.Net Developer

Sabenza IT & Recruitment; Eersterivier; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Sabenza IT & Recruitment is seeking an experienced .NET Developer to own a modern, cloud-ready platform deployed nationally. You will work on mission-critical services, delivering robust APIs and scalable data models.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of C#/.NET experience, strong ASP.NET Core and REST API skills, and familiarity with SQL databases, Git, and CI/CD within Agile teams. AWS exposure is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; strong commercial portfolio may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Proficiency in modern .NET 6+ including .NET 8 is essential.
• 5+ years of commercial software development using C# and .NET.
• Experience with ASP.NET Core and RESTful API design.
• Strong experience with PostgreSQL and/or SQL Server; EF Core.
• Proficiency with Git-based version control and CI/CD pipelines.
• Agile/Scrum experience; onboarding to existing codebases.

Skills

C#

ASP.NET Core

RESTful API development

Entity Framework Core

PostgreSQL

SQL Server

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Unit testing

Agile/Scrum

Cloud-AWS basics

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering or related field

Tools

Git-based version control

CI/CD tooling

AWS (EC2, RDS, S3)

Relational databases tooling

EF Core ORM

Job description

We are looking for an experienced .NET Developer to take ownership of a modern, cloud-ready software platform that supports a nationally deployed, mission-critical service .

Requirements

RequirementsBachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering or a related field (strong commercial portfolio may be considered in lieu of a degree)Proficiency in modern .NET (version 6 or later, including.NET 8 ) – essential5 or more years of commercial software development experience using C# and the .NET framework, with a track record of delivering and maintaining production systemsStrong practical experience with ASP.NET Core and RESTful API design (APIs consumed by web, mobile and third-party clients)Solid experience with relational databases – PostgreSQL and/or SQL Server – including schema design, query optimization and Entity Framework CoreProficiency with Git-based version control (branching strategies, pull requests) and CI/CD pipelinesComfortable working in Agile/Scrum and experienced at onboarding to existing codebases through documentation, code reading and structured handoverAdvantageous: experience with cloud-hosted / cloud-native environments, particularly AWS (EC2, RDS, S3 or equivalent) is advantageous.Proficiency with Git-based version control workflows, including branching strategies, pull request reviews, and working within a CI/CD pipelineComfortable working within Agile/Scrum delivery frameworks, and experienced in onboarding to existing codebases through documentation review, code reading, and structured handover processes

Required Technical Skills

Development

• C#
• Modern .NET 6+, preferably including .NET 8
• ASP.NET Core
• RESTful API development

Databases

• Strong relational database experience
• PostgreSQL and/or SQL Server
• Database/schema design
• Query optimization
• Entity Framework Core or similar ORM

Development Practices

• Git-based version control
• Branching strategies
• Pull requests and code reviews
• CI/CD pipelines
• Unit and integration testing

Ways of Working

• Agile/Scrum experience
• Experience working with existing production codebases
• Strong code-reading and troubleshooting ability
• Comfortable with structured knowledge transfer and technical handovers

Advantageous

• AWS experience, particularly:
• EC2
• RDS
• S3
• Other managed AWS services
• Cloud-native application development
• Experience supporting mission-critical or nationally deployed platforms
• Experience taking ownership of an inherited/existing application
• Technical leadership or mentoring experience