Tech Lead Backend Developer (.Net, C#)

at  Andersen Software

Summary
The IT company Andersen invites an experienced Tech Lead Backend Developer (.Net, C#) to work on a large-scale project.
The customer is the world’s largest P&C insurance company and the leading commercial lines insurer in the United States, with operations in 55 countries, it provides commercial and personal property-casualty insurance and supplemental health insurance. The company has administrative offices in Zurich, New York, London, Paris and elsewhere and employs approximately 40,000 people worldwide.
The project is creating a core insurance platform.

Responsibilities

• Be at the forefront of architecture discussions, providing valuable contributions and feedback.
• Implement APIs and backend services.
• Follow high-level directions but also actively shape and contribute to architectural decisions.
• Collaborating with a team of Business Analysts and fellow Developers, you’ll implement user stories for robust backend services and software.
• Bring a practical approach to performant solutions. Your bar is very high when it comes to performance and well written code.
• Follow the evidence with elusive bugs and go deep to resolve issues.
• Oversee pull requests and conduct thorough code reviews.
• Mentor team members on best practices.
• Uphold high standards of code quality and excellence.
• Advocate for initiatives aimed at enhancing the quality, security, and performance of our systems.
• Act as an end to end owner participating in many aspects of the software (design, build, delivery).

Requirements

Must-haves:

• Building large-scale applications in complex technical landscapes for 10+ years.
• Deep understanding and expertise in C#, with knowledge of the evolution and future plans of .NET.
• Experience in constructing high-quality, high-performance backend services.
• Experienced in developing and owning backend APIs, with mastery in the entire API development lifecycle, OpenAPI specs, and Swagger.
• Skilled in building scalable cloud applications, with expertise in Azure Development, TableStorage, AppServices, PaaS, APIM, and ApplicationInsights.
• Proficient with Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, C#, SQL, NoSQL, MongoDB, .NETCore, and ASP.NET Core.
• A strong focus on algorithms, abstractions, and practical implementations.
• Experienced with SDLC, CI/CD, Git, and Jira.
• Proficient in working with highly distributed teams and virtual collaboration.
• Capable of solving complex problems, open-minded, and possesses critical thinking skills.
• Ability to think ahead and make the right decisions to solve current and future challenges.
• Level of English – Upper-Intermediate and above.

Desired skills

• MS Azure certifications.

Other important skills for the vacancy are described in the
knowledge matrix

Reasons to join us

• Experience in teamwork with leaders in FinTech, Healthcare, Retail, Telecom, and others. Andersen cooperates with such businesses as Samsung, Siemens, Johnson & Johnson, BNP Paribas, Ryanair, Mercedes, TUI, Verivox, Allianz, T-Systems, etc..
• The opportunity to change the project and/or develop expertise in an interesting business domain.
• Job conditions – you can work both fully remotely and from the office or can choose a hybrid variant.
• Guarantee of professional, financial, and career growth! The company has introduced systems of mentoring and adaptation for each new employee.
• The opportunity to earn additional up to 1,700 EUR per month by participating in the company’s activities.
• Access to the corporate training portal, where the entire knowledge base of the company is collected and which is constantly updated.
• Bright corporate life (parties / pizza days / PlayStation / fruits / coffee / snacks / movies).
• Certification compensation (AWS, PMP, etc).
• Referral program.
• English courses.
• Private health insurance and compensation for sports activities.

Join us

• Be at the forefront of architecture discussions, providing valuable contributions and feedback.
• Implement APIs and backend services.
• Follow high-level directions but also actively shape and contribute to architectural decisions.
• Collaborating with a team of Business Analysts and fellow Developers, you’ll implement user stories for robust backend services and software.
• Bring a practical approach to performant solutions. Your bar is very high when it comes to performance and well written code.
• Follow the evidence with elusive bugs and go deep to resolve issues.
• Oversee pull requests and conduct thorough code reviews.
• Mentor team members on best practices.
• Uphold high standards of code quality and excellence.
• Advocate for initiatives aimed at enhancing the quality, security, and performance of our systems.
• Act as an end to end owner participating in many aspects of the software (design, build, delivery)