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We are looking for a C#.Net Developer to join our team and help to drive application development forward as we constantly introduce new functionality and improvements.

You will be part of a small team, and have the opportunity to join the company at a time of exciting growth. The role will involve picking up existing development work, and also working on new and challenging projects.

You will need to be ambitious and interested in a challenge, and the rewards it will bring. If not, this job is not for you.

Location

The role will be based long-term in Abuja, but you must be willing to travel within Nigeria or outside as required.

The Role

You will work on every aspect of technical development, from requirement analysis, design, development, testing through to deployment and the management of the production environment.

You will have a strong commercial development experience of 3+ years and at least 2-3 years strong C# and ASP.NET development experience. You should also have strong SQL Server experience with skills to create and maintain stored procedures, manage database objects and perform data optimisation tasks as necessary. Experience in handling large data volumes is essential.

Knowledge of latest web technologies is required, as is a genuine interest and passion for the web.

You will be maintaining different versions of the code. Due to the nature of the project, you will work in an environment requiring small and frequent functional releases.

This role is a proactive one where the individual is expected to be self-motivated and proactive as a key member of a small, growing start-up company. You will be expected to be very “hands-on” and competent with technical work in a small business environment.

Outline of Responsibilities

- Handle change requests and provide quick and efficient solutions.
- Analyse business requirements and transform them into technical design.
- Implement the design to develop and test the functional requirements.
- Source code maintenance.
- Administer development and production environments. This includes websites and databases.
- Continuously monitor website, application and database performance.
- Proactively provide ideas and solutions towards the improvement of solutions and the business.
- Interact with business development and marketing team to understand the business requirements.
- Provide effort estimates and prioritise tasks.
- Provide timely functional releases so as to meet fast changing business requirements.
- Assess risk and impact on the existing system that may arise due to any requirement or functional change.

Skills and Competencies

You should have experience with .NET Framework 1.1 and higher.
Strong understanding and hands on experience of C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET using Visual Studio.NET.
Experience with maintaining SQL Server 2000 objects and handling performance issues.
Knowledge of XML, XHTML, XMLHTTP would be an added advantage.