Senior Backend Engineer (.Net)

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)

What we offer

We highly value our people, so we will empower you with all the resources and support to help you reach your full potential.

For your best work

• Remote-first flexibility to shape your ideal workday

• Home workplace budget

• Resilient home budget for Ukraine-based teammates

• Resilient office in Kyiv & co-working expense coverage

• Individual IT budget for extra equipment

• Top-tier tech and AI-powered tools

For your growth

• Access to Ideals Academy with numerous courses

• Investment in external learning and development activities

• Guidance in Personal Development Plan creation

• Professional literature and subscriptions coverage

• Support of your passion as a speaker or writer

• Internal talent mobility opportunities

For your well-being

• Medical insurance and Wellness Package for sports activities

• Full coverage of mental health sessions for Ukrainian teammates

• Funding for sports competitions

• 20 business days of paid time off per year

• Unlimited health-related time-off

Extra perks

• Team-building offline and online events

• Budget for meetups with your local team

• Generous internal referral program