Appzlogic Mobility - Senior .Net/Kafka Developer

Job Description :

Job Title : Senior .NET Developer - Kafka

Experience : 6-8 Years

Location : Pan India

Work Mode : Hybrid / Remote / As per project requirement

Employment Type : Full-Time

Role Overview :

We are looking for an experienced - .NET Developer with strong Kafka expertise- to join our development team. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable enterprise applications using the - Microsoft .NET ecosystem- , along with practical experience implementing - Apache Kafka- for event-driven and distributed systems.

The candidate should have a strong understanding of - C#, .NET Core/.NET 6+, ASP.NET Core, REST APIs, microservices, SQL Server, and Kafka- . Experience with cloud platforms, containerization, CI/CD, and distributed systems will be an added advantage.

Key Responsibilities :

- Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable applications using - C# and .NET Core/.NET 6+- .

- Develop high-performance and secure - RESTful APIs and microservices- using ASP.NET Core.

- Design and implement - event-driven architectures- using Apache Kafka.

- Develop Kafka producers and consumers and manage event-based communication between microservices.

- Configure and work with - Kafka topics, partitions, consumer groups, offsets, replication, and retention policies- .

- Implement reliable message-processing mechanisms, including error handling, retries, and dead-letter topics.

- Develop reusable and maintainable application components following clean coding principles.

- Work with - SQL Server- and write complex SQL queries, stored procedures, functions, and database operations.

- Implement authentication and authorization mechanisms using - JWT, OAuth/OIDC- , or similar technologies.

- Design microservices that are scalable, fault-tolerant, and highly available.

- Integrate applications with internal and external systems through REST APIs and messaging platforms.

- Troubleshoot production issues and perform root-cause analysis.

- Optimize application, database, and Kafka performance.

- Write unit and integration tests and ensure good code coverage.

- Participate in code reviews and follow established development standards.

- Collaborate with architects, business analysts, QA engineers, DevOps engineers, and other development teams.

- Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives.

- Support application deployments and production releases.

- Prepare technical documentation and maintain API/interface documentation.

Mandatory Technical Skills :

.NET / C# :

- Strong hands-on experience with - C#- .

- Strong experience with - .NET Core / .NET 6+ / modern .NET- .

- Good knowledge of - ASP.NET Core Web API- .

- Strong understanding of object-oriented programming and SOLID principles.

- Experience developing scalable and maintainable enterprise applications.

- Knowledge of asynchronous programming using - async/await- and Tasks.

- Good understanding of dependency injection and middleware.

Kafka :

- Hands-on experience with - Apache Kafka- .

- Strong understanding of - Kafka producers and consumers- .

- Experience working with :

i. Topics

ii. Partitions

iii. Consumer groups

iv. Offsets

v. Replication

vi. Retention

- Experience implementing event-driven and asynchronous communication.

- Understanding of Kafka message delivery and processing mechanisms.

- Experience handling failed messages, retries, and - Dead Letter Topics/Queues-