Backend Developer

Title : Sr. Backend Developer

Location : New York, NY

Job Type : Contract 3+ months

Work Mode : Remote Role

Pay Rate Range : $55-$60 an hour based on experience

Interview Mode : 1-2 rounds, first round will be MS Teams

Job Overview : This Fortune 500 Utilities Company is looking for a senior backend developer with strong communications skills, to work with our existing IT delivery team to design, document, develop, test and implement key functional enhancements based on business requirements from our product owners and regulators. The ideal candidate has strong communication and problem-solving skills, can help foster relationships, facilitate and coordinate standard project operations and support and drive excellence.

The IT Business Systems Delivery (BSD) Customer Engagement department supports, manages and implements a portfolio of IT system capital initiatives with our Energy Management business partners. This IT team supports each initiative from conception to implementation and provides the necessary IT support required to either enhance existing systems, create or enhance interfaces and or design, develop, test and implement new applications.

Key Responsibilities :

Develop data transformations using C# with inputs / outputs to JSON, XML, CSV, and fixed-width.

Design and develop C# APIs : Create APIs or use third-party APIs to manage data between back end systems.

Create and consume C# API calls with JSON, and XML formatted payloads.

Creation and execution of C# based batch processes.

SQL Programming, DDL and DML including creation of complex MS SQL Stored Procedures.

Designing, developing, and maintaining C# console applications.

Itron Temetra (System Integration) is a big plus.

Enterprise use of GitHub (e.g. Pull Requests).

Technical writing, producing technical specifications, which include data mapping (e.g. ETLs).

Testing and fixing bugs or other coding issues : Responsible for routine testing and debugging in back-end processes.

Stay current with technological developments and trends in the fields.

Collaborating with cross-functional teams : will work with other team members such as UX designers, business analysts, and project managers, to ensure the project meets the desired goals.

Implementing security and data protection solutions : will ensure the secure handling of sensitive information and implement necessary security measures. Comply to corporate best practices.

Documenting development processes, including commenting code and keeping user manuals up-to-date : This helps future developers understand the project history and the reasoning behind certain coding decisions.

Design, develop and modify process to deploy code from one environment to another

Execute, plan, document and coordinate code deployment and system cutover to production.