Senior Backend .Net Developer
Intro
The Senior .NET/C# Developer will serve as a hands-on lead developer in a dynamic, fast-paced, and Agile environment. This role is part of the Online Security Technologies team, responsible for designing, developing, and supporting a mission-critical Authentication platform. The responsibilities are divided into 50% design and 50% development, requiring the successful candidate to contribute both as a coder and system designer. This position collaborates with a team of experienced engineers focused on the Agile development life-cycle and ensuring on-time, high-quality software releases. This is a 12-month contract oportunity.
Job Details
- Lead solution in the development and delivery of the organization's software products to QA, UAT, and Production.
- Manage day-to-day activities and promote Agile software development practices within the team.
- Collaborate with product owners and key stakeholders in Project Management, Business, QA, and Technology Operations to ensure timely and budget-friendly software project delivery.
- Work with Scrum Master and product owner to provide development sizing and cost analysis estimates.
- Collaborate with the product owner and team members in story decomposition, feature design, and task prioritization.
- Utilize automated software testing tools and frameworks, including test-driven development, to meet software quality standards.
- Support Single Sign-On (SSO) integration efforts to connect systems both internally and externally to Schwab.
- Assist the release manager in assembling releases and improving the release process.
- Help resolve needs and roadblocks identified by team members with the Scrum Master.
- Ensure the coordination of individual team deliverables to achieve product releases.
- Identify technology risks early and establish mitigation plans.
- Conduct periodic reviews and code quality improvement sessions with onshore and offshore developers, focusing on requirements specification and design methodologies.
- Prototype, validate, and create specific application solutions for business needs.
Mandatory Skills
- Proficiency in building server-side applications (API SME) using C# and .NET Technologies.
- Expertise in Kafka.
- Solution design and implementation experience for high availability, high throughput, and high scalability applications.
- Strong experience in developing and managing REST and SOAP-based Web Service APIs in a transaction processing environment.
- Expertise in object-oriented analysis, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), design patterns, development, implementation, and maintenance.
- Thorough understanding of Agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures.
- Minimum 8+ years of software development experience, with 5+ years of team leadership experience.
- BS/BA/MS in Computer Science or equivalent discipline.
Desired Skills
- Hands-on experience with SAML and OAuth solutions.
- Experience with online security for user authentication.
- GCP/Docker/Kubernetes.
- Must be self-motivated, creative, and efficient in proposing solutions to complex, time-critical problems.
Start Date
Anticipated Start Date: 2/24/2025
Location
This position is Hybrid, located in Austin, Texas, United States. The role requires on-site presence 3 times a week.