Intermediate .NET Developer

SUMMARY:
Role: Intermediate .NET Developer
Location: Cape Town (office based role)

Our client is an international software company who are looking for a highly motivated Intermediate .NET Developer to join their dynamic team in a one-of-a-kind role. You will be responsible for delivering new features as well as the ongoing health, stability, and evolution of their core systems. This role offers complete ownership where you’ll shape and steward software throughout its lifecycle. It is an exciting role where you will be working with global clients and with award-winning technology!

POSITION INFO:
Full Ownership
- Design, implement, document, and maintain the applications you build.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and fix bugs across the entire stack (UI, business logic, database) and continuous improvements
Feature Development
- Build web features in ASP .NET Core (MVC or Razor Pages) targeting .NET 6+.
- Implement data access with EF Core against MySQL and write clean, modular, SOLID-compliant code.
Business Logic & Data
- Translate requirements into flexible business-logic layers with proper validation and error handling.
- Use asynchronous data operations to keep the UI responsive and scalable.
Web UI
- Create and maintain responsive pages (forms, tables, interactive views).
- Leverage a lightweight CSS framework (e.g. Bootstrap) for consistent, readable styling.
Automated Testing
- Write unit tests with xUnit or NUnit covering ≥ 80% of core logic.
- Optionally add lightweight integration tests for critical UI flows or services.
Configuration & Deployment
- Apply EF Core migrations and seed data automatically at start-up.
- Manage environment-specific settings so you can switch between local/dev and MySQL-based production without code changes.
Documentation & Collaboration
- Produce a clear README that explains setup, running, and testing.
- Document your design choices, assumptions, and a potential upgrade path (e.g. migrating the UI to a SPA framework).

Required Skills & Experience
- Developing Experience (4–6 years or several medium projects)
- Important skills C# and ASP .NET Core MVC or Razor Pages
- Entity Framework Core (CRUD, migrations, async LINQ)
- Intermediate experience with MySQL (experience designing schemas, writing queries, EF Core provider)
- Good to have skills: Automated Testing with xUnit or NUnit
- Git: feature branching, commits, pull requests