Sr. Software Engineer - .NET

Role Overview: As a Mid-level .NET Developer at Mako IT Lab, you will be responsible for designing and building secure, scalable, and maintainable web applications and APIs. You will collaborate with Product, QA, and DevOps teams to deliver features end-to-end, write clean and testable code, and continuously improve performance, reliability, and observability. Key Responsibilities: - Design, develop, and maintain ASP.NET Core web applications and RESTful APIs. - Implement and optimize data access using Entity Framework Core, LINQ, and SQL Server. - Design and maintain database schemas, tables, indexes, constraints, and relationships. - Write and optimize complex queries, views, CTEs, stored procedures, triggers, and functions. - Monitor and improve database performance (execution plans, indexing strategies, partitioning, statistics). - Collaborate with DBAs for backup/restore, migrations, data integrity, and security. - Break down business requirements into technical tasks, provide accurate estimates, and deliver within sprint commitments. - Troubleshoot production issues, optimize performance, and improve logging, metrics, and tracing. - Follow secure coding standards (OWASP), handle authentication and authorization (JWT, OAuth2). - Work with DevOps to automate builds, deployments, and CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions). - Create and maintain technical documentation (API specifications, design notes, runbooks). Qualifications Required: - Strong proficiency in C# and .NET 6/7, solid OOP principles, and design patterns. - Hands-on experience with ASP.NET Core, Web API, Middleware, and Dependency Injection. - Strong experience with ASP.NET Framework, IIS hosting, Windows Services, and .NET Core hosting in Linux/Windows environments. - Expertise in Entity Framework Core, EF Migrations, LINQ. - Solid understanding of SQL Server database design, normalization/denormalization, indexing strategies, and query performance tuning. - Proficiency in writing advanced SQL (joins, CTEs, CLR, window functions, triggers, stored procedures). - Knowledge of database security best practices (roles, permissions, encryption). - Proficiency with Git workflows (branching, pull requests), debugging, and profiling. - Testing mindset with experience in unit and integration testing. - Effective communication and collaboration in Agile/Scrum environments. (Note: Additional details about the company were not provided in the job description.),