Lead Engineer (Manager), Microsoft Power Platform

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a hands-on engineer and technical lead for complex client engagements involving Microsoft Power Platform.
• Design and build enterprise applications using Power Apps, Dataverse, Power Automate, and related Microsoft technologies.
• Develop custom solutions using C#/.NET, JavaScript or TypeScript, plugins, custom APIs, PCF components, custom connectors, Azure Functions, and other extensibility approaches.
• Design scalable Dataverse architectures, including data models, security, integrations, business logic, and performance considerations.
• Integrate Power Platform solutions with Azure, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Teams, Dynamics 365, SQL, APIs, and other enterprise systems.
• Implement strong ALM practices including source control, solution management, deployment automation, environment strategy, and CI/CD.
• Lead technical discovery sessions and translate business requirements into practical, well-designed solutions.
• Communicate architecture decisions, tradeoffs, risks, estimates, and recommendations clearly to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Provide technical leadership across multiple engagements and act as an escalation point for complex engineering challenges.
• Establish and promote engineering standards, reusable patterns, code quality expectations, and delivery best practices.
• Mentor engineers and technical leads and help improve engineering quality across the broader team.
• Help teams determine when Power Platform is the right solution and when custom development or other technologies are more appropriate.

Required Qualifications

• 8 or more years of professional software engineering, application development, solution architecture, or related technology experience.
• 4 or more years of substantial hands-on Microsoft Power Platform engineering experience.
• Strong software development experience using C#/.NET and JavaScript or TypeScript.
• Experience extending Power Platform through plugins, custom APIs, PCF components, custom connectors, Azure Functions, or similar technologies.
• Strong understanding of Dataverse architecture, security, data modeling, integration patterns, solution management, and performance.
• Experience designing and consuming REST APIs and integrating with enterprise systems.
• Experience with Azure services, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Teams, Dynamics 365, SQL, and related technologies.
• Strong experience with ALM, source control, deployment automation, managed solutions, and CI/CD.
• Strong understanding of professional software engineering practices including code review, testing, debugging, monitoring, and production support.
• Demonstrated experience leading technical delivery on complex enterprise application projects.
• Strong client facing communication, consulting, and facilitation skills.
• Ability to lead technical discussions, challenge assumptions, explain tradeoffs, and provide clear recommendations.
• Experience mentoring engineers and improving technical practices across a team.
• Experience working with global clients and distributed delivery teams, including appropriate overlap with US based stakeholders when required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Power Platform governance, environment strategy, security standards, or Center of Excellence practices.
• Experience with Azure technologies such as Functions, Logic Apps, API Management, Service Bus, Key Vault, or Application Insights.
• Experience working in consulting or professional services environments.
• Experience supporting presales, estimation, technical proposals, demonstrations, or workshops.
• Microsoft Power Platform or Azure certifications such as PL 400, PL 600, or related credentials.

What Success Looks Like

Our Benefits

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