job specification

Job Title:

Mid-Level .NET Developer (Backend / Distributed Systems)

Overview

We are seeking a mid-level .NET Developer to join a backend-focused engineering team building and enhancing distributed services in AWS. This role is heavily backend and API-driven, with a strong emphasis on asynchronous processing, system-to-system integration, and resilient service design. The engineer will work on both net-new services and enhancements to existing systems, collaborating closely with product owners and other engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and enhance backend services using .NET and C#

• Develop RESTful APIs and backend components that operate within distributed systems

• Build and maintain asynchronous processing workflows using messaging patterns

• Upgrade and modernize existing .NET applications (e.g. .NET 8 to .NET 10)

• Implement system-to-system integrations, including external-facing services

• Consume and process messages from event-driven sources, handling retries and failure scenarios

• Participate in unit and integration testing as part of CI/CD pipelines

• Deploy services to Kubernetes environments in AWS

• Collaborate with product owners, engineers, and cross-functional teams in a ticket-driven environment

• Contribute to design discussions with a system-wide, not just code-level, mindset

Technical Requirements

• Strong proficiency with C# and modern .NET development

• Experience building backend services and RESTful APIs

• Solid understanding of distributed systems and asynchronous processing

• Hands-on experience with event-driven architectures (pub/sub, messaging systems)

• Experience working in AWS environments

• Familiarity with Kubernetes-based deployments (e.g. EKS)

• Experience using relational databases (e.g. AWS RDS)

• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines, preferably GitHub Actions

• Experience with unit testing and integration testing in .NET applications

Preferred / Nice to Have

• Experience with AWS messaging services such as SNS and SQS

• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform

• Experience deploying applications via GitHub Actions

• Exposure to configuration management patterns (e.g. externalized config services)

• Experience working alongside teams using different technology stacks (e.g. Clojure or functional programming environments)

• Familiarity with authentication and service-to-service security (e.g. Okta)

• Comfort using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot

Work Environment & Team Culture

• Backend-heavy role with minimal frontend expectations

• Collaborative, low-micromanagement engineering culture

• Engineers are expected to work independently but ask questions when needed

• Ticket-driven work with varying levels of requirement detail

• Strong emphasis on respectful cross-team collaboration

• Encouragement of thoughtful technical pushback and design discussions

• Regular pairing and open communication via Slack and ad-hoc calls

• Focus on sustainable delivery rather than perfection under time constraints

What Success Looks Like

• Quickly ramping into existing systems and development patterns

• Owning backend services end to end, from design through deployment

• Demonstrating a strong systems mindset beyond individual features

• Building reliable, maintainable services within a distributed architecture

• Collaborating effectively across teams with different technical bac