.Net Developer
Cape Town - South Africa
Job Summary
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.
- Bachelors 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 (version 6 or later 8) essential
- 5 or more years of commercial software development experience using C# and framework with a track record of delivering and maintaining production systems
- Strong practical experience with 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#
- 6 preferably 8
- 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
Required Skills:
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent practical experience. Minimum 6 years backend engineering experience. Strong experience with C# / .NET Core or later. Proven experience building or integrating systems using APIs and asynchronous messaging. Working knowledge of cloud platforms preferably Microsoft Azure.
Required Education:
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Information Technology Software Engineering or a related field.