Backend Developer (.NET & Azure)

This is Us

Ingenious Lion is a Digital Tech Hub designed exclusively for Publicis Groupe, one of the world’s leading marketing agencies.

As the marketing industry continues to drive digital transformation, Publicis Groupe empowers its clients with innovative data solutions and media ecosystems. Ingenious Lion has one mission: to partner with Publicis’ global teams in creating innovative data and digital tech products that will shape the future.

What makes us successful? Two key ingredients: we seek the good and the best, meaning we cultivate a thriving company culture. We’re all about creating an environment where people don’t just work; they grow, challenge themselves, strive for excellence, and are recognized for their incredible value to the team.

If you're curious to learn more about us, here are four things you should know:

• Our company culture is anchored in five powerful values: Joy, Honesty, Connectivity, Own Challenger, and Greater World. Do these values resonate with you?

• We are committed to diversity and inclusion because we believe our unique differences make us stronger.

• We encourage open communication and create an environment where everyone’s voice is heard and every contribution is valued.

• Finally, we’re somewhat “obsessed” with quality. We believe in continuous learning and knowledge sharing; when we hit a roadblock, we don’t just complain—we create solutions to overcome it.

In one sentence, we are a group of people with an unusual aptitude for generating great ideas, groundbreaking concepts and infusing them with positive energy and good fun.

Feeling Ingenious already?

A Sneak Peek at Your Future Role

As a Backend Developer, your primary mission is to take part in the restructuring and enhancement of our diverse suite of Cloud-based Web Applications—modernizing and optimizing tools that are integral to our operations. While your focus will center on backend development, your day-to-day work will offer opportunities to contribute throughout the full application stack as you grow into the position.

Your role will involve close collaboration with UX Designers, Product Managers, Architects, QA professionals, and other stakeholders to ensure our applications are not only functional and reliable, but also innovative and user-centric.

Your expertise will be crucial in ensuring the scalability and efficiency of our applications as we integrate and streamline legacy systems into a cohesive, forward-looking architecture. You will play a vital role in driving our projects forward, contributing to the overall success of our digital transformation journey.

Here Are the Key Tasks You'll Be Working on Every Day

• Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to drive the restructuring and enhancement of our Cloud-based Web Applications, ensuring they meet both current and future business needs.
• Leading backend development efforts within a Microservices-driven architecture, focusing on building robust, scalable server-side components that power our core applications, including data management and automated rule-based systems.
• Contributing to the consolidation of existing projects, you will integrate legacy systems into a unified platform, streamlining operations and enhancing functionality across our application suite.
• Contributing to front-end development, improving user interfaces across tools like permission management and market analysis, with front-end tasks progressively becoming a more integral part of your responsibilities as the role evolves.
• Working within agile teams to translate business requirements into fully functional, high-performing web applications that deliver value by optimizing processes and improving user outcomes.

We're Thrilled to Have You Consider Joining Our Team. Here Are the Qualifications We're Seeking

• At least six years of professional hands-on experience in .NET Core (C#), with demonstrated expertise in server-side development and implementing business logic.
• Strong knowledge of modern web and cloud architecture, with practical experience designing and deploying scalable solutions on the cloud.
• Extensive experience working with Azure, including Azure-native services like Event Hub, Service Bus, Key Vault, and Function Apps, ensuring secure and efficient application integration.
• Solid understanding of SQL, with hands-on experience working with both traditional relational databases (Azure SQL) and modern cloud-based solutions, as well as familiarity with NoSQL databases, particularly CosmosDB.
• Experience with Entity Framework, demonstrating your ability to work with object-relational mapping (ORM) for data access.
• Experience with Redis, showing your proficiency in using distributed caching to enhance application performance.
• Adeptness in designing and working with RESTful APIs, ensuring seamless communication between distributed systems.
• Demonstrated experience in unit testing to maintain code quality and reliability across all layers of the application.
• Fluent in English, both verbal and written

Skills That Would Make You Shine Even Brighter!

• You have experience building responsive UIs with TypeScript and React, along with familiarity in Angular and other frontend frameworks.
• You are familiar with AWS.
• You have experience with No-SQL databases, particularly CosmosDB.
• You know Cloud-Native Architectures, including Serverless and Microservices.