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Senior Lead Engineer - IT

Lead the development of a microservices-based insurance platform in Chennai
Chennai, Tamil Nādu, India
Senior
2 days ago
Guardian Life Insurance

Guardian Life Insurance

A leading provider of life insurance, disability income insurance, and employee benefits in the United States.

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Job Description

Tech Lead C# / .NET & React Developer – Full Stack

Experience Required: 8-10 Years

Location: Chennai, TN

Mode: Hybrid

Type: Full-Time

Role Summary

We are seeking an accomplished Lead C# / .NET Core & React Full Stack Developer with strong expertise in microservices architecture, distributed systems, and modern front-end frameworks React. This role focused on building scalable, high-performance backend & frontend systems and enabling a cross-functional team to deliver robust full-stack solutions.

The ideal candidate is highly skilled in C# language features, .NET Core runtime capabilities, and containerized microservices, with strong experience in cloud-native development, DevOps, and code quality enforcement along with the frontend development in React & NextJS. He should own production stability, support escalated issues, and guide root cause analysis and resolution.

Key Responsibilities

Backend Development – C# & .NET Core

  • Architect and develop headless, service-oriented applications using C# and .NET Core.
  • Design distributed microservices, Background Services, and Worker Services.
  • Expertise on backend services with async programming & memory management.
  • Build domain-centric business logic with Clean Architecture.
  • Use SOLID principles, Design pattern and Command patterns for loosely coupled code.
  • Preferred to have experience with event-driven workflows using message queues like (RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus, Kafka).
  • Create reusable SDK, Libraries for internal services consumption.
  • Experience resolving code smells, vulnerabilities, and application security flaws.

Data & Persistence Layer

  • Use Entity Framework Core and/or Dapper to implement efficient, secure data access strategies.
  • Work with SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or NoSQL solutions like MongoDB or Redis.
  • Optimize database performance with indexing, query tuning, and connection pooling.

Testing & Observability

  • Write unit test cases for better test coverage.
  • Working experience with Splunk (logging), AppDynamics, JSON/XML, Caching, Performance Analysis & Profiling.

Cloud, DevOps, and CI/CD

  • Containerize services using Docker and deploy to Kubernetes or Azure Container Apps.
  • Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or GitLab.
  • Good to have experience on IaC tools (Terraform, Bicep, ARM) to provision infrastructure.
  • Experience with source code repositories tools, Bitbucket, GitHub.

Front-End Experience with React

  • Hands-on knowledge and experience with developing enterprise-level web applications with a strong focus on ReactJS.
  • Understanding of NextJS, Node.js development and debugging tools.
  • Experience with CDD based UI development.
  • Knowledge of JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and jQuery.
  • Experience consuming REST APIs using Fetch, Axios, etc. and asynchronous data handling.
  • Integrate with backend APIs using token-based auth (JWT/OAuth2).
  • Implement state management via NgRx, Redux, or Context API.
  • Experience with both CSR & SSR.
  • Experience with maintaining web vitals.

Leadership & Managerial Responsibilities

  • Lead technical design discussions, define service boundaries, and maintain architecture documentation.
  • Review code for quality, performance, and maintainability; enforce best practices across teams.
  • Mentor team members on C#/.NET Core, system design, and debugging complex distributed systems.
  • Participate in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and agile ceremonies.
  • Collaborate with product managers, QA, DevOps, and stakeholders to ensure timely and high-quality delivery.

Required Skills & Experience

  • 5-10 years of software development experience, with at least 3-4+ years focused on microservices in C# and .NET Core.
  • Deep understanding of C# language internals, memory management, async/await, parallelism, and diagnostics.
  • Experience building microservices and APIs.
  • Hands-on with Docker, Kubernetes, cloud-native development (Azure, AWS).
  • Expertise in unit testing, mocking frameworks, and observability tools.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in event-driven architectures, distributed transactions.
  • Familiarity with gRPC and API versioning strategies.
  • Experience working in regulated or high-security industries (e.g., finance, healthcare).

Location

This position can be based in any of the following locations:

Chennai

Current Guardian Colleagues: Please apply through the internal Jobs Hub in Workday

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Senior Lead Engineer - IT
Chennai, Tamil Nādu, India
Engineering
About Guardian Life Insurance
A leading provider of life insurance, disability income insurance, and employee benefits in the United States.