Simon & Schuster was named to Forbes magazine list of America's Best Mid-Size Employers 2022. Simon & Schuster is a global leader in general interest publishing, dedicated to providing the best in fiction and nonfiction for readers of all ages, and in all printed, digital and audio formats. Its distinguished roster of authors includes many of the world's most popular and widely recognized writers, and winners of the most prestigious literary honors and awards. It is home to numerous well-known imprints and divisions such as Simon & Schuster, Scribner, Atria Books, Gallery Books, Pocket Books, Adams Media, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing and Simon & Schuster Audio and international companies in Australia, Canada, India and the United Kingdom, and proudly brings the works of its authors to readers in more than 200 countries and territories. For more information visit our website at www.simonandschuster.com.
Simon & Schuster, one of the world's leading publishers, is investing in a multi-year modernization of the core systems that power order management, fulfillment, partner integration, and financial transactions. We are replacing long-established technology with modern .NET and SQL solutions using an AI-assisted approach. The program is already delivering measurable performance improvements in production.
The Full-Stack .NET Developer is the hands-on builder on the modernization team. You will take legacy batch programs and, working from documented business requirements, replace them with modern, production-grade .NET services and SQL solutions that are validated in parallel against the existing system before every cutover. As the program advances, the role extends to modern web front ends that replace legacy green-screen workflows, which is why full-stack capability matters.
AI tooling is central to how this team works: AI assists with legacy analysis, code generation, test generation, and documentation. You will use these tools daily — and you will be expected to review, refine, and validate AI-generated code critically rather than accept it blindly.
- Build modern replacements — Implement .NET worker services, APIs, and T-SQL stored procedures that replace legacy COBOL batch programs while preserving required business behavior.
- Review and refine AI-generated code — Use AI-assisted development for speed, then apply engineering judgment: correctness, edge cases, error handling, performance, and maintainability are yours to guarantee.
- Implement target architecture patterns — Apply the program's established patterns: structured logging and run telemetry, configuration-driven behavior, parallel-run ("shadow") support, restartability, and clean integration contracts.
- Support validation and cutover — Instrument every replacement for reconciliation against legacy output; work with the QA / Test Automation Engineer to drive each package to a clean validation gate before production cutover.
- Resolve complex conversion issues — Debug behavioral differences between legacy and modern implementations, working with legacy specialists to understand what the original code actually does.
- Front-end development — Build and maintain modern web UI components as the program modernizes user-facing workflows (browser-based replacements for legacy green-screen transactions).
- Contribute to engineering standards — Capture lessons learned, improve shared frameworks and templates, and help raise the quality bar as the team scales.
- 5+ years of professional full-stack .NET development — C#, .NET (modern .NET 6+ preferred), building and operating production services.
- Experience using AI tools to assist development — e.g., AI-assisted code generation, code review, test generation, or documentation — with the judgment to critically validate generated output before it ships.
- Strong SQL Server / T-SQL skills — stored procedures, set-based logic, transactions, and query-performance fundamentals.
- Back-end service experience — background/worker services, scheduled or batch processing, structured logging, and configuration management.
- Front-end web development experience — modern web UI with ASP.NET Core (Razor/Blazor) or a JavaScript/TypeScript framework (React, Angular, or similar).
- Production mindset — experience owning code that runs unattended in production: error handling, restartability, observability, and safe deployment practices.
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills, including reasoning about data-level differences between two systems.
- Clear written communication — design notes, code review feedback, and operational documentation.
- Experience on a legacy-modernization, system-replacement, or platform-migration program.
- Exposure to legacy or mainframe-style environments (e.g., COBOL-era batch systems) — enough familiarity to work effectively with legacy specialists when analyzing existing behavior. No COBOL programming required.
- Order processing, fulfillment, supply-chain, or EDI domain experience.
- Data-access frameworks such as Dapper or Entity Framework Core.
- Batch scheduling environments (AutoSys or similar) and overnight batch operations.
- Azure experience — SQL Server on Azure VMs, Azure SQL Managed Instance, or Azure-hosted services.
- Automated testing practices — unit testing, integration testing, or test-driven development.
- Replacement packages move through build and validation at a steady cadence, passing reconciliation against legacy output with few surprises.
- AI-assisted speed without AI-assisted defects: generated code is consistently caught, corrected, and hardened before it reaches production.
- Replacements demonstrate measurable improvements — faster runtimes, fewer failures, less database contention — over the legacy processes they retire.
- Shared patterns and lessons learned make each successive package cheaper and safer than the last.
Simon & Schuster US is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). At Simon & Schuster US, the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do. From employee benefits/programs and social impact outreach initiatives, we believe that opportunity, access, resources and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression), age, citizenship status, marital status, and Veteran status where protected by law or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
The hiring salary range for this position applies to New York City, California, Colorado, Washington state, and most other geographies. Starting pay for the successful applicant depends on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education. The benefits available for this position include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan, life insurance coverage, disability benefits, tuition assistance program and PTO or, if applicable. Additionally, employees have access to our industry-first, Broad Based Ownership program, which makes all employees partners in our shared success.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals in accordance with applicable law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please contact us at [email protected]. Unrelated emails, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.
Candidates hired for this or any other posted Simon & Schuster role will be employees of Simon & Schuster, LLC, subject to all policies, including the Workplace Privacy Notice, and eligible solely for the benefits plans thereof.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of professional full-stack .NET development experience
- Experience using AI tools for code generation, code review, test generation, or documentation, with the ability to critically validate output
- Strong SQL Server and T-SQL skills, including stored procedures, set-based logic, transactions, and query performance
- Experience developing backend worker services, scheduled or batch processing, structured logging, and configuration management
- Front-end web development experience with ASP.NET Core, Razor, Blazor, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Angular, or similar technologies
- Experience owning production code, including error handling, restartability, observability, and safe deployment practices
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills involving data-level differences between systems
- Clear written communication skills for design notes, code review feedback, and operational documentation
- Experience with legacy modernization, system replacement, or platform migration programs
- Exposure to legacy or mainframe-style environments such as COBOL-era batch systems
- Order processing, fulfillment, supply-chain, or EDI domain experience
- Experience with Dapper or Entity Framework Core
- Experience with AutoSys or similar batch scheduling environments and overnight batch operations
- Azure experience, including Azure VMs, Azure SQL Managed Instance, or Azure-hosted services
- Automated testing experience, including unit testing, integration testing, or test-driven development
What We Do
Simon & Schuster is a global consumer publishing company and major book publisher. It publishes more than 2,000 new titles annually across printed and digital formats, offering works that educate, entertain, and inspire readers of all ages. Its business includes numerous publishing groups and imprints, as well as audiobook publishing, including audio editions, original productions, and titles from both its own and external publishing houses.
