Senior .NET Engineer - SmartGrants

The role is with a company operating in the Pharmaceutical industry, focused on developing and maintaining a .NET application solution called SmartGrants with significant emphasis on stability, security, and supportability through 2030.

• Educational background in Computer Science, Software Development, or Engineering
• Strong hands-on experience developing and maintaining backend applications using C# and .NET / ASP.NET Core
• Experience modernizing legacy or business-critical applications without disrupting ongoing operations
• Solid knowledge of relational databases, SQL, and Entity Framework
• Experience designing, maintaining, and troubleshooting enterprise integrations and APIs
• Practical experience with Microsoft Azure, including application hosting, monitoring, and cloud operations
• Experience with unit, integration, and regression testing and improving test coverage
• Good understanding of secure coding, dependency management, and software lifecycle risks
• Experience with CI/CD, source control, and modern software quality practices
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently with high ownership and accountability
• Excellent communication skills and confidence working directly with technical and business stakeholders

Nice to have:

• Vue.js or another modern JavaScript framework
• Azure App Service, Azure SQL, and Infrastructure as Code such as Bicep or ARM templates
• Observability, structured logging, alerting, and production support
• Financial, invoicing, or payment workflows
• SAP or other ERP integrations
• Experience from clinical development, life sciences, or regulated enterprise environments

• Build a strong understanding of the existing codebase, architecture, integrations, and business-critical workflows
• Create and drive a risk-based technical debt roadmap focused on stability, security, maintainability, and supportability through 2030
• Modernize the .NET application and key dependencies incrementally while protecting business continuity
• Diagnose and resolve production issues, recurring defects, performance bottlenecks, and integration failures
• Improve automated testing, code quality, logging, monitoring, and operational documentation
• Strengthen CI/CD, deployment practices, environment consistency, and safe rollback approaches
• Document key design decisions, interfaces, runbooks, and critical business logic
• Work with business and technical stakeholders to prioritize improvements according to operational risk and business value