Nerdery

About Nerdery and Being a “Nerd.”

Nerdery is a digital product consultancy. Much more than consultants, we’re allies and guides on our clients’ digital journey – helping them to grow their business and delight their customers through intuitive, thoughtfully designed technology. As true partners, we prepare our clients for the opportunities in front of them, help them achieve their goals, and quickly deliver value for their customers. We do this by solving problems in creative ways across strategy, design, and technology.

At Nerdery, we’re not defined by our job titles but by the impact we make. You’ll work directly and closely with some of the world’s best brands to help create innovative digital products that serve everyone. As Nerds, our insight, innovation, and expertise are celebrated, and our growth is not only encouraged but expected. Being a Nerd means stepping up and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. We’re curious, fearless (well, not totally fearless – there are heights and spiders, after all), and always our authentic selves.

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer (Azure/.NET) to join our team on a CONTRACT BASIS! We invite you to check out the details below and consider whether becoming a Nerd is the next step in your career journey.

The Principal Software Engineer (Azure/.NET) utilizes their deep professional software engineering experience to oversee entire project life cycles while serving as a technical leader to their project team. Highly proficient in their craft, the Principal Software Engineer provides architectural direction and technical guidance to other engineers while being effective communicators with non-technical team members. The Principal Software Engineer is responsible for the overall technical quality of the product.

Requirements:

• Undergraduate or graduate degree in a computer related field, coding bootcamp certificate, OR a thorough demonstration of self-taught software development skills
• 8+ years of software development experience, with a specific focus on .NET Core web application development.
• 4+ years experience building custom applications within Azure, with strong familiarity with the use of Azure products in cloud-scale web applications (Azure DevOps, Cosmos, Azure App Service, Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Container Apps, Azure Blob Storage, Azure API Management, Azure Front Door, etc)
• 2-3+ years of cloud application software architecture experience, including familiarity with common design patterns and approaches for solving typical application problems for their discipline.
• Proficient in DevOps practices for application development. Can setup and manage CI/CD pipelines to build, test, quality check, and deploy cloud based web applications.
• Comfortable with both serverless and container based architectures and familiar with event-driven development.
• Comfortable with the use of emerging agentic AI software development tools and passionate about increasing team productivity and quality through them.
• Ability to write complex software and demonstrated proficiency in explaining the “why” behind code
• Strong technical communication acumen; can explain complex technical problems to technical and non-technical audiences (clients, project members, team members, peers, etc.)
• Strong understanding of the development process and ability to maintain an iterative approach throughout the project lifecycle

Preferred (any of the below, not all):

• Introductory systems architecture experience
• Has experience or demonstrates the ability to participate in client pitches
• Has experience solutioning or estimating technical solutions as part of the pre-sales process
• Experience interviewing candidates for technical skillsets
• Exposure to full stack applications and coding skills outside of your specialization, especially Next.js and React based front-end web applications
• Experience with .NET desktop application development
• Data Engineering / ML Engineering experience

What You'll Do:

• Oversee the entire technical lifecycle of a product including, but not limited to software/language/framework decisions, breaking down features into technical stories, and production readiness
• Write and demonstrate comprehension of complex software using expert level understanding of code patterns, application architecture, and best practices
• Serve as the technical lead for a team of software engineers
• Own the technical quality of their product
• Utilize Agentic AI tools to aid in the development of applications and institute best-practices for both maximizing team productivity and ensuring high-quality output.
• Leading fruitful discussions about and documenting architectural decisions
• Adapt the development process to fit the team and client needs
• Foster cross-functional collaboration as a technical liaison between engineering and other project disciplines (Design, Quality, Project Management, Strategy, Product, etc.).
• Own the technical review process for team members and provide ongoing technical feedback and recommendations
• Participate in the internal leadership of their respective domain; provide input to the strategic direction of the domain, assist with domain initiatives, and maintain best practices within the domain
• Utilize deep technical communication acumen to explain complex technical concerns across multiple levels of abstraction and audiences
• Assess the technical skills of prospective candidates and provide recommendations to hiring managers
• Provide ad-hoc technical support to other practitioners in the domain as needed
• Assist with sales requests as needed by providing technical recommendations and estimates to prospective clients

What Skills Will Help You Be A Successful Nerd?

• Strong communication skills: Able to effectively explain technical decisions to non-technical stakeholders.
• Process improvement: Experienced in identifying process pain-points and taking ownership of refining processes to completion.
• Collaborative Problem Solver: Able to take initiative to understand a problem and make critical decisions to solve for next actionable steps
• Client interaction: Comfortable interacting with clients, including light client management, conducting technical demos, and collaborating closely with technical stakeholders from the client.
• Risk assessment and communication: Proven ability to clearly communicate the risks, complexity, and timeline impacts of newly added product features or scope.

Are We the Right Fit For You?

The best way to get the scoop on whether Nerdery is the right place for you is to chat with current Nerds. We would be delighted to have a conversation with you and share insight into what it’s really like to work at our organization and if it’s a place where you can thrive. Our interview process will provide you ample opportunity to talk with other team members and assess whether the role is a good fit for your next chapter. Take the first step and apply today – our Talent Advocates will then reach out to you to get the ball rolling!

Disclaimer:

Must be legally authorized to work within the country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status.

Nerdery is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state and local fair employment practice laws. Nerdery strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender (including gender nonconformity and status as a transgender or transsexual individual), pregnancy, marital status, familial status, age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, status with regard to public assistance or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law. All employees, other workers and representatives of Nerdery are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. Nerdery will ensure that all employment practices are free of such discrimination. Such employment practices include, but are not limited to: hiring, promotion, demotion, transfer, recruitment or recruitment advertising, selection, layoff, disciplinary action, termination, compensation, benefits, selection for training, including apprenticeship and other terms and conditions of employment. Nerdery will also provide reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees with disabilities pursuant to all applicable laws.

Nerdery will never request a chat interview. All interviews are conducted either in person or through Google Meets. Additionally, Nerdery exclusively uses email addresses ending with @‌Nerdery.com

If you have questions about any correspondence you receive regarding an opportunity at Nerdery, please reach out to recruiting@nerdery.com.