Senior /Lead Backend Software Developer

Senior Backend Software Engineer

Location - NYC, NY

Hybrid - 3 Days Onsite and 2 Days Remote

The Senior Backend Software Engineer / Consultant is a hands-on engineer responsible for developing, integrating, testing, deploying, and supporting backend services for the E-Citations application.

This role requires deep expertise in .NET, cloud-native development, secure APIs, workflow automation, enterprise integration, data engineering, and production support. The consultant will work directly within the Product and Engineering team to deliver secure, scalable, production-ready backend capabilities and resolve complex technical issues.

Required Skills

5+ years of hands-on backend software engineering and enterprise application development experience.

Strong expertise in C#, .NET, and ASP.NET Core.

Strong experience designing and developing cloud-native backend services and APIs.

Experience with at least one major cloud platform: Azure, AWS, or GCP.

Hands-on experience with serverless and container technologies, such as Azure Functions, AWS Lambda, Kubernetes/AKS, ECS/Fargate, GKE, or Cloud Run.

Strong experience with event-driven and workflow technologies, such as Durable Functions, Step Functions, Temporal, Kafka, Event Hub, Pub/Sub, SNS, or SQS.

Strong enterprise integration experience with REST, SOAP, API gateways, SFTP/PGP, message queues, polling, retry, idempotency, and deduplication.

Strong knowledge of OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT, RBAC/IAM, TLS, encryption, secrets management, and Secure SDLC practices.

Strong data engineering experience with SQL Server/PostgreSQL, NoSQL platforms, data modeling, ETL/ELT, data warehousing, audit trails, and performance tuning.

Experience with Azure DevOps, Azure Government, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Terraform, ARM/Bicep, CloudFormation, or equivalent DevOps tooling.

Strong experience with automated testing, logging, monitoring, distributed tracing, and production diagnostics.

Ability to independently execute complex backend development assignments and deliver high-quality production software.

Preferred Experience

Microsoft technology stack: .NET/ASP.NET Core, C#, Azure Functions, Azure SQL, Azure API Management.

Mobile-to-backend integration, particularly iOS applications.

Public-sector, public-safety, transportation, case-management, workflow-driven, or other mission-critical enterprise applications.

CJIS or comparable security/compliance environments.

Power BI or similar operational reporting and analytics platforms.

Legacy system integration and modernization.

High-volume transaction processing and near-real-time enterprise integration.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.

Relevant Azure, AWS, security, or DevOps certifications are a plus.