Lead Associate - AI / .NET

Key Responsibilities

• Own and define Lead Associate - AI / .NET Application architecture in collaboration with Infrastructure and Solution Architects.
• Design secure, scalable, cloud-native systems that meet business requirements.
• Recommend tools, frameworks, patterns, and methods for application development and management.
• Break down complex change and technical challenges into manageable, deliverable components.
• Produce and maintain high-quality documentation describing system architecture, patterns, and design decisions.

• Provide expert technical direction to developers and delivery teams. 
• Support teams in implementing solutions, ensuring architectural compliance and best practice. 
• Advocate for engineering excellence, quality, maintainability, and performance. 
• Identify technical issues early and propose pragmatic solutions to prevent future risks or failures. 
• Advise on the adoption of new and emerging technologies, ensuring they add practical value.

• Explain architectural decisions and technical solutions clearly to technical and nontechnical stakeholders. 
• Inform stakeholders (including Product Owners and clients) on progress, risks, and technical challenges. 
• Work collaboratively with Product, Engineering, and Platform teams to ensure feasibility and alignment. 
• Build trusted relationships across the department, acting as a role model for engineering standards.

• Evaluate and explore emerging technologies and cloud services with a view to incorporating them into future solutions. 
• Recommend continuous improvements to systems, tooling, processes, and architecture. 
• Promote modern engineering approaches such as automation, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and modern cloud patterns.

• Provide coaching and mentorship to less experienced developers. 
• Support skill development across teams using the SFIA-based capability framework. 
• Lead by example in professionalism, technical discipline, and collaboration.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Experience with modern front-end JavaScript frameworks (React, Angular, or Vue).
• Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD, automated testing, and container technologies.
• Exposure to messaging, orchestration, and cloud platform services.
• Strong commercial development experience with cloud-native applications (Azure, AWS, or GCP). 
• Advanced proficiency in .NET / C# and associated server-side technologies.
• Understanding of modern architectural styles: microservices, event-driven design, domain-driven design, API-first architecture.
• Experience guiding teams through complex delivery and architectural change.
• Ability to design robust, scalable, secure solutions across distributed systems.