Senior .NET Engineer Eastern Time

Position: Senior .NET Engineer Eastern Time)
Overview  Senior .NET Developer (Toronto) at Lateral Group
Lateral is a profitable, award-winning design and technology company with over 20 years of experience launching bold ventures and transforming businesses. A globally distributed team of 200+ experts united by the shared purpose: the continuous pursuit of quality.
What sets us apart is how we work. We have a bias for action and results, work on time, on budget, on quality, care deeply about our work and each other, prioritize continuous improvement, and value agility, ownership, and accountability. We design and build great products with integrity, and we iterate to keep improving.
What You’ll Do   Design and build scalable, resilient cloud applications on Azure using C#, .NET and SQL, delivering secure, high-performance solutions that adhere to Coding Standards and simply work.
Write clean, clear, and well-tested code, embracing software craftsmanship principles and ensuring a high bar for code quality through comprehensive unit tests.
Take ownership of features end-to-end, from concept through deployment, often driving substantial product features alongside an architect or product designer.
Mentor and support junior engineers, leading by example in code reviews and pair programming; provide constructive feedback to foster a thoughtful, continuously learning team culture.
Provide technical leadership in architecture and design discussions, advocating for simple, elegant solutions and pragmatic results.
Continuously improve the codebase through refactoring and balancing new feature work with paying down technical debt; adopt an iterative approach to keep the system simple, stable, and adaptable.
Champion quality, reliability, and scalability by implementing best practices in cloud operations (monitoring, security, CI/CD).
Example Projects You May Join:  Build an AI-powered healthcare platform to help detect diseases earlier;
Launch a new fintech product from the ground up;
Scale a global SaaS commerce system with millions of products.
What We Measure  In the first two weeks: you make your first meaningful contribution and communicate well async as well as in meetings.
In the first 3 months: you understand the system architecture well and can work independently or in teams on medium-sized features; you design before you code and produce design artifacts; you ship clean, tested code; you communicate clearly and raise issues early; you deliver what you commit to.
After 3 months: you take ownership of larger features and improvements from start to finish; you help others by sharing knowledge and improving processes or tooling; you make decisions with both the codebase and business goals in mind; you work independently and unblock others.
We measure success through: what you’ve shipped, quality and reliability of your code, consistency in delivery, feedback from peers and leads, and your ability to work independently and unblock others.
What We’re Looking For   7+ years of software development experience
Deep expertise in C# and the .NET ecosystem (including .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, and .NET 6 or later)
Strong proficiency with Entity Framework Core and MS SQL Server
Solid understanding of OOP, SOA, and SOLID principles

Experience with cloud-native and distributed systems, ideally including Azure Service Fabric, Azure Functions, Service Bus, Redis, Azure Storage, Application Insights
Proven experience building robust, well-structured APIs
Quality mindset: unit tests, integration tests, automation, defensive programming
Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills with a hands-on, proactive attitude
Ability to design before you code—express decisions through diagrams, validate assumptions early, and consider edge cases and trade-offs
Ability to understand the business and communicate clearly with stakeholders
Strong written and verbal English communication skills
Commitment to continuous learning and collaboration
Bonus points for:  

Experience with large-scale systems or datasets, graph technologies, clarity in design documentation.
Extra bonus points for:  Experience building infrastructure.
Why You’ll Love Working Here   Real Impact: work on meaningful products…