Architect / Cloud Engineer (.NET / C#)

Architect / Cloud Engineer (.NET / C#)

APN Consulting, Inc. is a progressive IT staffing and services company offering innovative business solutions to improve client business outcomes. We focus on high impact technology solutions in ServiceNow, Fullstack, Cloud & Data, and AI / ML. Due to our globally expanding service offerings we are seeking top-talent to join our teams and grow with us.

Location: Stamford, CT/Rye, NY (Hybrid)

Work Model:

• Minimum 2 days per week on site in Stamford (preferred more)
• Remaining days split between New York office
• 1 day per week remote (WFH)

Industry: Financial Services / Banking / Hedge Fund

Employment Type: Contract

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Architect / Cloud Engineer with a strong.NET / C# development background to design, build, and support cloud-based solutions within a financial services environment. The ideal candidate will have prior experience working within a bank or hedge fund, deep technical expertise, and strong communication and collaboration skills. This role requires hands-on engineering capability combined with architectural thinking to support highly scalable, secure, and low-latency systems used in trading, risk, and financial data platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement cloud-native architectures using modern engineering best practices
• Develop and maintain high-performance applications using C# /.NET (.NET Core preferred)
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, traders, and technology teams to translate requirements into scalable solutions
• Architect and support distributed systems, APIs, and microservices
• Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, and performance standards required in financial services
• Lead code reviews, enforce coding standards, and mentor junior engineers
• Optimize systems for reliability, scalability, and low latency
• Participate in production support and incident resolution as needed

Required Qualifications

Core skillset:

• 8-10 years of experience
• Kubernetes
• AWS/Azure Cloud experience with.net applications
• Infrastructure as code such as Terraform and GitOps
• CI/CD Pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab, Azure Devops) for automating efficient and reliable software delivery
• C#,.net core, asp.net core, SQL, Postgresz
• Very comfortable working in CLI environments in both linux and windows
• Experience on design and implementation of cloud native microservices applications with messaging, queues, REST APIs, kafka, SQS, etc
• Excellent troubleshooting, debugging and communication skills
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to ensure seamless integration and deployment of applications

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a hedge fund or trading environment
• Knowledge of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Familiarity with event-driven architecture, messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Understanding of financial instruments, trading systems, or risk platforms
• Good to have some backoffice exposure in building modern financial applications for hedge funds / asset managers.

Soft Skills

• Clear and effective communicator
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-accountability environment
• Team-oriented with the ability to influence and lead technically

We are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where individuals from all backgrounds feel valued and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives. We strongly encourage applications from candidates of all genders, races, ethnicities, abilities, and experiences to join our team and help us build a culture of belonging.