Lead Full-Stack .NET Developer

Jacobs is a company focused on solving critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery, and cutting-edge manufacturing. The role is for a Lead Software Engineer who will improve engineering effectiveness across multiple engineering teams by establishing standards, improving architecture, building reusable capabilities, and accelerating software delivery.

• Approx. 10 years of professional software engineering experience designing, building, and delivering enterprise-grade software solutions.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Proven software architecture expertise with deep knowledge of system design, object-oriented principles, architectural patterns, and design trade-offs.
• Experience leading complex technical initiatives across multiple engineering teams without direct organizational authority.
• Strong background in developer productivity, platform engineering, CI/CD automation, build automation, software quality initiatives, and technical governance.
• Hands-on experience implementing modern DevOps practices, source control strategies, and software development lifecycle processes including Git, GitHub Enterprise, GitHub Actions, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience designing and developing applications using modern Microsoft technologies including C#, .NET, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, and cloud-native solutions on Microsoft Azure (Azure App Services, Azure Functions preferred).
• Experience working with APIs and integration patterns, including REST and GraphQL.
• Strong knowledge of relational and non-relational databases such as SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with ability to explain complex technical concepts, facilitate discussions, build consensus, and create clear technical documentation.
• Proven experience mentoring engineers, conducting architecture and design reviews, and fostering continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.
• Experience working in distributed and matrixed organizations.

Nice to have:

• Experience with additional programming languages and modern front-end technologies such as Python, TypeScript, and Vue.js.
• Experience building desktop, cross-platform, or engineering-focused applications using MAUI, WPF, or AutoCAD plugin development.
• Familiarity with application monitoring, observability, and logging solutions including Sentry and Serilog.
• Interest in emerging technologies and modern engineering practices, particularly AI-assisted software development and platform engineering.

• Design, build, and continuously improve the organization's Developer Platform, including CI/CD automation, reusable GitHub workflows, Golden Path templates, shared libraries, developer tooling, and self-service capabilities.
• Define, implement, and evolve engineering standards covering architecture, coding practices, API design, security, observability, release management, and software development lifecycle processes.
• Build automated guardrails that enforce engineering best practices through quality gates, code analysis, security scanning, branch protection, test coverage, and deployment controls.
• Support engineering teams with software architecture reviews, solution design, modernization initiatives, and technical decision-making.
• Mentor engineers through technical coaching, code reviews, architecture discussions, workshops, and knowledge sharing.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, QA, DevOps, infrastructure, and leadership teams to drive technical alignment and consensus.
• Continuously improve developer productivity by streamlining workflows, increasing automation, and enhancing the developer experience.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and engineering practices, contributing to technology adoption and innovation across the organization.

Jacobs is a Disability Confident employer and will interview all disabled applicants who meet the criteria for the vacancy. Support or reasonable adjustments are available in the recruitment process upon request.