James Doris
Senior Manager
Senior / Lead .NET Engineer (Hands-on Leadership)
Lisbon, Portugal
Apply by 25 Apr 2026
€70000 per annum
Job Ref.: BH-56989-1
Job Description
We’re looking for a Software Engineering Team Lead to join a high-performing, product-led engineering environment, building scalable, distributed systems used at scale.
This is not a pure management role , you’ll operate in a 50/50 split between hands-on development and leadership, influencing architecture, driving technical decisions, and leading a team of engineers in a modern microservices environment.
The Role You will take ownership of a cross-functional engineering team, responsible for delivering high-performance backend systems in a complex, high-traffic environment.
This role is ideal for someone who:
- Has deep .NET expertise
- Enjoys designing scalable systems
- Has already led or mentored teams
- Wants to step into a role with real ownership and impact
- Leading a team of engineers (typically 4–7), owning delivery and technical direction
- Remaining hands-on, contributing to system design and critical code paths
- Driving architectural decisions across distributed, microservices-based systems
- Ensuring high standards across code quality, performance, and scalability
- Collaborating closely with Product, QA, and other engineering teams
- Mentoring and developing engineers, supporting career growth
- Identifying and solving complex technical challenges in production environments
- Improving engineering practices, tooling, and development workflows
Tech Environment
- .NET Core / C#
- Microservices & distributed systems
- Event-driven architecture (RabbitMQ)
- REST APIs
- MS SQL Server
- Containerised environments (OpenShift / Kubernetes)
What We’re Looking For
- Strong background in backend engineering using .NET / C#
- Experience designing and building scalable, distributed systems
- Solid understanding of asynchronous and event-driven architectures
- Proven experience leading or mentoring engineers
- Strong experience in system design and architecture
- Comfortable operating in a hands-on leadership role (50/50)
- Experience in high-performance or product-led environments is a strong plus
- Salary up to €70,000 (flexible for strong profiles)
- Performance bonus
- Monthly benefits package (incl. lifestyle/allowance support)
- Private healthcare
- Childcare support
- Additional perks
- Must have full right to work in Portugal (no sponsorship available)