Job Description: Specialist Software Engineer (.Net core 8+)

Position Overview:
We are seeking Senior Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience in .Net core 8+.

Required Experience:

- 5+ years of hands-on experience with .Net core.

Core Skills Required:

Strong Proficiency:

- C#, .NET Core / .NET 8+
- ASP.NET Core (Web API & Microservices development)
- Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) & SOLID principles
- Test-driven development (TDD)
- Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD)
- RESTful API design and development
- Entity Framework Core (EF Core)
- Asynchronous programming (async/await, Task-based patterns)
- Exception handling, logging, and debugging
- Secure coding practices
- Any Relational Databases (Postgres, MSSQL server etc) (queries, joins, stored procedures, performance tuning)
- Source control frameworks and CICD pipelines
- Queues and Events driven programming.
- Authentication & Authorization: JWT, OAuth 2.0
- Experience with Message-Oriented Middleware preferably RabbitMQ

Hands-on Experience:

- Building and maintaining scalable, high-performance APIs with .Net core 8+
- Developing microservices with Net core/.Net 8+.
- Experience in Entity Framework Core (EF Core)
- Asynchronous programming (async/await, Task-based patterns)
- Authentication & Authorization: JWT, OAuth 2.0
- Any Relational Databases(Postgres, MSSQL server etc)
- Writing clean, reusable, and testable code




- Unit testing using xUnit / NUnit / MSTest
- Source control using Git (Azure DevOps / GitHub / Bitbucket)
- Logging frameworks (Serilog / NLog)
- Application deployment and troubleshooting
- Integrating third-party APIs and services.
- Publisher-Consumer services using RabbitMQ

Working Knowledge:

- CI/CD/GitOps pipelines
- Agile / Scrum development methodologies
- Caching mechanisms (Redis / in-memory caching)
- API documentation tools (Swagger / OpenAPI)
- GitHub Copilot

Valuable to Have:

- Docker and Kubernetes
- Helm Charts
- Experience mentoring junior developers
- Experience in Mass Transit Framework
- Experience in Observability(ELK Stack)

Nice to Have:

- Apache Kafka
- Dapr
- ArgoCD
- Martendb
- Microsoft Azure

Key Responsibilities:
Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade .NET Core applications
Build and consume secure, scalable REST APIs
Participate in architecture and design discussions
Ensure code quality through reviews, unit testing, and best practices
Collaborate with cross-functional teams (UI, DevOps, QA, Product Owners)
Troubleshoot production issues and optimize application performance
Follow Agile processes and contribute to sprint planning and estimations
Create and maintain technical documentation
Support application deployments and production releases

📌 Senior Software Engineer - DotNet core (Back-end) - India
🏢 Photon
📍 India