Backend Engineer (C# .NET)

• Build new systems:Design build and ship new backend services in C# / .NET that are reliable observable and maintainable.
• Maintain and evolve:Improve refactor and extend existing services; investigate incidents resolve production issues and raise the bar on quality and performance.
• API and messaging design:Design clean APIs (gRPC and REST) and service contracts; define robust messaging patterns using RabbitMQ for asynchronous event-driven workflows.
• Data layer:Model query and optimize data in MySQL including schema design indexing strategy and migration management.
• Deployment and operations:Own services through production: containerize workloads deploy to Azure App Services and keep CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps fast and reliable.
• Code quality:Write clear testable code with meaningful unit and integration tests; review pull requests thoughtfully and help raise engineering standards across the team.
• AI-accelerated delivery:Use AI-assisted development tools (including Claude Code) as a force multiplier - to accelerate delivery scaffold code write tests and refactor safely.
• Cross-functional collaboration:Partner with product data and operations teams to translate requirements into well-scoped technical plans and deliverables.

• Experience:3-5 years of professional backend software engineering experience with a significant portion in C# and ecosystem ( Core Entity Framework / EF Core).
• gRPC:Strong experience designing and operating gRPC services including proto definitions streaming error handling and backward-compatible evolution of contracts.
• RabbitMQ:Hands-on experience with RabbitMQ (or an equivalent broker) for asynchronous event-driven architectures - queues exchanges routing dead-lettering idempotency.
• MySQL:Solid command of MySQL: schema design query optimization indexing transactions and migrations in a production environment.
• Azure DevOps and CI/CD:Proficiency using Azure DevOps for source control pipelines boards and artifacts; comfortable designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Git:Strong Git fundamentals: branching strategies disciplined commit hygiene pull request workflows and conflict resolution.
• Containers and Azure App Services:Experience packaging and running applications in containers (Docker) and deploying and operating services on Azure App Services.
• Claude Code:Demonstrated experience using Claude Code (or a comparable AI coding assistant) as part of a professional workflow with good judgement on when to use it and when not to.
• Production ownership:Track record of owning services in production: logging metrics tracing alerting and on-call or incident response experience.
• GIS integration: Experience integrating GIS APIs (e.g. ArcGIS Mapbox Google Maps or OGC-compliant services) into backend systems consuming spatial data handling geospatial queries and working with common GIS data formats.

Nice to Have

• Experience in energy climate utilities or IoT domains.
• Exposure to infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) and broader Azure services (Key Vault Storage Service Bus Monitor).
• Familiarity with Kubernetes or AKS and more advanced observability stacks.
• Experience with performance testing load testing and capacity planning.
• Contributions to open-source projects.

Qualities We Value

• Ownership:A strong sense of ownership and follow-through - you finish what you start.
• Communication:Clear written and verbal communication especially when explaining trade-offs to non-engineers.
• Pragmatism:Pragmatism - you choose the simplest design that solves the problem well and can evolve.
• Curiosity:Curiosity and a bias for learning including staying current with AI-assisted development practices.
• Collaboration:Respect and kindness - we work hard push each others thinking and look out for one another.
• Availability:Reachable and responsive via text message and phone call during agreed working hours especially for time-sensitive issues and incident response.