Software Developer Contractor – Blazor focused at Horizontal Talent

Client needs to create a web-based app using Blazor that provides a robust experience for employees all over the United States. This application will be part of a new initiative and may eventually provide functionality to replace one to many other related business apps. Additionally, this application will be used as a template for other business apps geared for specific business areas to have a single view into multiple capabilities. **

Responsibilities**

• In collaboration with product owners, business analysts and enterprise architects, identify system and service requirements and provide high level estimates of the effort required to deliver requested business functionality using Blazor.
• Develop system plans which fit business needs while maintaining a stable development environment, managing the approach with attention to balancing business and technical perspectives.
• Mentor the team in the design and implementation of an application paying particular attention to reusability; working closely with quality assurance team members to ensure designs meet testability requirements.
• Translate designs, requirements and specifications into usable and scalable software following industry best practices in service design, automated build procedures, automated test execution and automated deployment methods.
• Communicate plans and design direction with leadership, project manager, business analysts, enterprise architects and end users.
• Troubleshoot and resolve quality and performance issues with cross-functional team members, perform application support and problem resolution; modify existing software to enhance functionality and/or correct defects, improving overall quality and functionality.
• Lead design and code reviews providing constructive feedback, mentoring other developers on technology innovation, design standards and industry best practices; collaborate with other developers in knowledge sharing opportunities to increase bench strength of the team
• Anticipate and communicate blockers, delays and scope creep with project managers and leaders
• Develop software prototypes, as needed.
• Other responsibilities as assigned by manager

Required Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field.
• 8+ years relevant experience or combination of education and/or experience.

Required Skills & Ability

• Expert in C# language, history, development tools
• Experience with Blazor and familiarity with Blazor 8
• REST API experience in both consuming and creating for consumption
• Object-oriented knowledge and practical experience with design patterns.
• Deep understanding of basic software development lifecycles; Agile and SAFe preferred.
• Excellent problem-solving, issue identification and technical documentation skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong organizational and time management skills to juggle multiple tasks within the constraints of timelines and budgets
• Aggressive problem diagnosis and creative problem-solving skills

Preferred Skills & Ability

• Expertise in .NET development tools using C#, RESTful API development, service-oriented architecture, dependency management, and unit testing using industry best practices.
• Experience developing cloud-based applications with deep understanding of cloud-based infrastructure
• Experience working with messaging concepts and implementations (e.g. Azure Service Bus)
• Experience with API gateway using Azure APIM (or similar concepts)
• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code to automate the provisioning and deployment of Cloud resources
• Experience with Continuous Integration and deployment using Azure DevOps.
• Experience with serverless concepts
• Experience with basic web development using HTML, ASP.NET, AJAX and JavaScript.