.NET / Azure Engineer

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a .NET / Azure Engineer based in India.

This is a full-time contract opportunity for an experienced backend engineer with strong expertise in C#/.NET and Microsoft Azure . You will design and build scalable, reliable backend services supporting modern cloud-based applications. The role combines hands-on software engineering with cloud architecture, distributed systems, data engineering, and security. You will work with Azure PaaS services, relational and NoSQL databases, event-driven architectures, and modern API design practices. Your work will contribute to building maintainable, resilient systems designed for performance and long-term scalability. This is a fully remote role offering the flexibility to work from anywhere in India while collaborating in a structured Monday-to-Friday engineering environment.

Accountabilities:: Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable and maintainable backend services using C#/.NET or comparable backend technologies.

Apply strong object-oriented and/or functional programming principles to create clean, reliable, and maintainable software.

Design and implement robust APIs using REST and OpenAPI, including appropriate versioning and backward-compatibility strategies.

Build resilient backend systems with effective approaches to error handling, retries, idempotency, fault tolerance, and service reliability.

Architect and develop solutions using Microsoft Azure PaaS services , including Azure App Service, Container Apps, AKS, Azure Functions, Service Bus, Event Grid, Event Hubs, and Azure Storage.

Implement event-driven and durable processing patterns using Azure Functions and distributed messaging services.

Design and optimize data solutions using relational databases such as SQL Server and Azure SQL, including query optimization, indexing, and transaction management.

Develop and support NoSQL solutions using Azure Cosmos DB , including effective partitioning strategies and appropriate consistency models.

Apply data access abstraction patterns and ORM technologies to create efficient and maintainable data layers.

Ensure data integrity and support database migrations, schema evolution, and changes across application environments.

Design secure APIs and backend services using modern authentication and authorization standards, including OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect.

Implement and manage secure Azure identity patterns using managed identities and Microsoft Entra ID integrations.

Contribute to cloud architecture decisions, engineering standards, and best practices for security, performance, resilience, and scalability.

Requirements:

Strong professional experience developing backend applications, with advanced proficiency in C#/.NET or a comparable backend technology.

Strong understanding of object-oriented and/or functional design principles and their practical application in production systems.

Proven experience designing and implementing scalable, maintainable backend services.

Strong expertise in REST API design, OpenAPI specifications, API versioning, and backward compatibility.

Solid understanding of distributed-system resilience patterns, including error handling, retries, idempotency, and fault tolerance.

Advanced hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure PaaS services , particularly App Service, Container Apps, AKS, Azure Functions, Service Bus, Event Grid, Event Hubs, and Azure Storage.

Strong relational database experience with SQL Server, Azure SQL, or similar technologies, including query optimization, indexing strategies, and transaction management.

Hands-on experience with Azure Cosmos DB or another NoSQL platform, including partition strategy and consistency model design.

Experience with ORMs, data access abstraction patterns, data migration, schema evolution, and data integrity.

Strong understanding of secure API and service design.

Experience with OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, managed identities, and Microsoft Entra ID/Azure AD integration patterns.

Ability to work independently in a remote environment while maintaining strong communication and engineering discipline.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to design reliable solutions for complex technical requirements.

Benefits:

Full-time contract position with a commitment of approximately 40 hours per week.

Initial 6+ month contract , with the possibility of extension.

100% remote work from anywhere in India.

Standard schedule of 8 hours per day, Monday to Friday .

Opportunity to work extensively with modern .NET and Microsoft Azure technologies.

Exposure to cloud-native architecture, event-driven systems, distributed services, and scalable backend engineering.

Opportunity to work with Azure PaaS, SQL/Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, API security, and identity technologies.

Hands-on experience building resilient and maintainable enterprise-grade systems.

Flexible location while working within a structured full-time engagement.

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