C# Lead/Manager (Blend of C# Development & Leadership)

You’ll lead a capable team where your technical insight and leadership directly influence outcomes. This position offers a true blend of hands-on C# development and strategic leadership across projects, giving you the opportunity to build innovative systems while mentoring others and shaping the future of a growing technology environment!

.NET/C# Manager - This is a true blend of C# development and leadership of a small growing team!

Hybrid (St. Louis, MO) - On-site Tuesdays and Thursdays

About the Role

We’re looking for a working manager and lead developer to guide a small, high-performing development team within a payments-focused technology group. You’ll combine hands-on full-stack development with leadership responsibilities, helping shape technology strategy, guide execution, and ensure systems run efficiently and cleanly rather than reactively.

This role offers the opportunity to work within a focused application portfolio that includes new development, system enhancements, and customer onboarding, while influencing technical direction and long-term product success.

Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to the design and development of new features, enhancements, and integrations across core applications.

• Collaborate with senior leadership to set technical strategy and execution priorities.

• Split your time between hands-on coding and architecture and team management, release oversight, and planning.

• Mentor and manage a small team of 3–5 developers, providing technical direction and day-to-day support.

• Oversee Azure DevOps processes including prioritization, estimation, backlog management, CI/CD, releases, and change approvals.

• Partner with business stakeholders to align development initiatives with organizational objectives.

• Maintain stability and scalability, emphasizing proactive improvement over reactive fixes.

• Manage hiring, performance, and project oversight to ensure timely and high-quality delivery.

• Support primarily on-premise systems while contributing to modernization and scalability efforts.

Qualifications

• Deep experience as a full-stack Microsoft developer (C#, .NET, SQL).

• Proven ability to design and implement complex software systems.

• High proficiency with Azure DevOps, including CI/CD and release management.

• Experience leading small technical teams and managing development backlogs or sprints.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to balance development, mentorship, and delivery leadership.

• Experience working with business partners to translate needs into technical solutions.

• Knowledge of payments or financial services is a plus.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years of experience in development or IT leadership roles within a business services or technology organization.
• 3 to 5 years of experience as a Product Manager, Technical Lead, or IT Manager.