● .NET 6 or above, with preference for .NET 8 long-term support. Robust command of C# 10+ features: records, nullable reference types, pattern matching, and primary constructors.

● ASP.NET Core Web API: minimal APIs, middleware pipelines, dependency injection, and request validation.

● Entity Framework Core with migration management, query optimization, and relationship mapping.

● Testing: xUnit or NUnit with Moq or NSubstitute. Integration testing using WebApplicationFactory and TestContainers for .NET.

● Azure Services integration: Azure Service Bus, Azure Functions, Azure App Service, and Azure Key Vault for secrets management.

● Tooling: dotnet CLI, NuGet, GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps Pipelines for CI/CD.

● Code quality: Roslyn analyzers, StyleCop, or SonarQube for .NET. Code coverage enforced via coverlet.

● Messaging and async patterns: Azure Service Bus, MassTransit,



MediatR for CQRS/event-based decoupling.

● Semantic Kernel proficiency: plugin development, planner usage, and agent loop construction for enterprise automation.

● Azure OpenAI Service integration: embedding generation, chat completion with function calling, and RAG pattern implementation.

● Azure AI Search with vector and hybrid search configurations. Index design and retrieval pipeline tuning.

● MCP integration from .NET: consuming MCP servers via REST transport, building MCP-compatible tool endpoints, and agent-tool binding.

● Microsoft Copilot extensibility patterns: familiarity with Copilot Studio, declarative agents, or Teams AI Library a plus.

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