Senior .NET Developer

Job Summary:
Elovate is seeking an experienced Full Stack Senior .NET Developer to design, build, and maintain high-performance web applications and services that power our automated traffic enforcement platform. You will bring deep expertise in Microsoft technologies — including .NET Core, MVC, and Entity Framework — and hands-on experience building scalable RESTful APIs and microservices. This role also requires practical proficiency with AI-assisted development tools, making you a force multiplier for quality and delivery speed within the engineering team.
Job Description:
Role Summary

Elovate is seeking an experienced Full Stack Senior .NET Developer to design, build, and maintain high-performance web applications and services that power our automated traffic enforcement platform. You will bring deep expertise in Microsoft technologies — including .NET Core, MVC, and Entity Framework — and hands-on experience building scalable RESTful APIs and microservices. This role also requires practical proficiency with AI-assisted development tools, making you a force multiplier for quality and delivery speed within the engineering team.
Responsibilities
Application Development

- Design, develop, and maintain full-stack web applications using .NET 6–10, MVC, and Entity Framework.

- Build scalable RESTful APIs, WebAPI services, and distributed microservices using .NET Core.

- Develop interactive UI components using JavaScript, jQuery, AngularJS, and Blazor.

- Implement and manage Hangfire for background tasks, recurring jobs, and workflow automation.

- Analyze and enhance the performance of existing applications for optimal speed, reliability, and scalability.

Quality, Collaboration & Delivery

- Collaborate closely with QA, DevOps, architects, and product owners to deliver high-quality, production-ready software.

- Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and technical design sessions.

- Troubleshoot application issues, perform root cause analysis, and deliver timely resolutions.

- Contribute to sprint planning, technical estimations, and Agile delivery ceremonies.

- Maintain thorough technical documentation for new and existing systems.

Requirements
Microsoft Full Stack

- Strong hands-on experience with .NET 6.x to 10.x.

- MVC architecture and Entity Framework / EF Core.

- WebAPI and REST Services development.

- Microservices architecture — design, communication patterns; containerization knowledge is a plus.

- LINQ, asynchronous programming (async/await), and dependency injection.

- SQL Server — stored procedures, indexing, and performance tuning.

- Hangfire — background jobs, task scheduling, retries, and monitoring.

Frontend Skills

- JavaScript (native), jQuery, and AngularJS.

- HTML5, CSS3, and Bootstrap.

- Blazor (Server and WebAssembly) — component-driven frontend development.

Nice to Haves

- Experience with containerization platforms such as Docker or Kubernetes.

- Familiarity with Azure services and cloud-based deployments.

- Background in public safety, government technology, or ATE systems.

- Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.

AI & Technology

AI-assisted development is a core expectation for this role. Elovate 's engineering team actively integrates AI tools into daily development practice to accelerate delivery, improve code quality, and reduce technical debt.

- Integrate AI-assisted development workflows using GitHub Copilot and Claude Code as part of daily development practice.

- Use AI tools to accelerate code generation, refactoring, unit test creation, and documentation.

- Apply prompt engineering techniques to get more accurate and useful outputs from AI coding assistants.

- Use AI-powered code review and analysis tools to identify performance issues, security vulnerabilities, and code quality improvements.

- Stay current on AI developments in the .NET and full stack ecosystem, bringing relevant tools and practices to the team.

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