Senior - Backend Developer - DX

Zoetis, Inc. is the world's largest producer of medicine and vaccinations for pets and livestock.  The Zoetis Tech & Digital (ZTD) Global ERP organization is as a key building block of ZTD comprising of enterprise applications and systems platforms.
Join us at Zoetis India Capability Center (ZICC) in Hyderabad, where innovation meets excellence. As part of the world's leading animal healthcare company, ZICC is at the forefront of driving transformative advancements and applying technology to solve the most complex problems. Our mission is to ensure sustainable growth and maintain a competitive edge for Zoetis globally by leveraging the exceptional talent in India.
At ZICC, you'll be part of a dynamic team that partners with colleagues worldwide, embodying the true spirit of One Zoetis. Together, we ensure seamless integration and collaboration, fostering an environment where your contributions can make a real impact. Be a part of our journey to pioneer innovation and drive the future of animal healthcare.

We are looking for a skilled C# Backend Developer to join our team and help us build robust and scalable backend systems for our applications.
This role integrates Devops – i.e. you will be both developing, deploying and monitoring the running cloud application.
An important part of the role is to engage directly with technical leadership in Dx Product development. So excellent written and oral communication skills are required. The role has end-to-end software ownership of design definition, implementation, and documentation of the delivered application.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES
 

• Manage backend developers in regard to individual development, and performance. Manage overall technical implementation of backend code in line with specifications and defined best practices for ZICC backend team. Manage the backend developers on the team in ZICC ensuring their work is implemented in line with technical specifications and defined best practices, Mentor and coach more junior backend developers ensuring they are continuously improving their skills and experience, Provide updates on status and progress to development manager - 40%

• Design, develop, and implement backend features using C# Keep system documentation up to date. This includes system architecture, changelogs, build descriptions, continues deployment, branching strategy etc. Collaborate with other technical leads and product owners to ensure high quality delivery of requirements. Build efficient, reusable, and maintainable code. Maintain and extend database implementation and migration script. Collaborate with front-end developers and other engineers to ensure a seamless user experience. Write unit and integration tests to ensure code quality. Deployment to Prod and coordinating infrastructure needs with cloud ops. Troubleshoot and debug complex technical problems on production systems – 50%

• Stay up to date on the latest trends and technologies in C# and backend development-10%

ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

Collaboration with product managers and product owners
Coordinate with developers, designers, analysts, QA and other members of the development team to implement integration solutions, share knowledge, and address technical challenges.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Masters/bachelor's in software engineering

Experience:
Minimum of 3 years in a development lead role with mix of managing developers and hands on technical design and coding
Minimum of 7 years as a C# developer
Minimum of 3 years' experience in microservice development leveraging .net web api, c# and .netcore

TECHNICAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS

Proven experience as a Senior C# developer (7+ years)
Strong understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) concepts
Experience with ASP.NET Core or similar backend frameworks
Experience with SQL databases and Entity Framework or similar ORM tools a plus
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Enterprise experience in microservice development
Experience with Open Api spec, YAML, RAML
Experience with DevOps practices
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
Strong communication and collaboration skills
Ability to work independently and as part of a team
3+ years' experience with leading a technical team of C# .NET developers
Bonus points:
Experience with secure network configuration on Azure
Experience with monitoring applications in Azure
Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
Experience working on Event driven architecture is very desirable (brokers, pub/sub)
Experience with DevOps implementation
Opportunity to train and work with MuleSoft ecosystem (Anypoint). 

PHYSICAL POSITION REQUIREMENTS.

Regular working hours are from 1:00 PM to 10:00 PM IST
Sometimes, more overlap with the EST Time zone is required during production go-live.