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Hire .NET Developers

.NET developers build and modernise business applications and APIs on Microsoft's platform, often hosted on Azure.

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The role

What .NET developers do

A .NET developer builds web apps and APIs with ASP.NET Core, works with SQL Server and Entity Framework, and deploys to Azure or containers. Migrating older .NET Framework applications to modern .NET is one of the most common projects.

Typical deliverables

  • ASP.NET Core APIs and web apps
  • Migrations from .NET Framework
  • Blazor front ends
  • Azure deployments and Functions
  • SQL Server data access and tuning

Tools you will see

  • .NET 8+
  • ASP.NET Core
  • Entity Framework Core
  • Blazor
  • SQL Server
  • Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions

Choosing

How to choose .NET developers

What to look for

  • Modern .NET experience alongside any older framework work.
  • A step-by-step approach to migrating large applications.
  • Tests and automated builds.
  • Understanding of Azure costs and services if you use Azure.

Questions to ask

  1. 1How would you migrate our .NET Framework app?
  2. 2When would you use Blazor instead of a JavaScript front end?
  3. 3How do you keep Entity Framework queries efficient?
  4. 4How do you deploy .NET apps?

Planning

Before you post the job

Migration strategy

Large apps often move piece by piece. Ask for a migration plan as the first milestone.

What drives cost

Application size, dependencies on Windows-only features, integrations and hosting changes.

Hiring on Open Lance

  • Posting a job and reviewing proposals are free.
  • Each milestone is funded into escrow before work starts and paid when you approve it.
  • Hire fixed-price, hourly, as a monthly Dedicated Hire, or buy a packaged Drop-In.
  • Client fees are shown before you pay and added on top of the work.

How escrow and approval work · Pricing

FAQ

Questions about hiring .NET developers

Why move off .NET Framework?

Modern .NET is faster, cross-platform and actively developed. .NET Framework receives only maintenance fixes.

What is Blazor?

A way to build interactive web interfaces in C# instead of JavaScript.

Does .NET require Azure?

No. .NET apps run on any major cloud or on your own servers.

Related

Related skills

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