Senior Backend Developer

Job description of Senior Backend Developer

About AL Circle

AL Circle is the world’s first and fastest-growing virtual ecosystem for the global aluminium industry. With a mission to innovate, connect, and enable global trade, AL Circle empowers users to learn, promote, and conduct business seamlessly within the trillion-dollar aluminium economy. Anchored by a legacy of industry fostering collaboration and inspiring industry-wide progress.

Addressing the entire ALuminium value chain from bauxite, alumina, and primary aluminium to end users and recycled metal, AL Circle is a one-stop solution for the global industry. Aluminium - the green metal- has a key role to play in the global efforts towards sustainability owing to its recyclability, lightweight, and numerous applications, and AL Circle’s motto is to further the path to net-zero for our industry through digital tools, reliable connections, and efficient transactions. AL Circle’s suite of offerings includes web platforms and mobile applications, the current focus of which are the news platform and the B2B marketplace, as listed below:

AL News: https://www.alcircle.com/

AL Biz: https://www.alcirclebiz.com/

The full-stack developer will work closely with the Senior Manager of IT and the Operations Director to work on a diverse array of technology applications. He/ she will also bring in the knowledge around best practices and new technologies to enrich the technical standards followed within AL Circle. The candidate is also expected to play an active part in conceptualising and delivering a number of technology initiatives.

The role will report to the Head- Technology

Responsibilities of the Role

A.

Such activities will encompass managing several in-house applications with the support of an internal technology team:

• 6+ Years of experience
• Assisting in the development and enhancement of the websites of AL Circle
• Responsible for testing and running an error-free website
• Management and development of Mobile Apps
• Build campaign landing pages for the various digital marketing campaigns
• Periodic modification of each of the applications for performance augmentation
• Build preparedness for future application tests (performance tests) and IT security audits
• Build necessary documentation standards and ensure that the team follows the same

B.

• AL Circle’s Technology team works with multiple external technology partners. The Deputy Manager will work closely with them and ensure that the timelines are met
• Periodic calls and action items will be driven by the role with the Tech partners

Eligibility Skills

Must Have

NET & C# Expertise

• Deep understanding of C# (latest features up to C# 12)
• Strong knowledge of .NET 6/7/8 (ASP.NET Core, .NET API)
• Experience with asynchronous programming (async/await, Task Parallel Library)
• Solid understanding of OOP, SOLID principles, and design patterns
• Strong in exception handling, logging, and debugging

Web Development

• Hands-on experience with ASP.NET Core Web API
• Experience with MVC and Razor pages
• Strong understanding of RESTful API design, versioning, and documentation
• (Swagger/OpenAPI)
• Knowledge of dependency injection, middleware, and filters

Database & ORM

• Strong in SQL Server (stored procedures, indexing, query optimisation)
• Experience with Entity Framework Core
• Understanding of database normalisation and performance tuning

Architecture & Design

• Experience designing scalable, modular architectures (Clean Architecture, Onion,
• Layered)
• Good understanding of microservices and modular monoliths
• Ability to review and refactor legacy code for performance and maintainability

Testing & Quality

• Experience with unit testing frameworks (xUnit, NUnit, MSTest)
• Knowledge of integration testing and test-driven development (TDD)

DevOps & CI/CD

• Understanding of Git, branching strategies and pull requests
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines
• Security
• Knowledge of authentication/authorisation (JWT, OAuth2, OpenID Connect)
• Familiar with API security and input validation
• Secure configuration of CORS, HTTPS, and sensitive data protection

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and debugging skills
• Ability to mentor juniors and conduct code reviews
• Clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Problem-solving and ownership mindset

Nice to have

Frontend / Client-Side

• Familiar with Angular, or Next Js
• Understanding of TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Familiarity with AWS or GCP

Advanced Concepts

• Message queues (RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus, Kafka)
• Caching (Redis, MemoryCache)
• Background jobs (Hangfire, Quartz.NET)
• Event-driven architecture

Other Tools & Practices

• CI/CD pipeline optimisation
• API Gateway and Load Balancer understanding
• Performance monitoring
• Familiar with GitFlow
• Experience in Agile / Scrum environments

Job Location

Share your resume at hr@alcircle.com