.NET Architect/ Lead .NET Developer

TechBlocks is a leading global digital product development firm. We unify strategy, design and technology with continuous growth-centric digital product engineering solutions for F500 companies and global brands including Bell Telecom, Bausch Health (Previously Valeant Pharma), Honda Motors, AES Corp, Thomson Reuters Carswell, First American and Colliers International.

Our passion is empowering innovators and change-makers at every level of the product life-cycle. We specialize in building customized business apps that allow organizations and enterprises to improve their efficiency, collaboration and user experience.

Based in Toronto with offices in U.S. and India, we work with clients around the planet. What separates us from the rest is our ability to help businesses transform into a digital business with our consulting, engineering and post go-live, go-to-market services.

If you have a passion for innovation and are looking for the opportunity to work on leading-edge projects, then join our team.

Job Description

We are looking to hire a .NET Solutions Architect. You are a passionate technologist and a geek, who has extremely strong application design fundamentals for clients, servers, and the middle tiers.

You love playing with the latest and greatest frameworks and take pride in quality and agility. You are a smart coder more than an idealist.

Reports to Sr. Architect and works with development teams to build strong architecture, frameworks, standards, and practices.

Responsibilities

The primary accountability of the Associate Architect is to design and document complex system enhancements for TechBlocks.

This includes all aspects of the system development life cycle. The individual must have extensive design and development experience working with various software and technologies.

The individual must be able to work independently, prioritize and multitask in a dynamic environment, adapt quickly to change and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

The individual must demonstrate leadership skills and can lead small teams in design and development efforts. Strong analysis and interpersonal skills are a necessity.

• Lead complex design sessions and work closely with customers and business partners to establish requirements to develop a given solution.
• Build proof of concepts.
• Design applications using industry best practices and standards.
• Ability to work with and lead diverse remote teams (including offshore) is a must.
• Excellent client handling and consultative skills are essential.
• Support the delivery of solutions by assisting the programmers in their tasks.
• Understand and give guidance on the implementation of concepts of unit testing, system testing, performance testing, and user acceptance testing.
• Understanding concepts of project management may be responsible for the definition of software development plans, including scoping, scheduling and implementation.
• Make critical decisions, including determining the most appropriate platform to complete application development requests and code quality assurance for the team.
• Develop processes and procedures to organize workflow that ensures quality, precision and timeliness of outputs.
• Handle multiple demands and competing priorities while ensuring deliverables are met.

Requirements

• Experience (8+ years with at least 3 years as Technical / .NET Architect) :
• 5+ years’ experience in architecting web and Windows-based applications.
• 1 to 2 years experience in architecting cloud-based solutions on Azure or AWS.
• 8+ years of application development experience.
• Required skills : C#, Microsoft .NET Core, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, TFS, WCF, Web API, Angular JS, SSIS / SSRS, TSQL, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, AWS Lambda, SQL SERVER 2008 and above.
• Nice to have : Node JS, Mobile application development experience on Xamarin or Cordova, CMS : DNN or any other .NET-based CMS, SharePoint and Dynamics CRM 2011 / 2013.
• Hybrid Workplace
• Competitive benefits plan
• Generous paid time off
• One of the fastest growing companies in N. America means many growth opportunities
• Quarterly rewards, Regular team and company events and travel opportunities
• Company sponsored and promoted thought leaders amongst the community of thought leaders and training opportunities.

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