Candidate with 5 to 8 years of experience. Strong hands-on experience with .NET Core / .NET 6+ for backend API development. Proficiency in C#, REST API design, and microservices architecture. Entity Framework Core and SQL data modeling experience. Azure Functions, App Services, and API Management. Azure SQL and SQL Managed Instance. Azure Service Bus, Key Vault, and Application Insights. Azure DevOps (Pipelines, Repos, Boards) as the primary toolchain. Experience working in trunk-based development workflows with short-lived feature branches. Understanding of pipeline gates, PR policies, and branch protection strategies. Exposure to shift-left practices including automated testing and static code analysis. Code quality tooling such as SonarQube integrated into pipelines. Security scanning awareness (Snyk, WIZ, or DAST tooling). Test-driven or behavior-driven development mindset. Familiarity with immutable deployment patterns and progressive delivery.