Junior - Intermediate Developer

Nearshore .NET Developer - Job Description

About The compnay is a healthcare SaaS platform serving children’s services organizations (Early Intervention, Pre-K, child therapy, developmental services). Each client has their own dedicated database. Our platform handles service logging, billing, compliance, and program management for agencies that help children and families.

Role

The Role We need a developer who wears multiple hats. No business analyst. No middleman. The developer IS the person who talks to the client, triages the problem, and builds the solution. Our clients are non-technical (therapists, billing staff, administrators), so the ability to communicate clearly and calmly is critical. The role breaks down into three areas:

Emergencies

• Respond to urgent production issues during EST business hours - top priority
• Diagnose and resolve outages quickly (recycling application pools, reviewing logs, tracing errors)
• Troubleshoot database issues (deadlocks, slow queries, data integrity problems) across client databases
• Basic AWS infrastructure troubleshooting (EC2 instance management, monitoring, restarts)
• Communicate with affected clients while resolving the issue

Tickets / Support

• Handle support tickets during business hours (billing issues, client bugs, feature requests)
• Get on Google Meet calls with clients to understand their needs (AI records the call)
• Triage: determine if it is a bug fix or a feature that requires prototyping
• Communicate directly with non-technical stakeholders

Development

• Build quick HTML prototypes using AI tools (Cursor, Claude Code) for client review and approval
• Build approved features into the existing platform
• Work with the existing development team to maintain and improve the codebase

What You’ll Work With

Our platform has evolved over many years and includes some legacy technologies. You do not need prior experience in every item below. You need to be comfortable jumping into unfamiliar code and figuring things out using AI tools and good engineering judgment.

• C# ASP.NET MVC (.NET Framework)
• Classic ASP (legacy portions of the platform)
• Microsoft SQL Server (per-client databases)
• jQuery, DevExpress (UI component library), Entity Framework
• AWS (EC2, S3)
• Git / GitHub
• AI tools available on our dev server: Claude Code, Cursor

What We Need

• Strong generalist .NET or full-stack developer (junior to mid-level)
• Strong English - this person will be on calls with US clients regularly
• Fluent with AI development tools as a daily force multiplier (Cursor, Claude Code, or similar). This is a hard requirement, not a nice-to-have.
• Comfortable learning and working in unfamiliar codebases
• Comfortable debugging databases (SQL queries, performance, data investigation)
• Self-starter who asks good questions when stuck and communicates clearly while working
• Genuinely enjoys helping people solve problems (if they hate tickets, this is not the role)
• EST hours
• Comfortable with legacy technologies, outdated code, and hidden complexity
• Comfortable working directly on production databases and live environments

What We Don’t Need

• A senior architect who wants to redesign everything
• Someone who avoids support work
• A developer who needs a BA to translate client needs
• Someone who gives general answers without technical depth
• A candidate whose resume matches our stack exactly but cannot operate in unfamiliar code

Ideal Candidate Strengths

• Experience with healthcare billing, insurance claims, or compliance-driven software
• Familiarity with multi-tenant architectures (separate databases per client)
• Background working with government or state-funded programs
• Experience with legacy .NET Framework codebases
• Demonstrated ability to ramp up quickly on unfamiliar technologies using AI tools
• Responsible and proactive approach to work, ensuring team consultation before making decisions or implementing changes
• Awareness that small changes in complex code can have significant unintended consequences

Screening Process We Have Moved Away From Interview-only Screening. Interviewing Candidates Against Developers Who Have Lived In Our Codebase For Years Filters Out Strong Generalists Who Could Do This Job Well With AI Tools. We Are Optimizing For Adaptability, Working Style, And AI Tool Fluency - Not Exact Stack Match. How Screening Works

• Agency pre-screen. Verify strong English, generalist .NET skills, and real AI tool fluency. Ask the candidate to describe a recent task where AI tools meaningfully accelerated their work and what they did when the AI got it wrong.
• Conversational interview with Aaron. Fit, communication style, understanding of the role, comfort with client-facing work.
• Paid practical test. Candidates we advance get access to our remote dev server (no prod access, sandbox environment with real code). They work through 2-3 realistic tasks over a defined window (3-4 hours, paid). Claude Code and other AI tools are available on the server. We review how they worked, not just whether they solved the problem.

What the practical test measures:

• Speed of orientation in unfamiliar code
• AI tool fluency as a real working force multiplier
• Debugging approach and problem-solving instincts
• Communication while working, especially when stuck
• Judgment about when to ask for help vs. push through

This model reflects how the job actually works day to day. It is also a fairer evaluation than an abstract technical interview, and it gives candidates a realistic preview of the role.