Dotnet Developer

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to join Upland India as a Senior Software Engineer I (Backend) for our Panviva product. The individual will work with our global development team.

What would you do?

• Develop, Review, test and maintain application code
• Collaborating with other developers and product to fulfil objectives
• Troubleshoot and diagnose issues
• Take lead on tasks as needed
• Jump in and help the team deliver features when it is required

What are we looking for?

Experience

• 5 + years of experience in Designing and implementing application architecture
• Back-end developer who enjoys solving problems
• Demonstrated experience with the .NET ecosystem (.NET Framework, ASP.NET, .NET Core) & SQL server
• Experience in building cloud-native applications (Azure)
• Must be skilled at writing Quality, scalable, maintainable, testable code

Leadership Skills

• Strong communication skills
• Ability to mentor/lead junior developers

Primary Skills: The candidate must possess the following primary skills:

• Strong Back-end developer who enjoys solving problems
• Solid experience NET Core, SQL Server, and .Net Design patterns such as Strong Understanding of OOPs Principles, .net specific implementation (DI/CQRS/Repository etc., patterns) & Knowing Architectural Solid principles, Unit testing tools, Debugging techniques
• Applying patterns to improve scalability and reduce technical debt
• Experience with refactoring legacy codebases using design patterns
• Real-World Problem Solving
• Ability to analyze a problem and choose the most suitable design pattern
• Experience balancing performance, readability, and maintainability
• Experience building modern, scalable, reliable applications on the MS Azure cloud including services such as:
• App Services
• Azure Service Bus/ Event Hubs
• Azure API Management Service Azure Bot Service
• Function/Logic Apps
• Azure key vault & Azure Configuration Service
• CosmosDB, Mongo DB
• Azure Search
• Azure Cognitive Services

Understanding Agile Methodology and Tool Familiarity

• Solid understanding of Agile development processes, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and backlog grooming
• Familiarity with Agile tools such as JIRA for tracking tasks, managing workflows, and collaborating across teams
• Experience working in cross-functional Agile teams and contributing to iterative development cycles

Secondary Skills: It would be advantageous if the candidate also has the following secondary skills:

• Experience with front-end React/Jquery/Javascript, HTML and CSS Frameworks
• APM tools - Worked on any tools such as Grafana, NR, Cloudwatch etc.,
• Basic Understanding of AI models
• Python

About Upland

Upland Software (Nasdaq: UPLD) helps global businesses accelerate digital transformation with a powerful cloud software library that provides choice, flexibility, and value. Upland India is a fully owned subsidiary of Upland Software and headquartered in Bangalore. We are a remote-first company. Interviews and on-boarding are conducted virtually.

Technical skills: 

• Well documented experience with .NET framework and C#
  • Well documented experience with http://asp.net/">ASP.NET MVC
  • Experience with JavaScript libraries (for example jQuery) 
  • Experience with HTML, JavaScript and CSS 
  • Experience with integrating and developing web services (REST, WCF) 
  • Experience with Unit and Integration testing 
  • Experience with system design and requirement analysis 
  • Knowledge about ORM frameworks (for example Entity Framework) 
  • Good understanding on how to develop stable, high performing and maintainable high scale systems 

Bonus: 

• Experience with Test Driven Development
  • Experience with Domain Driven Design
  • Experience with JavaScript frameworks (for example AngularJS) 
  • Experience with UI frameworks (for example Twitter Bootstrap) 
  • Experience with mobile application development 

• Analyze and document requirements for enhancements to systems and / or business processes.
• Write clean, testable code using .NET programming languages
• Develop technical specifications and architecture
• Test and debug various .NET applications
• Review and refactor code
• Deploy fully functional applications
• Upgrade existing programs
• Document development and operational procedures
• Support junior developers’ work

Technical Competencies

• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming concepts, design patterns and SOLID principles
• Must have hands on experience with C#, ASP.NET, MVC, Windows Services, .NET Entity Framework, SQL Server/T-SQL, IIS and related technologies
• Expertise in REST APIs and WCF
• Strong knowledge of modern techniques such as Responsive Web Design, LINQ, Dependency Injection and Design Patterns
• Strong Skills and experience with web client technologies inclusive of HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, AJAX, JSON and JQuery
• Knowledge of various industry standard development practices (Agile methodology, OOD, TDD, BDD)
• Proficient with tools to enable SDLC (TFS, Visual Studio, etc.)

Behavioural Competencies

• A go getter attitude with the ability & desire to work in a fast-paced challenging environment
• An innovator mind-set who strives to make things better
• Ability to work independently with the knowledge as well as capability to quickly grasp and make an immediate impact
• Good written & verbal communication skills

About Sportz Interactive

Sportz Interactive (SI) works with its clients and partners to revolutionize the sports fan experience across consumption points by creating best-in-class, kickass products. SI was founded in 2002 as a B2B sports content business. Through the years, it gained immense reputation for its state-of-the-art hosted solutions, digital simulators, match centers and fantasy games. Sportz Interactive has a fantastic reputation in the online sports community, having worked with clients across the globe including the likes of The International Cricket Council, STAR Sports, Yahoo!, AOL, Eurosport, Castrol, Web 18, NDTV, Nimbus, Times of India, Rediff.com and Singtel amongst others. 

Sportz Interactive provides in-depth sports information and content and specializes in product development for the web, mobile and other interactive platforms. 
http://www.sportzinteractive.net/">www.sportzinteractive.net 

Designation: Senior Associate

Office Location: Goregaon East, Mumbai

Position description: 3+ years of experience on web technologies.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Actively work on server-side development on the .NET framework
• Browser / client-side development on JavaScript (or its libraries such as JQuery). Work with data structures such as XML and JSON
• Translate application storyboards and use cases into functional applications
• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code
• Integrate data storage solutions like Postgres SQL and Redis
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality and responsiveness of applications
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to mitigate and address these issues
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization

Required Skills:

Mandatory: Passionate about sports, Problem-solving, Team player, Target & Result oriented.

Functional: C#, OOPS Concepts, Web API, MVC, LinQ, NET Core 2.0, 2.1, 3.0, DI, WCF, Cron Job / Services, Database Development - MS SQL/Oracle DB/PostGreSQL/Redis/Cassandra, Architectural Patterns, Design Principles, OWASP Adherence, Testing Frameworks like NUnit, Nginx, AWS - Cloud Computing, Async Programming.

• 4-7 years of experience working on .Net Technologies ( Core , C# )

• Write clean, scalable code using .NET programming languages
• Development, maintenance and production support of existing products
• Understand business requirement and come up with design and solution.
• Remain up to date with the terminology, concepts and best practices for coding web and mobile apps

• Strong knowledge of .NET Technologies such as Dot Net Core, C#
• Experience in building API Programming REST-based services and/or applications with Event-Driven Microservices Architecture
• Good understanding of Design Patterns and Principles
• Working knowledge of Relational Database, SQL, and ORM technologies (Entity Framework Core, Hibernate) with extensive DB experience in writing SQL and NoSQL queries, SQL statements / SQL Injection, and Change Data Capture (CDC)
• Experience in test-driven development with experience in writing effective unit testing using XUnit
• Clear understanding on CI/CD pipeline [QA/UAT/PROD environments]
• Experience with using GitHub , VSTS for Source control.
• Demonstrated problem solving, analytic, and troubleshooting skills
• Ability to multi-task and manage time effectively