Must have Gen AI experience
Hybrid 3 days per week onsite in Long Beach, CA
Overview
We're looking for experience lead engineer based in Long Beach, CA looking for a hands-on role to stabilize and support our existing on-prem Microsoft platform while driving the modernization and build-out of secure, cloud-native services on Microsoft Azure. This role blends delivery leadership, technical depth, and strong operational discipline in a regulated environment.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Architect, develop, and maintain scalable full-stack applications using .NET, React / Next.js, and Azure (Python a plus).
- Lead technical decision-making and provide expertise on best practices, architecture, and modern software development methodologies.
- Conduct code reviews, ensuring high code quality, security, performance, and maintainability.
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners (product, design, security, operations) to define, design, and ship new capabilities safely.
- Mentor and coach junior and mid-level engineers, fostering a culture of growth and technical excellence.
- Support production systems through incident response (triage, containment, root cause analysis) and continuous improvements.
- Monitor and improve application performance, optimizing database queries, front-end rendering, and API interactions.
- Ensure security best practices including authentication, authorization, secrets management, and data protection.
- Work with DevOps to implement CI / CD pipelines and automate deployments with strong environment discipline (dev / test / uat / prod).
- Stay current with emerging technologies and advocate for adoption where appropriate in a banking context.
Core Technical Requirements On-Prem Microsoft Platform Leadership (Must Have)
.NET / C# experience with ability to debug production issues safelySQL Server fundamentals (query tuning, indexing awareness, safe performance fixes)Windows Server + IIS hosting (deployments, certificates, configuration)Identity fundamentals (Active Directory, service accounts, group policy realities)Comfortable with change control, release windows, and production-first engineering practicesMonitoring / logging discipline (audit-friendly logs, tracing, metrics)Cloud Platform & Architecture (Microsoft Azure)
Experience designing and delivering solutions on AzureAzure core services : App Service, Functions, Storage, Key Vault (AKS optional)Networking basics : VNets, Private Endpoints, DNS, firewall conceptsHybrid connectivity awareness (VPN / ExpressRoute concepts)Identity and access : Entra ID (Azure AD), RBAC, Managed IdentitiesResiliency patterns : health checks, retries, timeouts, failure isolationDevOps & Infrastructure as Code
CI / CD using Azure DevOps and / or GitHub ActionsInfrastructure as Code : Bicep or TerraformAutomated deployments with clear environment separation (dev / test / uat / prod)Security gates : SAST, dependency scanning, artifact integrity, secrets handlingModern Engineering Patterns
Build cloud-ready APIs (12-factor configuration, clean layering, safe deployments)Event-driven integration patterns (Service Bus / Event Grid concepts)Design for observability (Application Insights, structured logging, traceability)Data modernization awareness (managed SQL options, caching, read scaling)Nice to Have (Bonus Skills)
React + TypeScript experience (Material UI, Tailwind)Node.js / Express + TypeScript experiencePostgreSQL experienceBanking / regulated industry experience (audit expectations, SDLC controls)Location
This role is based in Long Beach, CA with a hybrid expectation (on-site 3 days + a week).