.Net Developer

We are looking for an experienced .NET Developer to take ownership of a modern, cloud-ready software platform that supports a nationally deployed, mission-critical service.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering or a related field (strong commercial portfolio may be considered in lieu of a degree)
• Proficiency in modern .NET (version 6 or later, including.NET 8) - essential
• 5 or more years of commercial software development experience using C# and the .NET framework, with a track record of delivering and maintaining production systems
• Strong practical experience with ASP.NET Core and RESTful API design (APIs consumed by web, mobile and third-party clients)
• Solid experience with relational databases - PostgreSQL and/or SQL Server - including schema design, query optimization and Entity Framework Core
• Proficiency with Git-based version control (branching strategies, pull requests) and CI/CD pipelines
• Comfortable working in Agile/Scrum and experienced at onboarding to existing codebases through documentation, code reading and structured handover
• Advantageous: experience with cloud-hosted / cloud-native environments, particularly AWS (EC2, RDS, S3 or equivalent) is advantageous.
• Proficiency with Git-based version control workflows, including branching strategies, pull request reviews, and working within a CI/CD pipeline
• Comfortable working within Agile/Scrum delivery frameworks, and experienced in onboarding to existing codebases through documentation review, code reading, and structured handover processes

Required Technical Skills

• Development
• C#
• Modern .NET 6+, preferably including .NET 8
• ASP.NET Core
• RESTful API development

Databases

• Strong relational database experience
• PostgreSQL and/or SQL Server
• Database/schema design
• Query optimization
• Entity Framework Core or similar ORM

Development Practices

• Git-based version control
• Branching strategies
• Pull requests and code reviews
• CI/CD pipelines
• Unit and integration testing

Ways of Working

• Agile/Scrum experience
• Experience working with existing production codebases
• Strong code-reading and troubleshooting ability
• Comfortable with structured knowledge transfer and technical handovers

Advantageous

• AWS experience, particularly:
• EC2
• RDS
• S3
• Other managed AWS services
• Cloud-native application development
• Experience supporting mission-critical or nationally deployed platforms
• Experience taking ownership of an inherited/existing application
• Technical leadership or mentoring experience