Senior Software Engineer/Lead Engineer AWS Cloud Developer (C# Microservices )
Quest Global · Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Quest Global · Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
**Job Requirements** **The Cloud Developer will design, build, deploy, operate, and support cloud-native applications and analytics dashboards. The role combines backend development, frontend development, AWS deployment, DevOps automation, cloud operations, and production rollout responsibilities.** **Key Responsibilities** - Design, develop, test, and maintain C# .NET Core microservices exposing secure and well-documented REST APIs. - Implement data persistence using PostgreSQL, including database schema design, query optimization, migrations, and operational troubleshooting. - Develop simple Angular frontend applications to consume exposed APIs and provide clear user interaction flows. - Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, packaging, deployment, and rollback of cloud applications on AWS. - Deploy, configure, and operate AWS-based environments, using appropriate managed services and cloud-native deployment patterns. - Manage AWS operations, including cost monitoring, resource optimization, maintenance planning, support activities, availability, and security hygiene. - Install, configure, and maintain dashboard analytics solutions for cloud services using available PaaS services based on OpenSearch, Grafana, or equivalent observability platforms. - Support business and technical teams in defining, deploying, and improving new operational dashboards. Prepare and execute production rollout plans, including release coordination, smoke testing, go-live support, monitoring, issue resolution, and post-release follow-up. **Work Experience** **Required Technical Skills** - Strong hands-on experience with C#, .NET Core, REST API development, microservice architecture, dependency injection, logging, configuration, and error handling. - Practical experience with PostgreSQL, relational data modelling, SQL queries, indexes, transactions, and database migrations. - Basic to intermediate experience with Angular, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, API integration, authentication flows, and frontend build processes. - Experience with AWS deployment and operations, including compute, networking, storage, managed database, IAM, monitoring, logging, and cost-management concepts. - Knowledge of CI/CD tools and practices, including source control, automated testing, environment configuration, deployment automation, and release traceability. - Experience with observability and analytics platforms such as OpenSearch, Grafana, dashboards, metrics, logs, alerts, and service-health monitoring. - Understanding of secure software development practices, access control, secrets management, vulnerability awareness, and production support procedures. **Cloud Operations and Support Expectations** - Monitor AWS consumption and propose actions to reduce unnecessary costs while preserving performance and reliability. - Maintain cloud environments through regular reviews of configurations, access rights, backups, logs, alerts, and service limits. - Provide second-level technical support for deployed cloud services, coordinating with development, infrastructure, security, and business stakeholders as needed. - Document operational procedures, deployment steps, dashboard configurations, known issues, and troubleshooting guides. - Participate in incident analysis and implement corrective actions to improve reliability and maintainability. **Required Experience** - Previous experience developing backend services with C# and .NET Core in a professional environment. - Experience integrating frontend applications with backend APIs. - Experience deploying applications to AWS using automated or semi-automated pipelines. - Experience supporting applications after go-live, including monitoring, troubleshooting, and production issue resolution. - Experience creating or maintaining technical dashboards for operations, analytics, or service monitoring. **Preferred Qualifications** - AWS certification or equivalent practical experience with AWS cloud services. - Experience with infrastructure as code, containerization, serverless services, or managed Kubernetes platforms. - Knowledge of API security patterns such as OAuth2, OpenID Connect, JWT, and role-based access control. - Experience with Agile delivery, backlog refinement, sprint planning, code reviews, and collaborative development practices. - Ability to work independently, communicate clearly with stakeholders, and take ownership of end-to-end delivery