Role: Senior Software Developer - .NET
Experience Required: 4-6 Years
Location: Mumbai/Bengaluru
Must-Have Skills
Core Technical Expertise:
- .NET Framework/Core: 4+ years of production experience with .NET Core 3.1+ / .NET 5+ and C# 8+
- Frameworks: Strong hands-on experience with ASP.NET Core Web API, Entity Framework Core
- REST API Development: Proven experience designing and implementing RESTful web services, middleware implementation
- Design Patterns: Solid understanding and implementation of SOLID principles, Dependency Injection, Repository pattern
- Testing: Experience with unit testing (xUnit, NUnit, MSTest), mocking frameworks (Moq), integration testing
Microservices & Deployment:
- Containerization: Hands-on Docker experience for packaging and deploying .NET applications
- Microservices Architecture: Understanding of service decomposition, inter-service communication, distributed systems
- Abstraction & Portability: Configuration management (appsettings.json, IConfiguration), environment-agnostic design
- Package Management: NuGet package management, understanding of project dependencies
Good-to-Have Skills
Advanced Technical:
- Advanced Frameworks: .NET 6/7/8, Minimal APIs, gRPC, SignalR for real-time communication
- ORM & Database: Advanced Entity Framework Core, Dapper, database migrations
- Orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker
- Cloud Platforms: Azure (App Service, Functions, Service Bus), Alibaba, or GCP services
- Message Brokers: Azure Service Bus, RabbitMQ, Apache Kafka
- Databases: Both SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra)
- API Gateway: Azure API Management, Kong API Gateway
Development & Operations:
- CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
- Monitoring & Observability (Application Insights, Serilog, Prometheus)
- Security best practices (HTTPS, CORS, input validation, secure coding)
- Background Services (Hosted Services, Hangfire, Quartz.NET)
Client-Facing Experience:
- Experience working in service-based organizations
- Adaptability to different domain requirements
- Understanding of various industry standards and compliance requirements
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain scalable .NET microservices for diverse client projects
- Implement robust Web APIs with proper error handling, validation, and security
- Write comprehensive unit and integration tests ensuring high code quality
- Design portable, efficient solutions deployable across different client environments
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and client stakeholders
- Optimize application performance and implement caching strategies
- Implement security best practices for enterprise applications
- Participate in code reviews and maintain coding standards
- Support deployment and troubleshooting in client environments
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field
- 4-6 years of professional .NET development experience
- Strong understanding of object-oriented programming and .NET fundamentals
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple client priorities
- Adaptability to work across different domains and client requirements
- Client-facing experience or willingness to interact with client teams
