(1535) Staff Backend Engineer (.NET)

Nortal; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive USD salary

Remote work

Paid time off of holidays

Sick leave

Annual credit for perks

Team building activities

Birthday off

Job summary

Nortal is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer (.NET) to shape our cloud-native Azure platform and lead scalable backend design for US clientele. You will mentor engineers, drive architectural decisions, and raise the technical bar while delivering secure, high-performance services.

In this role you’ll work across system design, database architecture, and cross-team collaboration to implement robust APIs, scalable data models, and trusted cloud infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer science, Engineering or a related field.
• 7+ years of professional .NET experience with expert ASP.NET Core and C#.
• 3+ years of architectural ownership, designing scalable distributed systems.
• Deep Azure SQL expertise including schema design, indexing, and query tuning.
• Experience with Entity Framework Core and live-database migrations.
• Knowledge of microservices architecture, event-driven messaging, and eventual consistency.
• Security fundamentals including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, and secret handling.
• Design secure multi-tenant systems and versioned APIs.
• Strong collaboration with Angular, product, and engineering teams.
• AI-assisted development tools usage in engineering workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, distributed backend systems and microservices for a cloud-native Azure app.
• Build secure, performant services and APIs using ASP.NET Core, C#, GraphQL, and Hot Chocolate.
• Own Azure SQL schema design, EF Core migrations, and data isolation.
• Define patterns for messaging, transactions, and resilience across services.
• Lead technical decisions and establish scalable, high-quality standards.
• Apply cloud security practices across authentication, secrets, and API infra.
• Collaborate with Angular developers and product owners to translate needs into contracts.
• Diagnose production issues across application, database, and infrastructure.
• Mentor engineers and raise the team’s technical bar.
• Incorporate AI-assisted tools to improve delivery and code quality.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer science, Engineering or related field

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

Job description

Join Nortal for your next big adventure. We are seekingStaff Backend Engineer (.NET)to join our team, grow with us, and teach us a few things along the way.

Why join Nortal

• Say Goodbye to Micromanagement: We champion autonomy, open communication, and respect for diversity as our core values.
• Outcomes Over Hours: We believe in a work model focused on impact, providing you with the flexibility to balance your professional success with your personal well-being.
• Vibrant Community: Join our close-knit LATAM remote team and connect through tech talks, virtual coffee breaks, and team-building activities.
• Support from Day One: Our People Care team is here to support you throughout your journey, from wellness check-ins to professional growth.

Our benefits

• Competitive USD salary.
• 100% remote work: While you can work from anywhere, you’re always welcome to connect with teammates and grow your network at our coworking spaces across LATAM.
• Paid time off & national holidays: Take the time you need according to your country’s regulations while receiving your full salary.
• Sick leave: Focus on your health without stress. Take the necessary time to recover and feel better.
• Annual credit: Spend it on the perks you love to enhance your work-life balance.
• Team-building activities: Join us for coffee breaks, tech talks, and after-work gatherings to bond with your Nortal family and feel part of our vibrant community.
• Birthday off: Enjoy an extra day off during your birthday week to celebrate in style with friends and family.

About the project

As a Staff Backend Engineer (.NET), you will help shape our newer cloud-native web application running on Azure, architecting complex distributed systems, driving technical decisions, and setting the technical bar for the team.

You will work deeply across system design, database architecture, cloud infrastructure, and the microservices that powerthe product. As a senior individual contributor, you will mentor fellow engineers, influence architectural direction, and champion clean, maintainable, and performant code.

This role is ideal for you if you enjoy solving hard technical problems, have strong opinions about engineering best practices, and want to shape the technology, architecture, and future direction of the platform.

What you’ll do

• Design scalable, distributed backend systems and microservices for our cloud-native Azure application.
• Build clean, secure, and performant services and APIs using ASP.NET Core, C#, GraphQL, and Hot Chocolate.
• Own database architecture, including Azure SQL schema design, EF Core migrations, query tuning, indexing, and multi-tenant data isolation.
• Define reliable patterns for messaging, distributed transactions, eventual consistency, idempotency, and cross-service failure handling.
• Lead technical decisions and establish standards that prioritize scalability, quality, and long-term maintainability.
• Apply application and cloud security best practices across authentication, authorization, secrets, access controls, networking, and API infrastructure.
• Collaborate with Angular developers, product leaders, and engineering leaders to translate business needs into clear contracts and scalable solutions.
• Diagnose production issues across application, database, infrastructure, and network layers using observability and monitoring tools.
• Mentor engineers, share best practices, and raise the team’s technical bar through design guidance and code reviews.
• Incorporate AI-assisted development tools into professional engineering workflows to improve delivery and code quality.

What makes you a great fit

• Bachelor´s Degree in Computer science, Engineering or a related field.
• 7+ years of professional .NET experience , with expert-level knowledge of ASP.NET Core and C#.
• 3+ years of architectural ownership , designing scalable distributed systems and driving technical decisions.
• Deep Azure SQL expertise, including schema design, execution plans, indexing, transaction isolation, and query tuning.
• Expertproficiency in Entity Framework Core, including complex queries, live-database migrations, performance optimization, and appropriate use of raw SQL.
• Understand microservices architecture, including event-driven messaging, distributed transactions, Sagas, eventual consistency, idempotency, compensating actions, and failure handling.
• Apply application security fundamentals, including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, vulnerability prevention, and secure handling of secrets and sensitive data.
• Design secure multi-tenant systems using sharding, partitioning, row-level security, or equivalent isolation mechanisms.
• Create scalable, versioned, and backward-compatible APIs, with strong judgment around data loading and N+1 challenges.
• Collaborate effectively with Angular developers, product leaders, and engineering teams to define APIs, contracts, and scalable technical solutions.
• Use AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or similar within a professional engineering workflow.
• Own complex problems end to end, communicate technical trade-offs clearly, mentor engineers, and remain methodical during production incidents.
• Advanced English Level isrequiredfor this role,as you will work with US clients.

Global Impact, Local Culture

For over 25 years, we’ve been shaping digital transformation, delivering complex solutions for global enterprises and public sector organizations. Today, we are at the forefront of an AI-driven transformation era, helping organizations turn data into real business value. By combining deep domain expertise with data and AI, we design solutions that create immediate impact while scaling for the future.

We believe complexity doesn’t have to mean complicated, and that the best solutions are those that work in the real world, not just on paper. That’s why our clients trust us with their most ambitious, business-critical initiatives.

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