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Location: Houston, TX or Columbus, OH or Jersey City, NJ

About WCT

WCT is a global talent solutions partner committed to delivering high-impact technology and engineering talent to some of the worlds most innovative companies. As a WCT employee, youll be part of a dynamic, growth-oriented culture that values collaboration, continuous learning, and excellence in execution.

Job Description:

What Youll Do (Key Responsibilities)

• Design a production?grade .NET 8 REST API using ASP.NET Core with clear resource models and versioning.
• Define and implement SQL database schema and data access layers following robust persistence patterns (e.g., repository/unit?of?work where applicable).
• Ensure transactional integrity, secure and performant SQL interactions (parameterized queries, indexing strategies), and principled error handling.
• Establish observability: structured logging, metrics, tracing, and health checks.

Development & Testing

• Implement API?to?SQL write/read operations with idempotency, authorization/access controls, and input validation.
• Develop unit, integration, and API?to?database tests, including validation of data integrity, transactional behavior, and error/exception paths.
• Conduct API validation against functional and non?functional requirements (performance, resilience, and security baselines).

Required Qualifications

• 58+ years of backend engineering experience, including delivering production .NET (C#) REST APIs; strong with .NET 6/7/8 (preferably .NET 8).
• Proficiency in ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework Core (or equivalent DAL patterns), SQL Server (or equivalent enterprise RDBMS).
• Hands?on with transactional processing, relational data modeling, query optimization, and secure SQL interaction.
• Strong testing discipline: unit/integration/API tests, test data management, and validation of transactional behavior and error handling.
• Familiarity with observability (logging/metrics/tracing), API security (authN/authZ, secrets), and performance tuning.
• Experience working in Agile teams and producing clear technical documentation and stakeholder?ready status reports.

Compensation / Salary Range: The typical pay range for this role is: USD $100,000/Yearly - $110,000/Yearly. Factors that may affect pay within or outside of this range may include but not limited to geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Benefits:

Medical, dental, Vision, Life, PTO, Holidays, 401(k) benefits and ancillaries may be available for eligible WCT employees and may vary depending on the nature of your employment.

WCT will accept applications and processes offers for these roles until the role is filled.

Equal Employment Opportunity Declaration:

WCT is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

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