.Net Developer
Sabenza IT & Recruitment · Cape Town, Western Cape
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Start free — we apply for you →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
- Bachelor’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 ) – essential
- 5 or more years of commercial software development experience using C# and the .NET framework, with a track record of delivering and maintaining production systems
- Strong 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 Core
- Proficiency with Git-based version control (branching strategies, pull requests) and CI/CD pipelines
- Comfortable working in Agile/Scrum and experienced at onboarding to existing codebases through documentation, code reading and structured handover
- Advantageous: 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 pipeline
- Comfortable 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