.NET BACKEND DEVELOPER

Requirements ASP.NET Core Web API on IIS; Entity Framework Core (advanced: migrations, temporal tables, schema isolation) Domain-Driven Design in practice: aggregates, domain events, anti-corruption layers API design (RESTful, contract-first, versioned, paginated) including API Gateway / BFF patterns CQRS (MediatR), durable background jobs (Hangfire), real-time push (SignalR) Angular Frontend (5+ years)* Component architecture, lazy-loaded modules, reactive forms, RxJS State management with NgRx; real-time UI via SignalR/WebSocket Strong UX sensibility. Able to collaborate with operator SMEs and achieve mental-model parity with legacy screens SQL Server (5+ years)* Scalable schema design: high-volume tables, partitioning for growth, archival strategies, read/write separation Core design craft: normalization (3NF+), schema-per-service, indexing strategies (clustered, filtered, covering), constraints, temporal tables Performance optimization: Query Store, execution plan analysis, wait statistics, index tuning Distributed Systems & Messaging (5+ years)* Kafka/RabbitMQ at production depth: partitioning, consumer groups, exchange types, dead-letter handling, exactly-once semantics, clustering/HA Patterns: transactional outbox, saga/process manager, idempotent consumers Resilience: circuit breaker, retry with backoff, bulkhead isolation Event-driven architecture; contract-first API design Nice to have skills SQL Server Service Broker - conversation lifecycle, activation, cross-instance endpoints, cert-based auth On-prem Azure DevOps pipelines (YAML, self-hosted agents) IIS deployment automation (Web Deploy / msdeploy) PowerShell scripting for failover runbooks and environment automation Exposure to electric util ity / OT / safety-critical systems