Expert Software Engineer-Back-end

Job Summary:

The purpose of this role is to understand requirements, business cases, and user stories, and to apply computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis to design, develop, and test applications meeting the acceptance criteria. This involves understanding and applying one or more software or scripting languages, which may include developing new applications or enhancing and maintaining existing applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Acts as Liaison with Business Analysts and/or internal/external clients to ensure that requirements are understood
• Produces and executes unit test cases as defined by the team
• Maintains coding standards
• Produces supporting technical and installation documentation for internal and external publication as appropriate
• Achieves productivity targets to ensure deliverables are met within budget, on schedule and defined quality standards
• Completes all necessary software and non-software components in the timelines as defined by the Scrum Team/Project Manager
• Produces technical specifications, code and/or unit test plans in line with the traceability matrix/functional specification
• Guides the team to improve quality and productivity
• Suggests improvement to established processes
• Evaluates estimate and asks appropriate questions to derive better estimates
• Comes up with proof of concepts for new ideas or complex solutions

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent preferred 

Work Experience:

• 7+ years of relevant work experience; 2-3 years at the Expert level or equivalent experience preferred

Certifications:

• Azure (or equivalent) Development Certification preferred
• Appropriate SAFe certification preferred

Knowledge Skills and abilities:

• Deep understanding of .NET Core 6-8, including experience in building and deploying APIs.
• Expertise in C# as it is the primary language for .NET Core development.
• Strong skills in SQL Server, including database design, querying, and optimization.
• Proficiency in using Entity Framework Core for data access in .NET applications.
• Knowledge of designing and implementing RESTful services, including best practices for API security and versioning.
• Understanding of security practices for API development, including authentication and authorization using OAuth or JWT.
• Skills in optimizing application performance, including database tuning and efficient code practices.
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps for CI/CD pipelines, source control, and project management.

Work Arrangements:

• Standard work week or as defined by assignment requirements.
• Primarily works in a standard office environment or remotely.
• May require after-hours, on-call support, and/or holidays.
• On-call and after-hours work during peak times, including end of month/quarter/year; during this time PTO is limited to meet business needs.