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Schedule: Monday - Friday; 8AM - 5PM ET

Classification: Full Time - Exempt

Salary: $115,000

Reports To: Sr. Manager of Systems Administration

Department: Innovation and Technology

Travel Required: Yes - 2%; annual travel for department onsite meeting (up to 4 days)

Location: Remote

Lap of Love is a national practice dedicated exclusively to in-home end-of-life care for pets. We believe all pets and their families deserve the most compassionate and supportive end-of-life experience. Our veterinarians help pets and their parents with quality of life assessments, pain and anxiety management, end-of-life consultations, and peaceful euthanasia in the comfort of their pet's favorite place - home.

Position Description

Lap of Love Veterinary Hospice, headquartered in Lutz, FL., seeks to add a key member to its growing team by employing a .NET API Developer to join our Systems Administration team, an extension of the Innovation and Technology department. As the .NET Developer, this individual will be a member of a team that is responsible for the development of REST APIs for our proprietary CRM platform, Sunshine. They'll be working on a cross functional team tasked with building APIs and integrations to consume those APIs to support the work that our Veterinarians perform in the field. If you've ever wanted to help architect and build an API layer from barebones, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

The ideal candidate will have a solid working knowledge of .NET 8, ASP.NET Core Web API, Entity Framework(EF8), and Microsoft SQL Server. They will write high quality, testable code using xUnit + Moq and must be proficient at writing detailed logging to observability tools like AWS Open Search, Cloud Watch, or Azure App Insights. Experience using Autofac + ASP.NET Core DI for dependency management and working with the Fluent API for request validation. This person will also need to understand how to implement oAuth 2.0 and JWT Bearer Validation workflows using Entra AD as the identity provider.

We work as a team here at Lap of Love. This person will be expected to work with a cross functional team consisting of development resources for the core Sunshine platform, our Cloud Administrator and Cloud Developer for all things DevOps, CI/CD, Terraform, and Cloud Provisioning along with project managers, product owners, and senior leadership. They should be comfortable translating business requirements into working code with minimal direct supervision.

In addition, Lap of Love is embracing AI tools. The ideal candidate will have a thorough understanding of using Claude Code or similar tools while maintaining a human-in-the-loop workflow.

Requirements

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Assist with the architecture and development of API endpoints for our proprietary CRM platform, Sunshine
• Assist with the development and maintenance of backend integration stacks for 3rd party APIs
• Collaborate with the core Sunshine development team to assist with refactoring existing API endpoints, triaging issues, or troubleshooting performance issues as it relates to the API or Data Access layer
• Creating documentation of the API layer using tools such as Swagger
• Review workload monitoring and identify opportunities for improvement

Experience, Education, and Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, system administration, or a related field required - may be substituted with relevant work experience and a demonstrated level of expertise.
• 3-5 years of experience writing C# using .NET 8
• 3-5 years of experience working with Entity Framework (EF8 or newer)
• 3-5 years of experience working with Microsoft SQL Server
• 3-5 years of experience working with ASP.NET Core Web API
• 3-5 years of experience writing tests using Xunit and Moq
• 3-5 years of experience developing in a multi-cloud environment (AWS and Azure)
• Thorough understanding of RESTful API Development best practices
• Thorough understanding of JavaScript and React front-end, specifically how it consumes and interacts with API endpoints
• Comfortable using Claude Code to assist with development and iteration on work items while maintaining a human-in-the-loop workflow

Physical and Other Job Requirements

• Some early mornings or late nights may be required
• Able to sit for prolonged periods of time of up to 8 hours per day
• Able to work 40 hours per week during core hours (8am-5pm ET)
• Able to frequently communicate by telephone and through use of computer technologies, including but not limited to email and video conferencing
• Possess manual dexterity, fine motor skills, and the ability to operate a computer, read a computer screen and type on a keyboard for prolonged periods of time of up to 8 hours per day.
• Able to quickly learn custom software
• Access to reliable and secure internet
• Maintain confidentiality of all patient, client, and business information
• Comply with all applicable laws, regulations, policies, procedures, and guidelines

This job posting is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties, but it aims to highlight the typical main responsibilities of the position. At the request of their supervisor, this individual may be asked to perform additional duties or take on additional responsibilities to better meet the needs of their department.

Benefits

• Health Insurance Plan (Medical) with 100% employee paid HSA option available
• Dental and Vision Plans
• Retirement Plan (Traditional 401k with 3% match and Roth 401k)
• Paid Time Off
• Bereavement Leave
• Paid Parental Leave
• Company Funded Wellness Resources (Mental, Financial, and Physical)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary, and AD&D)
• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Training & Development
• Pet Insurance