Dot Net Architect

Solutions Application Architect - Direct Hire - MN.

Full time hire in Edina MN. Salary 125k.

Player/Coach - code, mentor = Design system, strategy, new production platform & core architecture.- both needed to move forward.

Our client is looking for a Solution Application Architect. This is a hands on role and the ideal candidate will have the opportunity to work on a wide range of interesting and innovative technology solutions and architect the development of a new engagement marketing SaaS platform. You will be a Player/Coach (80%), coding (20%), mentoring and designing system strategy.

MUST HAVE SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:
>Experience as an Application and/or Solution Architect in a .NET environment with the ability to code in C# and do code reviews.
> Willingness to learn and use new tools, technologies, patterns, and techniques from various disciplines and platforms, both Microsoft and non-Microsoft
> A focus on Software Craftsmanship & sound engineering practices
> Participation in development community (e.g. open source projects, blogging, tech talks)
> Agile or Lean methodology experience (e.g. Scrum, Kanban)
> C# 5.0 (proficient using and explaining LINQ and Lambdas; comfortable using asynchronous language features) or experience with other multi-paradigm languages (e.g. F#, Nemerle, Ruby, Scala, Groovy, D)
> HTML5, CSS, Modern JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX/AJAJ
> Browser MV* frameworks (e.g. KnockoutJS, AngularJS, EmberJS, Backbone)
> Web technology transcompilers (e.g. TypeScript, CoffeeScript, LESS, SASS)
> Web & Web API frameworks (e.g. ASP.NET WebApi, NancyFx, ServiceStack, Kayak)
> ASP.NET MVC 4 or other similar web application frameworks (e.g. FubuMVC, Rails)
> Experience with mobile web development
> SQL Server or other relational databases (e.g. MySQL, Sqlite, PostgreSQL)
> NUnit or other testing (and supporting) frameworks (e.g. xUnit.Net, MbUnit, NSubstitue, Moq)
> Experience with NoSQL technologies (e.g. Riak, CouchDb, MongoDb, Hadoop, Cassandra, EventStore)
> Experience with testing tools such as SpecFlow, Selenium, and Cucumber
> Distributed source control systems (e.g. Git, Mercurial, etc.)
> Experience with message oriented / event-driven architectures
> Experience developing SaaS products with cloud platforms (e.g. Amazon, Azure)
> Experience using Resharper, dotCover, dotTrace, and other similar tools
> Experience using or creating Nuget packages and the Semantic Versioning scheme
> Experience with build / deployment automation tools (e.g. MSBuild, NAnt, Rake, TeamCity, Jenkins)
> Understanding of the differences / trade-offs between relational and NoSQL data stores

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:
> Experience with TPL, TPL DataFlow, Reactive Framework (Rx)
> Experience with Domain Driven Design, CQRS, or Event Sourcing
> Experience using or building Domain Specific Languages (DSLs)
> Ability to create and use persistent / immutable data structures
> Ability to create and use Abstract Syntax / Expression Tree structures
> Understanding of functional programming concepts like closures, currying, and monads
> Deep understanding of how to build components / libraries that can be consumed by C#’s query comprehension syntax and async / await syntax
> Mono framework development on Linux

Job Type: Full-time