.NET / Backend Development

* Strong experience with .NET Core / ASP.NET Core

* RESTful API design and development

* Entity Framework Core

* Dependency Injection

* Authentication & Authorization (JWT, OAuth)

* Async programming and concurrency

* Software Architecture & Design

* Clean Architecture or similar layered architectures

* SOLID principles

* Design Patterns

* Database & SQL

* Strong SQL Server knowledge

* Advanced SQL queries

* Database design and normalization

* Indexing and query optimization

* Transactions and concurrency

* Performance troubleshooting

* Cloud & Deployment

* Practical experience with Azure, AWS, or similar cloud platforms

* Deploying APIs, databases, and web applications

* Cloud networking and security fundamentals

* Secrets and configuration management

* Logging and monitoring

* Docker

* CI/CD & DevOps Fundamentals

* Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines

* GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, or equivalent

* Environment management (Development, Staging, Production)

* Automated build, test, and deployment

* Testing & Code Quality

* Unit Testing

* Integration Testing

* API Testing

* Code Reviews

* Security

* API security best practices

* Authentication and authorization

* Secure handling of credentials and secrets

* Basic cloud security principles

* Frontend – Strong Plus

* React or another modern frontend framework

* TypeScript / JavaScript

* Understanding frontend-backend integration

* API consumption and state management

* AI-Assisted Software Development

* Strong ability to develop using Claude or similar AI coding agents

* Writing clear technical instructions and providing proper context

* Using AI agents for implementation, refactoring, testing, and code review

* Ability to validate and improve AI-generated code

* Understanding that AI-generated code must follow the project’s architecture, security, testing, and coding standards