Senior .NET Developer – Apollo

Job Description

Job Summary

Contract Type:

Full time

• To strengthen our IT department we are currently looking for a passionate Senior (.NET) Application Development Engineer to join our Apollo Team, a self-organized, cross functional team in the IGO/NGO Release Train within Cigna’s International Markets.
• Together with the team, you will take ownership of its supported applications, continuously improving and extending them and making sure they keep running smoothly in the production environment (“You build it, you run it.”)
• You are customer oriented while keeping performance in mind. You keep an overall view on all components of the applications in the scrum teams portfolio and know how to find the right balance between future-proof solutions and fast-to-market requirements.
• You have a business drive, passion for technology and are eager to learn. Above all, you have a can-do attitude where you roll up your sleeves and just do it.

Your Profile

• We value traits like an agile mindset, passion & positivism. We are looking for colleagues who take responsibility and want to make a difference. To collaborate in an international environment, English language skills are required (written and spoken).

General Requirements

• You have a Bachelor or Master degree in IT.
• You have a excellent knowledge of written and spoken English and are a strong communicator.
• You are able to articulate and bring structure in your ideas and solutions.
• You have 5 or more years of experience in .NET (backend) development.
• You are able to convert functional analysis into technical design and estimates, working with our Architecture team.
• You are able to work both independently and as part of a close knit team.
• You are eager to work on bespoke .NET components, as well as customize and configure imaging & workflow vendor platforms.
• You demonstrate strong communication, prioritization, organization and problem solving skills.
• You enjoy driving solutions from conception to release.
• You have a customer oriented, creative and inventive mindset.
• You have strong motivational and convincing skills
• You are sensitive to cultural differences and you enjoy working in a global, multi-location team.
• You are able to deal with ambiguity.

Essential Technical Skills

• Development in .NET and MS SQL using Visual Studio

Experience in any of the following is a big plus

• Previous experience with Agile methodologies (SAFe, SCRUM, …)
• Experience with ORM Frameworks, Enterprise Library, NuGet, WCF
• Experience with ALM/DevOps tooling (eg. Azure Devops Pipelines)
• Experience with Windows Server infrastructure (including IIS)
• GIT or TFS version control systems

Responsibilities

• Together with the team, you support requirement definition, and transform and develop these requirements into an appropriate architecture and solution.
• You have end-to-end responsibility for backend applications that support our claims handling processes.
• Write automated unit and integration tests.
• Formulate & propose improvements, both on functional and technical level.
• Define technical guidelines.
• Document the implemented architecture and solution.
• Deliver quality code, whilst keeping deadlines and business value in mind.
• Work together in an international, cross-functional scrum team and the wider International Health organization.
• Have a proactive role within the development chapter across all IGO/NGO scrum team.

Don’t worry, you don’t have to do this alone; you will work closely with the other developers, the Product Owner, Scrum Master, Subject Matter Experts and testers in your scrum team. You will be supported by the internal customer and our architects. On top of that, you are supported by the Developer Chapter, the group of .NET developers working in all IOH teams.