Senior Associate

Core Details and Responsibilities
As a Senior Associate – Software Development, you will be a hands‐on senior engineer within the Technology & Product Solutions team, contributing to the design, build, and support of enterprise‐grade, cloud‐native solutions on the Microsoft technology stack.
You will work across application development, cloud services, integrations, automation, and emerging AI‐enabled capabilities, contributing to the delivery of secure and scalable solutions on the Microsoft technology stack.
The role emphasizes strong engineering principles, sound architecture, and modern cloud practices over reliance on any single platform or product.
High‐Level Responsibility Areas
From a high‐level perspective, the core responsibilities that form this role are grouped into the following areas:
Application & Platform Development (Microsoft Stack)
Cloud & Azure Development
Integrations, APIs & System Interoperability
Power Platform Solutions & Automation
AI Integration & Intelligent Solutions
Tooling, Support & Engineering Governance
Collaboration & Documentation
Risk, Security & Compliance
Key Responsibilities
Application & Platform Development (Microsoft Stack)
Design, develop, and maintain enterprise applications using Microsoft technologies
Apply clean code principles, solid architecture, and modern development practices
Contribute to both low‐code and pro‐code solutions, selecting the right approach for each use case
Develop using technologies such as TypeScript, JavaScript, and C# (.NET where applicable)
Apply best practices for version control, environment management, and release processes
Cloud & Azure Development
Design and build Azure‐based services supporting scalable, secure, and event‐driven architectures
Develop and maintain Azure Function Apps for background processing, orchestration, and integrations
Implement secure configuration, monitoring, logging, and error‐handling patterns
Contribute to cloud architecture decisions with a focus on resilience, performance, and cost awareness
Integrations, APIs & System Interoperability
Design and implement RESTful APIs and integrations with internal and third‐party systems
Apply authentication, authorization, data transformation, and resilience patterns
Support enterprise‐level integration scenarios across platforms and environments
Ensure integrations are secure, supportable, and well‐documented
Power Platform Solutions & Automation
Build and extend solutions using Microsoft Power Platform technologies where appropriate
Design Dataverse data models, relationships, and security roles
Develop and maintain Power Automate workflows to streamline business processes
Extend low‐code solutions using custom code when platform capabilities alone are insufficient
AI Integration & Intelligent Solutions
Design and develop AI‐enabled features using Microsoft AI services and APIs (e.g. Azure AI Services and Azure OpenAI‐based services)
Integrate AI capabilities into applications, workflows, and platforms to enhance automation, insight, and user experience
Build and maintain AI‐assisted solutions such as intelligent document processing, data enrichment, and workflow augmentation
Write clean, testable, production‐ready code to consume AI models and services using secure integration patterns
Collaborate with business and product stakeholders to identify high‐value, practical AI use cases
Apply responsible AI practices, including security, data privacy, governance, and risk management
Tooling, Support & Engineering Governance
Provide second‐and‐third‐line technical support across applications, cloud services, and integrations
Troubleshoot complex issues spanning application logic, automation, integrations, and infrastructure
Apply platform governance, engineering standards, and security controls
Use appropriate tooling to support diagnostics, maintenance, and continuous quality improvement
Collaboration & Documentation
Work closely with product owners, business users, and delivery teams to translate requirements into technical solutions
Produce and maintain technical documentation, solution designs, and development artefacts
Identify opportunities to improve platform quality, reliability, and maintainability
Actively reduce technical debt and contribute to evolving engineering standards and best practices
Risk, Security & Compliance
Ensure solutions align with enterprise risk, security, and compliance requirements
Support audit, reporting, and issue‐tracking activities where required
Promote secure development practices and responsible platform usage
Ensure appropriate data privacy and access controls are embedded in all solutions
Strategic Contribution
Contribute to the evolution of Catalyst's core platforms and products
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