Application Technical Lead @MarshTech

Company: Marsh Risk Description: We are seeking an experienced .Net Application Technical Lead to provide technical leadership and governance for a business-critical application platform. This role will be responsible for ensuring the platform is delivered, maintained, and evolved according to enterprise standards for quality, security, reliability, and operational excellence. This role will be based in Cluj, Romania. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office. The successful candidate will act as the technical authority for the platform, partnering with Development, QA, and Support. This is a hands-on technical role with no direct people management responsibilities. The .Net Application Technical Lead will define and enforce development standards, oversee software delivery practices, drive CI/CD automation, improve release processes, and ensure the platform remains secure, scalable, and maintainable. We will count on you to:   Technical Leadership Creates POC which will serve as baseline as reference to final product development Serve as the technical authority for the application platform Define and maintain technical standards, development practices, and architectural guardrails Review technical solutions and provide guidance to development teams Ensure consistency across applications, services, repositories, and environments Support technical decision-making and risk assessment Software Delivery and CI/CD Design, develop, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub actions Drive automation of build, test, deployment, and release processes Identify and eliminate bottlenecks in the software delivery lifecycle Improve deployment reliability, release quality, and delivery speed Define and maintain release governance practices Development Governance Define and enforce Git branching strategies and repository standards Establish Pull Request policies and code review requirements Implement quality gates and automated validation processes Promote engineering best practices and continuous improvement Security and Compliance Integrate security controls into the development lifecycle Implement automated security checks and vulnerability scanning Monitor development and delivery practices for security or compliance risks Raise incidents and drive remediation when technical practices create risks to platform stability, security, or delivery quality Database Delivery and Automation Design and maintain automated deployment processes for database changes Collaborate with the central DBA team to improve database delivery practices Implement deployment validation and rollback mechanisms Ensure database changes are fully integrated into CI/CD pipelines Enterprise Collaboration Work closely with Technical Product Owner, Development, QA, Support, Security, Infrastructure, Architecture, and DBA teams Coordinate with centralized corporate services and shared technology teams Support external vendors and ensure compliance with internal standards Act as a technical escalation point for platform-related delivery and quality concerns Operational Excellence Improve platform reliability, maintainability, and observability Drive standardization and automation initiatives Reduce manual operational activities through tooling and process improvements Support incident analysis and root cause investigations What you need to have At least 5 years of experience in similar roles (tech lead, software architecture, DevOps, developer with strong high-level view of final solution or similar) Technical Expertise in designing reliable software Experience with Microsoft .NET and ASP.NET applications Strong experience with Angular and modern front-end development practices Solid knowledge of IIS administration and application hosting Experience with microservices architectures and distributed systems Strong experience with Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub