.NET Engineer (Lead) ID41563

• What you will do

• Design, implement, and maintain high-performance, scalable and secure RESTful APIs and services using .NET Core / .NET 6+ hosted in Azure;
• Collaborate with front-end engineers to define, design, and deliver new features;
• Work closely with QA engineers to ensure software is thoroughly tested before production release;
• Integrate third-party services and APIs as required;
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and continuous improvement initiatives;
• Model and enforce data access patterns;
• Write efficient T‑SQL and leverage Dapper for data access (no heavy ORMs/EF);
• Apply caching (Azure Cache for Redis), partitioning/sharding, and idempotent/event-driven processing (Azure Service Bus/Event Hubs);
• Profile and optimize hot paths (dotnet-counters/trace, PerfView, BenchmarkDotNet);
• Deliver observable services (OpenTelemetry traces/metrics/logs, Azure Application Insights) with actionable SLO/SLA signals;
• Collaborate on architecture, trade-offs, and failure modes;
• Participate in code reviews and mentor peers (incl. AI-assisted workflows);
• Uphold security best practices (OWASP API, Azure Key Vault, least privilege, rate limiting).

• Must haves

• 5+ years of experience with .NET Core backend engineering focused on API development;
• Hands‑on experience with Microsoft Azure services (Azure SQL, Blob Storage, Cosmos DB, Redis, etc.);
• Strong understanding of relational databases and T‑SQL fundamentals;
• Experience with Dapper or equivalent micro‑ORMs;
• Proven experience building/operating systems with high throughput, distributed components, and internet‑scale considerations;
• Proficiency with AI‑assisted development (e.g., Copilot/ChatGPT);
• Practical observability (logs/metrics/traces) and performance optimization;
• Clear and concise communication;
• Comfortable in highly transparent cultures;
• Upper-Intermediate English level.

• Nice to haves

• Familiarity with Azure SQL Hyperscale, Cosmos DB modeling, and Redis patterns;
• Understanding of event‑driven design and idempotent processing;
• Exposure to observability stacks (metrics/tracing/logging);
• Basic container literacy (Docker/Kubernetes familiarity), though infra is handled by a dedicated team;
• Experience mentoring engineers or coordinating contributions across a small pod;
• Experience in gaming development and or startup companies.

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If you’re looking for a place to grow, make an impact, and work with people who care, we’d love to meet you! 🙂