// US-based Azure developers
Free project plan & cost estimate in 48 hours.
Senior Azure developers, based in the US, working your hours
Azure apps, migrations, and cloud infrastructure, built by US engineers who have run production workloads on Microsoft's cloud.
- Interview engineers before you pay anything
- 100% U.S.-based, working your hours
- No brief or spec needed to get started
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// teams we've worked with
“NextGen scaled us from 2 to 7 dedicated engineers in under a quarter. Enterprise-grade capacity, zero agency drag.”
Sound familiar?
- Hiring a senior Azure developer full-time is taking months.
- Your Azure codebase has grown messy and every change breaks something else.
- Offshore hand-offs and time-zone gaps turn one-day fixes into week-long threads.
- You need someone senior enough to make decisions, not just close tickets.
What our Azure engineers build
Azure architecture
App Service, AKS, Functions, and networking done right.
Rescue & upgrades
Existing Azure work stabilized, documented, and brought up to date.
Integrations
Azure connected cleanly to the rest of your systems.
How it works
- 01
Pick a time
Book a 30-minute project call directly in our calendar.
- 02
Talk through the problem
Tell us what needs building, what's stuck and what success looks like. No spec needed.
- 03
Your plan in 48 hours
Get your project plan, roadmap, cost and ROI estimates. The plan is yours to keep.
- 04
First 5 dev hours free
Agree the scope with our team. Decide whether to continue before any paid work begins.
Common questions
Will this turn into a sales pitch?
No. The call is about your project: what needs building, what's stuck, and whether we have the right engineers. If we're not a fit, we'll say so.
What do I get for free?
A project plan, roadmap, cost estimate and ROI estimate within 48 hours of your project call. Your first 5 development hours are free, too. We agree the scope and any paid work with you before proceeding.
Do I need a spec or brief?
No. Tell us the problem in plain words and we'll help shape the scope with you.
Are the engineers really in the U.S.?
Yes. Every engineer lives and works in the United States. No offshore hand-offs, and that's in the contract.
What our clients say
"NextGen scaled us from 2 to 7 dedicated engineers in under a quarter. Enterprise-grade capacity, zero agency drag."
"Their R&D tax credit workflow platform paid for itself in the first filing season."
"AI-native from day one. Our IRS transcript pipeline runs 24/7 without a human in the loop."
"Property tax appeals used to take weeks. Their comp analysis tooling turned it into hours."
"The AI intake agent handles our tier-1 patient calls with a hand-off cleaner than our old call center."
"POS, inventory, ordering — all unified. We finally have one source of truth across every location."
"The procurement platform paid for itself in the first quarter of use."
"They shipped our matching engine in 6 weeks. Our old team would've taken 6 months."
"Enterprise-grade delivery without the enterprise-agency price tag."
"Their team plugged into our sprint on day one. Zero ramp time."
"NextGen scaled us from 2 to 7 dedicated engineers in under a quarter. Enterprise-grade capacity, zero agency drag."
"Their R&D tax credit workflow platform paid for itself in the first filing season."
"AI-native from day one. Our IRS transcript pipeline runs 24/7 without a human in the loop."
"Property tax appeals used to take weeks. Their comp analysis tooling turned it into hours."
"The AI intake agent handles our tier-1 patient calls with a hand-off cleaner than our old call center."
"POS, inventory, ordering — all unified. We finally have one source of truth across every location."
"The procurement platform paid for itself in the first quarter of use."
"They shipped our matching engine in 6 weeks. Our old team would've taken 6 months."
"Enterprise-grade delivery without the enterprise-agency price tag."
"Their team plugged into our sprint on day one. Zero ramp time."
Hire US-based Azure developers from NextGen Coding Company for .NET applications, Azure Functions, containerized services, and cloud integrations. Start by identifying the application problem rather than selecting services first: fragile deployments, unreliable background jobs, confusing identity permissions, or poor production visibility. Your current runtime, hosting model, network restrictions, and release process should guide the engineer interview and initial project scope.
Possible work includes ASP.NET Core on .NET 10, event processing with Service Bus, or infrastructure defined in Bicep or Terraform. Architecture discussions should connect those choices to managed identities, Key Vault, Application Insights, and recovery requirements. Our senior engineers work your hours and attend your standups. All live and work in the US; we do not use offshore subcontracting.
Frequently asked questions
- Should I host my Azure application on App Service, Container Apps, or AKS?
- App Service often fits conventional web applications that need managed hosting. Container Apps suits containerized services without requiring a team to operate Kubernetes directly. AKS provides Kubernetes control but adds cluster-management responsibilities. Compare networking, scaling, deployment patterns, and operational skills before deciding; using containers does not automatically make AKS the right destination.
- What should I check before upgrading Azure Functions for .NET?
- Review the Functions runtime, supported .NET versions, hosting plan, binding extensions, and whether the application uses the in-process or isolated worker model. Migration can affect startup configuration, dependency injection, serialization, and telemetry. Test triggers, retry behavior, and deployment settings in a separate environment before directing production events to the updated application.
- How should Azure applications access secrets and other services?
- Use managed identities where supported so applications do not depend on embedded credentials. Assign narrowly scoped permissions through Azure role-based access control, and use Key Vault for secrets that still need storage. Review Microsoft Entra ID configuration, network access, and local development authentication together; a correct permission assignment alone may not establish connectivity.
- How do Azure developers make Service Bus processing reliable?
- Plan for retries and duplicate delivery rather than assuming each message runs exactly once. Consumers should use idempotent operations, appropriate lock handling, and explicit failure policies. Define dead-letter queue monitoring and replay procedures, then connect logs and traces through Application Insights so a failed business operation can be followed across services.
- How does hiring an Azure developer through NextGen work?
- Start with a 15-minute call covering your Azure services, application runtime, infrastructure tooling, and immediate backlog. Most teams interview matched engineers within a week of the first call. We sign an NDA and full IP assignment before touching code. If the fit is wrong, we bring in another engineer with a proper hand-over.
- Are your developers really based in the US?
- Yes. Every engineer lives and works in the United States. No offshore subcontracting and no hand-offs to another team. That's written into the contract.
- How fast can someone start?
- Most teams interview matched engineers within a week of the first call. Start dates depend on your interview process.
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