Backend .NET Developer

Reposted 16 Days Ago
Reston, VA
In-Office
Mid level
Cloud • Information Technology • Software • Business Intelligence
The Role
The Backend .NET Developer leads tech adoption, manages team capabilities, and collaborates on scalable solutions using agile practices.
Summary Generated by Built In
Why AIS?

When you join AIS, you’re joining a mission-driven team that’s passionate about making a difference. You’ll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success.

  • Employee Ownership: Your contributions directly impact the company’s success, and you share in its achievements.

  • Continuous Learning: Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth.

  • Inclusive Culture: A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone’s voice is valued.

  • Mission-Driven Work: Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities.

 

What are we looking for?

At AIS, we're looking for more than just skills - we're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles.

 

What you will be doing? 

This posting is part of our ongoing talent pipeline initiative. While there may not be an immediate opening, we are actively building a network of qualified candidates for future opportunities. If you're interested in being considered when a role becomes available, we encourage you to submit your resume.

At AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a Senior Software Engineer.
  • Core Knowledge & Skills: Works across multiple languages and platforms, designs and implements architectural decisions, applies design patterns, cloud-native services, IAAS/PAAS/SAAS basics, and secure coding practices (e.g., OWASP Top 10).

  • Work & Complexity: Performs complex tasks under limited guidance, integrates and troubleshoots distributed or cloud services, and optimizes performance and scalability.

  • Quality & Independence: Sets a high bar for code quality, multitasks effectively, owns and corrects errors quickly, and drives continuous improvement.

  • Teamwork & Communication: Leads code reviews, mentors teammates, and translates technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.

  • Consulting & Engagement: Works directly with clients without oversight, writes technical RFP content when needed, nurtures client relationships, and manages routine client concerns.

As your initial project assignment, you will support the unique needs of our client as a Backend .NET Developer.

The Backend .NET Developer guides technology adoption across product teams, builds, maximizes the capabilities and skills within the Chapter, and manages and supports (employees and contingent labor). The Software Engineering Team Lead is responsible for the development and growth of their members and the building of competencies. They are responsible for team composition optimization, reviewing priorities and assessing resource and/or backlog redirection, metrics associated with talent evolution, and all other administrative responsibilities within the Chapter.

The Software Engineering Team Lead is a technologist who identifies relevant technology trends and tools that could improve skillsets and overall technology product delivery. The Software Engineering Team Lead  acts as a hands-on practice leader. This role contributes directly to the team's success, acquires domain knowledge, and engages with solution architects and product owners as a technical SME to ensure alignment of strategic direction for the technology managed within their area.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Work in a team with other smart AIS employees using cutting-edge technologies to solve challenging business problems.

  • Build elegant, scalable, extensible, cost-effective solutions with an eye toward innovation and agility.

  • Utilize problem-solving and decision-making skills to understand client pain points and to self-troubleshoot as challenges arise.

  • Collaborate with other development team members and project managers to deliver solutions that surpass client expectations while meeting deadlines and budgets.

  • Work in an agile environment with participation in daily stand-ups/scrum. 

  • Design, write, test, troubleshoot, and document application code 

  • Learn new technologies and know industry standards, best practices, and trends.

Required for This Opportunity:
  • Backend, C#, .NET core, APIs, GraphQL, Postgres, SQL, Database concepts, Docker

  • Clean architecture and design patterns (API coding, proficiency with microservices)

  • Proven experience with XUnit / MS Unit

  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and strong business acumen

  • Strong verbal communication skills.

Nice to Have:
  • Azure DevOps

  • Kafka

Applied Information Sciences does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis. Employment decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs.

Top Skills

.Net Core
APIs
C#
Docker
GraphQL
Ms Unit
Postgres
SQL
Xunit
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The Company
HQ: Reston, VA
710 Employees
Year Founded: 1982

What We Do

AIS (Applied Information Sciences) provides software and systems engineering services to government agencies and businesses across the United States. We specialize in cloud services, DevOps, custom application development, and IT services. Our areas of expertise include custom application development, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Office 365, SharePoint, Dynamics 365, User Experience (UX), business intelligence/advanced analytics and IoT, and Managed Services. Our customers include a broad range of organizations, from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies, and include state and local governments as well as defense and national security agencies.

Our analysis-driven approach to solving business problems—combined with our commitment to deadlines and budgets—results in successful projects and long-term relationships with our clients. We're a top-tier cloud partner for Microsoft, Amazon and Equinix with proven capabilities and a track record of success. AIS is a Microsoft gold partner with six competencies ​and a Microsoft National Solution Provider (NSP). From over 750,000 Microsoft partners, there are less than 50 partners that have been selected for inclusion​ in the NSP organization. Microsoft chooses partners for this program that have proven capabilities to scale to the needs of large enterprises across the United States. Founded in 1982, AIS is a growing and privately held company headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with offices in Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Indiana, and India.

Check out our opportunities at careers.ais.com.

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