Cloud-Native .NET Engineer: Modernization & API Delivery

Optimize Search Group; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Optimize Search Group seeks a hands-on software engineer to maintain a mature desktop app while expanding supporting web services and APIs. You will own features end-to-end, contribute to cloud migration, and work with experienced engineers on design and delivery.

You’ll help modernize applications, build CI/CD pipelines, and ensure reliability with monitoring and runbooks. Collaboration and problem-solving are essential in this role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 3–6 years of professional software development experience.
• Strong C#/.NET development experience, including building and consuming APIs.
• Experience with client–server applications and integrating desktop software with web services.
• Experience with at least one major cloud platform and interest in cloud modernization.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, automated testing, source control, and modern workflows.
• Strong debugging and collaboration skills.
• Experience modernizing or integrating established applications with newer web or cloud-based technologies.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Bicep.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop API endpoints and backend services using C#/.NET for desktop and web apps.
• Own medium-sized features from design through deployment and support.
• Contribute to modernization and cloud migration, including data migration and validation.
• Build and maintain CI/CD processes, automated testing, and container deployments.
• Improve reliability with logging, monitoring, health checks, and tooling.
• Maintain technical docs and runbooks; share knowledge with junior engineers.

Skills

C#/.NET

APIs

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

Debugging

Docker

Kubernetes

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Bicep

Job description

Optimize Search Group seeks a hands-on software engineer to maintain a mature desktop app while expanding supporting web services and APIs. You will own features end-to-end, contribute to cloud migration, and work with experienced engineers on design and delivery.

You’ll help modernize applications, build CI/CD pipelines, and ensure reliability with monitoring and runbooks. Collaboration and problem-solving are essential in this role.