Senior Software Engineer – Backend
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Backend API Developer, C# / .NET 9 / PostgreSQL
Acelab
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇮🇳 India
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Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
ASP.NETEntity Framework.NETPostgres
About the role
- Design and implement RESTful APIs using .NET 9 that provide fast, reliable access to our comprehensive material database and power frontend applications
- Build and optimize PostgreSQL database schemas, queries, and indexing strategies to support complex search, filtering, and relationship queries across hundreds of thousands of materials
- Create integrations with third-party services, data pipelines, and AI-powered enrichment systems to enhance material information
- Profile and optimize API endpoints, database queries, and caching strategies to ensure sub-second response times even with large datasets
- Design clean domain models and data structures that represent complex material specifications, project workflows, and user interactions
- Establish backend architecture patterns, conduct code reviews, and mentor team members on best practices for API design and database optimization.
Requirements
- Expert-level C# and .NET development with proven experience building production APIs in .NET 6+ (ideally .NET 8 or 9)
- ASP.NET Core Web API development including middleware, filters, routing, and dependency injection
- Advanced PostgreSQL skills including query optimization, indexing strategies, and performance tuning
- Entity Framework Core or Dapper for data access with understanding of best practices and performance considerations
- Strong understanding of REST principles, versioning strategies, and API documentation (OpenAPI/Swagger)
- Experience implementing JWT, OAuth 2.0, or similar authentication patterns
- Proficiency with xUnit, NUnit, or similar testing frameworks for unit and integration testing
- Strong Git workflow practices with experience in collaborative development environments
- Ability to design scalable, maintainable systems that balance immediate needs with long-term flexibility
- Track record of building high-performance APIs with attention to response times, throughput, and resource efficiency
- Strategic approach to complex technical challenges with ability to evaluate tradeoffs and make pragmatic decisions
- Excellent communication skills for working across frontend, data engineering, and product teams
- Self-motivated with proven ability to take projects from design through production deployment and maintenance
Benefits
- Impact & Growth Opportunity
- Build Critical Infrastructure: Your APIs will be the foundation that enables architects to efficiently discover and manage building materials for their projects
- Shape Data Architecture: Influence how we model and store complex material specifications, relationships, and user workflows
- Scale Challenges: Work on performance optimization problems as the platform handles growing datasets and user bases
- Modern Technology: Work with the latest .NET technologies and best practices, with opportunities to evaluate and adopt new tools
- Cross-Team Collaboration: Partner with frontend, data engineering, and AI teams to deliver cohesive features from backend to UI
- Domain Expertise: Develop deep knowledge of material specifications and architecture industry workflows, becoming an expert in translating complex requirements into elegant technical solutions
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
C#.NET 9RESTful APIsPostgreSQLEntity Framework CoreDapperJWTOAuth 2.0xUnitNUnit
Soft skills
communicationmentoringstrategic thinkingself-motivatedcollaborative developmentproblem-solvingattention to detailflexibilityleadershipproject management
