Full-Time .Net Developer

This role can be fully remote, sitting anywhere within the US. If successful candidate lives within commuting distance of metro DMV area, a hybrid role will be considered.

ICF is a rapidly growing, entrepreneurial, multi-faceted consulting company, seeking a .NET Developer to support our Department of Defense (DoD) Child and Youth Programs (CYP) project. ICF works with government representatives and users to build and enhance CYP systems. The DoD recognizes the importance of providing military and DoD-affiliated families with access to quality, affordable childcare programs. Access to childcare directly affects the efficiency, mission readiness, morale, and retention of DoD personnel worldwide.

This developer will participate in building and modernizing web-based applications to support our Child and Youth Programs project, work with technical leads to develop and enforce standards, collaborate with a development team, and follow solutions as they are developed through production deployment. The ICF team performs custom software development to modernize siloed, legacy applications using modular design standards. The team works closely with clients and other contractors to ensure the performance and reliability of public-facing, mission-critical applications.

Employment must be compliant with eligibility for Public Trust Clearance due to Government Contract.

What you will be doing:

• Collaborate with others to define and implement optimal, complete solutions based on stakeholder needs.
• Design backend and frontend web-based software or customize software for client use with the aim of optimizing operational efficiency.
• Analyze and design databases within a solution stack, working individually or coordinating database development as part of a team.
• Apply and generate best practices in multiple technical domains using various technology products and services.
• Capture and share best practice knowledge with the internal technical teams.

What you must have:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or other related scientific or technical discipline
• 5 + years of experience with:
  • Developing backend software using the C# programming language
  • Developing frontend software using HTML/JS/CSS and Razor
  • Building web applications using technologies including Microsoft ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Core MVC, ASP.NET Web API, ASP.NET Core Web API
    • E xperience with .NET Core (or .NET 5+)
    • E xperience with dependency injection
  • Designing and developing REST APIs
  • ORM technologies such as Microsoft's Entity Framework
  • SQL database modeling and query optimization
  • Understanding development design patterns and when to apply them
  • Git
  • Writing unit tests
• MUST RESIDE IN THE United States (U.S.) and the work MUST BE PERFORMED in the United States (U.S.), as this work is for a federal contract and laws do apply

What we'd like you to have:

• 7 + years experience with the above technologies
• Experience with JavaScript frameworks especially React
• Proficiency with JIRA
• Experience implementing security best practices
• Experience analyzing application performance bottlenecks and developing optimizations
• Experience with Python and Typescript
• Excellent communication skills
• Continuous learning mindset

Technologies you will use:

• ASP.NET MVC/Web API, ASP.NET Core MVC/Web API, SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React