Senior .NET Developer (Cairo, Egypt) Ref#: ITG_29

Job Title: Senior .NET Developer

Location – Country, City: Egypt, Cairo

Job Summary: Designs, develops and modifies software applications and components; supports and/or installs software applications and components; works from written specifications and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the role. Provides subject matter expertise and technical leadership; leads complex development tasks / projects to successful completion.

Responsibilities:

  • Utilize established development tools, guidelines and coding conventions including but not limited to Visual Studio, ASP.NET, SQL Server, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and C#/VB.NET to develop world-class software applications.
  • Act as a technical reference / subject matter expert in all areas of the application development life-cycle.
  • Contribute to the high-performance of the agile-development lifecycle by ensuring productive, consistent and successful sprints by working to reduce blocking issues for the team.
  • Maintain existing software systems by identifying and correcting software defects.
  • Coach and develop team members to increase the team’s bench strength and flexibility.
  • Participate in regular design and code reviews with development team members to confirm use of best practices.
  • Translate business requirements into applications by implementing the best strategy to ensure design meets performance, usability, reliability, and scalability standards.
  • Translate complex functional and technical requirements into detailed development tasks.
  • Estimate the duration of design, development, and testing tasks.
  • Create new and extend existing operational documentation based on industry best practices and established international standards of software development.
  • Prioritize and organize development tasks in order to contribute to meeting project and product development goals on-time and on-budget.
  • Author detailed documentation for source code created.
  • Understand and evaluate new technologies, develop skills in new technologies.
  • Complete special projects and assignments as assigned.

Required Skills 

  • Solid hands-on experience in the following languages/tools/environments:
    • MS .Net Framework 3.5 or greater (WCF, WPF and WF)
    • Visual Studio .Net 2010/2012
    • C# .net, VB .net
    • AJAX, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML5, CSS 3.0
    • XML, XPath, XSLT, DOM and XML schemas
    • OOP and UML
    • MVC
  • Experience in eLearning applications, Experience in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Document Management (DMS) systems.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Proficiency in Windows Architecture; APIs, Windows Services and Web Services.
  • Expert understanding of Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) for Agile Software Development and other Agile Software Development frameworks.
  • Team-player that is positive, proactive and a motivated self-starter.
  • Knowledge and experience with build and release management.
  • Experience in quality assurance processes / tools.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent leadership, team building and relationship management skills.
  • Excellent time management skills.

Qualifications and Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
  • Minimum of 3 years software development experience.