Development Lead – .NET, Azure & MS SQL

• *Company Description** **Bosch Global Software Technologies Private Limited** is a 100% owned subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH, one of the world's leading global supplier of technology and services, offering end\-to\-end Engineering, IT and Business Solutions. With over 27,000\+ associates, it’s the largest software development center of Bosch, outside Germany, indicating that it is the Technology Powerhouse of Bosch in India with a global footprint and presence in the US, Europe and the Asia Pacific region.

• *Job Description** **Roles \& Responsibilities :**

We are looking for an experienced **Development/Technical Lead – .NET \& Azure** to lead the design, development, modernization, and technical delivery of enterprise applications.

The ideal candidate should bring strong hands\-on expertise in **C\#, .NET / ASP.NET Core, Microsoft Azure, MS SQL Server, Stored Procedures, REST APIs, and DevOps**, along with the ability to guide development teams, review technical designs, resolve complex issues, and drive engineering best practices.

The role also requires a foundational understanding of **AI/Generative AI concepts** and the ability to identify opportunities for incorporating AI capabilities into enterprise applications.

• *Key Responsibilities**

• *.NET Development/Technical Lead**

• Lead the design and development of enterprise applications using **C\#, .NET, ASP.NET Core, Web API, Entity Framework Core**, **Angular** and related technologies.
• Provide hands\-on technical guidance to developers throughout design, development, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Perform **code reviews, technical design reviews, and root\-cause analysis** for complex application issues.
• Establish coding standards and promote **SOLID principles, design patterns, clean architecture, reusable components, and maintainable code**.
• Guide developers and mentor team members to strengthen overall engineering capability.
• Support technical estimation, sprint/release planning, dependency management, and technical risk identification.

• *MS SQL Server \& Stored Procedures**

The candidate should have **strong hands\-on database development experience**, not merely application\-level exposure to SQL.

• Strong expertise in **Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)**.
• Hands\-on experience designing and developing **complex Stored Procedures, Functions, Views, Triggers, and SQL scripts**.
• Strong understanding of **T\-SQL**, joins, subqueries, CTEs, transactions, temporary tables, indexing, and data manipulation.
• Experience analyzing and optimizing **complex SQL queries and Stored Procedures** for performance.
• Ability to troubleshoot database performance issues including inefficient queries, locking, blocking, deadlocks, and long\-running transactions.
• Good understanding of **execution plans, indexing strategies, query optimization, and database performance tuning**.
• Experience integrating .NET applications with SQL Server using **Entity Framework Core, ADO.NET, or similar data\-access approaches**.
• Ability to review database code and establish SQL development and database design standards.
• Understanding of data integrity, security, transaction management, backup/recovery, and database design principles.

• *Microsoft Azure**

• Hands\-on experience developing and deploying applications using **Microsoft Azure**.
• Understanding of **cloud\-native architecture, scalability, resiliency, high availability, security, and cost considerations**.
• Experience modernizing traditional or legacy .NET applications toward **modern .NET and Azure\-based solutions**.

• *API \& Integration**

• Strong experience designing and developing **RESTful APIs and Web APIs**.
• Understanding of synchronous and asynchronous integration patterns.
• Experience with enterprise application integration and messaging.
• Knowledge of authentication and authorization concepts such as **OAuth 2\.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, and Microsoft Entra ID**.
• Ability to design secure, scalable, reusable APIs and integration components.

• *DevOps \& Engineering Practices**

• Experience with **Azure DevOps and/or GitHub**.
• Strong understanding of **Git, branching strategies, pull requests, CI/CD, automated builds, testing, and deployment**.
• Experience with automated unit and integration testing.
• Knowledge of code\-quality, dependency, and security scanning practices.
• Exposure to **Docker, Bicep, Terraform, or Infrastructure as Code** is advantageous.
• Experience establishing application logging, monitoring, alerting, and observability.

• *AI \& Generative AI Fundamentals**

The candidate is **not expected to be an AI/ML specialist**, but should have a good understanding of modern AI concepts and their relevance to application development.

• *Security \& Quality**

• Drive secure coding practices covering authentication, authorization, secrets management, vulnerability remediation, and API security.
• Ensure adequate **unit testing, integration testing, code coverage, and quality gates**.
• Drive resolution of technical debt and application vulnerabilities.
• Ensure applications meet agreed performance, reliability, maintainability, and security expectations.

• *Technical Lead Responsibilities**

• Act as the **primary technical point of contact** for the development team.
• Translate functional/business requirements into appropriate technical designs.
• Make technical decisions within the application/team scope and escalate architecture\-level decisions when required.
• Work closely with **Solution Architects, Product Owners, Business Analysts, DevOps, Cloud and Infrastructure teams**.
• Mentor developers and support knowledge sharing within the team.
• Coordinate technical delivery across development and supporting teams.
• Identify technical risks and dependencies early and drive appropriate mitigation.
• Support production troubleshooting and root\-cause analysis for critical technical issues.

• *Education \& Experience**

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in **Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering**, or a related discipline.
• Preferably **8\+ years of software development experience**, with substantial hands\-on development in the Microsoft technology stack.
• Strong hands\-on experience in **.NET/C\#, MS SQL Server, Stored Procedures, REST APIs, and Microsoft Azure**.
• Demonstrated experience working as a **Technical Lead or Senior Developer with technical leadership responsibilities**.

Experience leading technical delivery and mentoring software developers

• *Qualifications** **Educational qualification:**

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science or equivalent

• *Experience :**

12\-14 Yrs in Software development cycle in Microsoft Technologies

Lead a team of 6\-8 developers in the current / past role

• *Mandatory/requires Skills :**

C\#

• .NET / ASP.NET Core
• MS SQL
• Stored Procedures
• Web API / REST
• Angular, TypeScript
• SQL Server / T\-SQL
• Azure, Azure SQL
• Microsoft Entra ID / SSO
• OAuth 2\.0 / OpenID Connect

• *Preferred Skills :**

• Docker / Containers
• Azure Functions
• Microservices
• On\-premises to Azure migration experience