Technical Lead (.NET)

Barden is delighted to partner with a global technology organisation in their search for a Technical Lead to join their Engineering team in Cork. This person will play a central role in modernising a large-scale platform, working closely with engineering leadership to evolve legacy systems into modern, cloud-native architectures.

ABOUT THE ROLE

• Leading the technical execution of large-scale platform modernisation initiatives
• Writing production code and leading complex engineering work across the team
• Decomposing legacy systems and introducing modern architectural patterns
• Partnering with architecture, platform and product teams to define service boundaries and integration patterns
• Establishing engineering standards, testing practices and design principles across the team
• Leading technical design discussions and mentoring engineers at different experience levels
• Driving incremental modernisation approaches that avoid large-scale rewrites
• Identifying opportunities to leverage AI-assisted development tools and intelligent capabilities within the platform

ABOUT YOU

• 10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
• Significant experience modernising legacy systems into modern architectures
• Deep expertise with .NET / C# and modern engineering practices
• Strong TypeScript / Angular experience, with the ability to own features end-to-end across the full stack
• Strong experience designing and building distributed or service-oriented systems
• Cloud-native development experience (Azure preferred)
• Experience working across the full development lifecycle including CI/CD and automated testing
• Strong database and performance optimisation experience
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and influence engineering standards across teams
• Interest in AI-assisted development and emerging engineering tooling

OTHER DETAILS

• Opportunity to play a key role in the modernisation of a large-scale production platform
• Work alongside senior engineering leadership and architecture teams
• Modern engineering environment with strong focus on cloud and AI-enabled development tools
• Opportunity to influence engineering practices and technical direction across multiple teams

Our client is based in Cork City, and the team is in the office three days per week. Please only apply if this working arrangement is feasible from your location.