Senior Backend Engineer (.Net)
Ideals
Get to know us
Ideals is a global B2B SaaS product company recognized as the most highly rated and customer-centric brand in the secure business collaboration market. Trusted by over 2,000,000 users from 175,000 companies globally, we are on a mission to create more prosperity in the world by accelerating high-stakes business decisions. We achieve this by delivering extremely intuitive and robust software products that help people make impactful decisions with less stress, higher quality, and shorter hours. Our key products include:
Ideals Virtual Data Room (VDR): A secure, cloud-based platform for sharing confidential documents during due diligence, fundraising, M&A, legal transactions, and other business-critical workflows.
Ideals Board: A platform for boards and executive teams to streamline governance and enhance decision-making in a fast, secure, and compliant way.
The role
Ideals is an international B2B SaaS company building a leading Virtual Data Room (VDR) platform used globally for highly sensitive data exchange. Our Engineering organization consists of ~100 professionals across 9 cross-functional teams, each owning critical product areas.
We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer (.Net) to join the Orion Team, one of our core teams. Orion owns the backbone of file management within the Ideals VDR, including:
File conversion pipelines
Advanced watermarking
AI-driven document classification
High-performance document viewer experience
Team setup: 2 Backend Engineers, 2 Frontend Engineers, 2 QA Engineers, Engineering Manager, Tech Lead, Architect, Product Manager, Designer, Content Manager.
Tech stack: .NET Framework 4.7, .NET 8, ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework, Web API, MS SQL Server / PostgreSQL, AWS, Docker/Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Git.
What you will do
Participate in all phases of the SDLC as part of a cross-functional product team. This includes, but is not limited to, requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing (unit, integration, and service tests), building, deployment, and operation of new product increments, handling change requests, defect resolution, spikes, and proof-of-concepts
Ensure high-quality solutions by maintaining acceptable test coverage aligned with the Definition of Done criteria
Be a proactive team player, contributing actively to the group’s efforts to complete tasks and achieve goals
Adhere to and drive modern software engineering practices through design reviews
Engage in mentorship and knowledge sharing within the team and the Engineering organization
What you bring
Over 5 years of commercial experience in backend development using .NET Framework and .NET 6+
B2 level proficiency in English, both spoken and written
Solid understanding of the SDLC, along with software design and architecture principles
Expertise in writing both unit and integration tests while ensuring that best practices for testing are integrated into every phase of development
Expertise in API design principles, with a solid understanding of REST, RPC, including security considerations
Experience with relational databases (preferably MS SQL Server / PostgreSQL)
Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS is preferred)
Product-focused approach, consistently striving to create value for users
Strong sense of ownership, taking full responsibility for end-to-end development from design through to production support
Proactive attitude and a growth mindset, with a strong orientation towards self-development and continuous learning
Interest in AI-driven solutions, with openness to developing expertise in this area
Nice to have
Experience in product or SaaS businesses
Experience with .NET 8
Experience with AWS (SNS, SQS, S3,EC2,OpenSearch) and Docker/Kubernetes
Knowledge of security best practices in backend development
Our assessment process
Screening call with the Talent Acquisition Specialist (45 mins)
Technical interview and Live coding (2 hours)
Engineering Competency-based interview with our Engineering Manager (2 hours)
Interview with the Hiring Manager (60 mins)
