Software Engineer Technical Lead

Location:

Remote (LATAM, US time-zone aligned) Type:

Contract (long-term)

Overview We’re hiring a hands-on Principal Engineer/Technical Lead to support a portfolio of mature, business-critical products running on a legacy Microsoft stack. This is a player-coach role for someone who can jump into old code quickly, diagnose issues, guide engineers through bug fixes and minor enhancements, and provide practical technical leadership in a fast-moving support/stabilization environment.

This is not a greenfield architecture role. The priority is operational ownership, technical problem-solving, and improving execution quality across an existing product environment.

What You’ll Do Lead day-to-day technical execution across a legacy application portfolio Triage and diagnose production issues, recurring defects, and stability problems Jump into code directly to unblock complex bug fixes and edge cases Coordinate engineers across bug fixing, minor enhancements, and technical debt reduction Act as a player-coach (hands-on coding plus guidance/oversight) Help run delivery cadence (work planning, prioritization, practical resource alignment) Partner with QA/QE to improve test coverage and reduce regression risk Support knowledge transfer and improve engineering quality/consistency over time Contribute to pragmatic modernization decisions without disrupting ongoing support

Must-Have Experience 10-15+ years of software engineering experience Strong hands-on experience in legacy Microsoft environments, including: VB6 .NET Framework (3.5/4.x) VB.NET and/or C# Experience working in mature codebases with high business continuity requirements Strong debugging/troubleshooting skills in production-like environments SQL Server experience (querying, debugging, performance tuning basics) Experience leading engineers while remaining hands-on Able to quickly understand legacy code and become effective fast Comfortable operating in bug-fix / sustaining-engineering workflows

Strongly Preferred WinForms / desktop application support experience Windows Services experience IIS-hosted applications/services Experience with healthcare, financial, or other high-availability / regulated environments Experience supporting integration-heavy systems Exposure to test automation collaboration (even if not a dedicated QA automation engineer) Experience guiding teams through gradual modernization (not forced rewrites)

Tools / Environment Jira GitHub Jenkins Visual Studio AI-assisted engineering tools (e.g., code assistants) SmartBear TestComplete (working alongside QE/automation engineers)

What Success Looks Like Faster resolution of high-priority defects Better triage and execution discipline across the team Improved code-change confidence and reduced regressions Strong technical guidance without over-engineering Stable delivery of bug fixes and minor enhancements while supporting long-term modernization