Senior Software Engineer,Cloud Platforms Job Northern Kentucky USA,Software Development

Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Platforms Puck | Built to Lead.

Location:

Worthing, SD Department:
Engineering

Employment Type:

Full-Time

Schedule:

Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Who We Are

At Puck, we are Built to Lead. We are a dynamic manufacturing company committed to delivering high-quality products and fostering a team environment where every member plays a critical role in our success. If you are a technically minded problem-solver who picks up new concepts quickly and thrives when there's always something new to learn, we want to hear from you.

What

You'll Do

As a Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Platforms, you will lead the design, development, and operation of complex distributed systems, backend platforms, and cloud-native services using C#, .NET, and Microsoft Azure. This is a senior individual contributor role with accountability for technical direction, architectural decisions, and delivery of highly reliable software in production environments.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

Leading the design, implementation, and long-term evolution of backend services, APIs, and distributed application components using C#, .NET, and modern software engineering practices
Owning technical design for complex systems, including service boundaries, data flow, resiliency patterns, fault tolerance, scalability, and performance optimization
Architecting and delivering cloud solutions in Microsoft Azure using platform services, messaging, storage, identity, monitoring, and automation capabilities appropriate for enterprise-scale systems
Driving engineering quality through code reviews, design reviews, technical standards, testing strategy, and continuous improvement of development practices
Partnering with product, program, QA, and peer engineering teams to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions and delivery plans
Leading troubleshooting and root-cause analysis of complex production issues across application, infrastructure, and data layers
Improving reliability and operational maturity through observability, alerting, automation, deployment safety, and incident response practices
Building and enhancing CI/CD pipelines, release processes, and developer workflows to increase delivery speed, quality, and repeatability
Mentoring engineers through technical guidance, design feedback, and knowledge sharing to help raise the engineering bar across the team
Contributing to technical roadmaps, platform modernization efforts, and architectural decisions that shape long-term system direction

What We're Looking For

Competencies:

Technical Capacity
Problem Solving/Analysis
Communication Proficiency
Initiative
Collaboration/Teamwork
Strategic Thinking

Required

Education & Experience:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field - or equivalent practical experience
6+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production-grade systems
Deep proficiency in C# and the .NET ecosystem, including modern application architecture, asynchronous programming, dependency injection, and service-oriented design
Strong hands-on experience designing, building, deploying, and supporting applications or services in Microsoft Azure
Demonstrated experience designing scalable REST APIs, service integrations, and distributed systems with attention to reliability, security, and maintainability
Strong understanding of relational databases, SQL, data modeling, query optimization, and ORM frameworks such as Entity Framework or Entity Framework Core
Experience with CI/CD, source control, automated testing, and modern Dev Ops practices in a team-based engineering environment
Experience using AI-assisted development tools to improve software design, coding efficiency, testing, and debugging while maintaining code quality and sound technical judgment
Experience leading technical design discussions and making architectural tradeoff decisions across multiple services or components
Strong debugging, performance tuning, and production support skills across application and cloud environments
Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across engineering and non-engineering stakeholders

Preferred

Education & Experience:

Experience with ASP.NET Core, microservices, event-driven systems, background processing, and enterprise integration patterns
Hands-on experience with Azure services such as App Service, Functions, Azure SQL, Service Bus, Storage Accounts, Key Vault,…