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 Actions

Strong understanding of software delivery lifecycle management

Experience with source control, branching strategies, and repository governance

Software Engineer bachelor's degree (or equivalent)

What makes you stand out?

Preferable experience working within large enterprise or corporate environments

Experience collaborating with centralized Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, and DBA teams

Understanding of enterprise governance, change management, and release management processes

Experience supporting multiple development teams and external vendors

Experience with DevSecOps practices

Experience implementing automated testing and quality controls

Experience with cloud-based application delivery environments

Experience with monitoring and observability platforms

Familiarity with Agile delivery methodologies

Personal Skills

Strong curiosity for software innovation and creativity in software development

Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities

Excellent communication in English and French

Ability to influence technical decisions without direct authority

Proactive mindset with strong attention to quality and continuous improvement

Key Success Measures

Reliable and secure software delivery processes

Increased automation across application and database deployments

Reduced release failures and production incidents

Improved compliance with development and security standards

Faster and more predictable delivery cycles

Increased developer productivity and platform stability

Why join our team:

We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work, and supportive leaders;

We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have an impact for colleagues, clients, and communities;

Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being;

A yearly budget and the opportunity to build your flexible benefits package (up to 20% of your annual salary);

30+ days off (including legal days, birthday, public holiday replacements, and benefits options);

Performance bonus scheme;

Matching charity contributions, charity days off, and the Pay it Forward charity challenge;

Core benefits: Pension, Life and Medical Insurance, Meal Vouchers, Travel Insurance

Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.