.Net Software Engineer (Backend or Full Stack)

Vaco is partnering with a national wealth management technology organization to hire a Software Engineer supporting the development of advisor-facing applications within a large engineering organization. This role sits within a mature engineering environment focused on modernizing core platform capabilities while maintaining strong standards around code quality, collaboration, and engineering discipline.

This is a mid-level individual contributor role within a team of more than 40 engineers responsible for building and evolving a modern platform used by financial professionals nationwide. The environment combines a Microsoft-centric backend stack with modern front-end development, with a strong emphasis on maintainable architecture, testing discipline, and CI/CD practices.

The role offers a hybrid schedule with onsite collaboration Monday through Thursday and optional remote work on Fridays.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Design, develop, and maintain backend APIs and services using C# and modern .NET frameworks

• Contribute to React-based front-end components and shared UI libraries used across advisor-facing applications

• Translate product requirements and UX designs into reliable, production-ready software

• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code that meets performance and accessibility standards

• Participate in peer code reviews to ensure correctness, reliability, and engineering quality

• Develop and maintain unit, integration, and end-to-end test coverage

• Integrate applications with SQL Server, Cosmos DB, and other backend data services

• Contribute to CI/CD workflows and automated testing pipelines using modern development tooling

• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, performance bottlenecks, and integration challenges

• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, architects, and engineering peers in Agile delivery cycles

• Contribute to improving shared engineering standards, documentation, and development practices

Required Experience

• 3 to 7 years of professional software development experience

• Strong backend development experience with C# and modern .NET (.NET Core, .NET 5/6/7+)

• Experience building RESTful APIs and backend services

• Proficiency with SQL-based data systems such as SQL Server or Cosmos DB

• Experience developing UI components with React or a comparable modern JavaScript framework

• Hands-on experience with unit testing, integration testing, and CI/CD pipelines

• Experience working with Git-based version control workflows

• Experience collaborating within Agile engineering teams

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience

Nice to Have

• Experience working in financial services or other regulated industries

• Familiarity with Azure services and cloud-native development patterns

• Experience modernizing legacy systems or migrating monolithic applications

• Experience integrating third-party APIs

• Certifications related to Azure, React, or modern development frameworks

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience

• Performance-based bonus eligibility

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with strong employer premium contribution

• 401(k) with employer contribution

• Additional voluntary benefits and ancillary coverage options

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual’s skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company’s 401(k) retirement plan. Additional disclaimer: Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied. Please note, however, that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organizations. By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. Submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase within Vaco/Highspring will be otherwise assessed by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot opine on their use of AI products.