NET Developer / Lead Backend Developer

Senior .NET Developer / Lead Backend Developer

Location: Toronto, Ontario



Work Model: Hybrid - 4 days onsite and 1 day remote



Experience Required: 12 15 years



Position Type: Contract Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior .NET Developer / Lead Backend Developer to design and develop scalable, secure and high-performance enterprise applications. The successful candidate will lead backend development initiatives, provide technical guidance and contribute to application architecture and design decisions.

This position requires strong expertise in C#, .NET 10, ASP.NET Core Web API, SQL Server, microservices and Azure services , along with hands-on experience integrating AI or Generative AI capabilities into enterprise applications.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain scalable, secure and high-performance RESTful APIs using C#, .NET 10 and ASP.NET Core .

• Lead backend development initiatives and provide technical guidance to engineering teams.

• Define and promote application architecture, design patterns, coding standards and development best practices.

• Design and implement scalable microservices, API gateways and distributed applications.

• Optimize APIs and backend services for performance, scalability, security, reliability and maintainability.

• Design, develop and optimize SQL Server databases.

• Create and optimize complex SQL queries, stored procedures, indexes and database structures.

• Implement authentication and authorization solutions using OAuth 2.0, JWT, RBAC and Azure AD/Entra ID .

• Collaborate with frontend development teams, including Angular developers, to design and integrate RESTful APIs.

• Design and implement secure solutions using Azure Key Vault and other Azure security services.

• Integrate AI and Generative AI capabilities into enterprise applications.

• Troubleshoot complex production issues using Application Insights, Azure Monitor, logging, tracing and debugging tools .

• Collaborate with product managers, architects, QA, DevOps and other engineering teams.

• Participate in Agile/Scrum activities, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives and technical-design discussions.

• Conduct code reviews and mentor developers on engineering standards and best practices.

Required Qualifications

• 12 15 years of professional software-development experience, with significant experience in backend development.

• Strong hands-on expertise in C#, .NET Core, .NET 10 and ASP.NET Core Web API .

• Advanced experience with SQL Server - mandatory , including:

  • Database design

  • Complex SQL queries

  • Stored procedures

  • Indexing

  • Query optimization

  • Performance tuning

• Strong experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and microservices.

• Experience with distributed systems and microservices architecture.

• Strong knowledge of authentication, authorization and identity-management concepts.

• Hands-on experience with OAuth 2.0, JWT, RBAC and Azure AD/Entra ID .

• Experience with Azure Key Vault and cloud-security best practices.

• Experience with API gateways, Docker and Kubernetes.

• Experience monitoring and troubleshooting applications using Azure Monitor and Application Insights.

• Hands-on experience integrating Azure OpenAI, OpenAI APIs or other LLM-based services into enterprise applications.

• Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns and clean coding principles.

• Excellent problem-solving, communication and technical-leadership skills.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.

• Must be comfortable working from the Toronto office four days per week.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience integrating backend APIs with Angular applications.

• Experience deploying containerized applications in Azure or other cloud environments.

• Strong experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production environments.

• Experience leading development teams and mentoring engineers.

• Experience building enterprise applications incorporating Generative AI capabilities.