?
Message Ryan Quinn on LinkedIn to learn more and share your CV.

Skills:
.Net Azure SQL