Tusk Software

02/18/2021

Are you a developer who is passionate about writing clean, expressive code? Do you enjoy the challenge of solving tough problems in software? Are you looking to join a like-minded team with a company that is focused on your career goals? If so, let's talk.

Tusk Software is growing and looking for individuals who excel in their areas of expertise to join our team. We are currently seeking a Senior ASP.NET Developer to join our Knoxville, TN based team. Individuals in the local Knoxville area are preferred, but 100% remote within the US will be considered for the right candidate. Recruiters and offshore managers, please do not contact us about this position.

Must haves:

Very strong grasp of the C # language, and core object-oriented programming concepts
Extensive full stack web development experience
Deep knowledge of the ASP.NET MVC framework
Strong ORM experience (Entity Framework, NHibernate, Dapper, etc)
Experience with established software design practices and patterns
Experience with one or more client side frameworks (Angular, React, Ember, etc)
Need to be able to manage one’s work and timelines, as well as work with a team
The ability to work directly with SMEs to gather business requirements and distill them into functional requirements
Ability to provide accurate time estimates based on requirements
Experience working with cloud platforms such as Azure and/or AWS
Experience working within a project management platform, preferably JIRA
Ability to work efficiently with HTML & CSS
Strong Microsoft SQL Server & T-SQL experience

Nice to haves:

Team lead, PM, and/or BA experience
Experience with established software architecture patterns and practices, and experience applying them to large scale projects
Experience working in an agency or similar environment
Strong Azure experience
.NET Core experience
Angular 2+ experience
The ability to slice comps to HTML in a pinch
Sass experience
Kentico and/or ASP.NET Boilerplate/ ASP.NET Zero experience
Xamarin, Ionic, and/or experience developing native mobile applications
DevOps experience, especially with TeamCity and/or VSTS (Azure DevOps)
Experience developing .NET desktop apps, and/or legacy .NET web apps (Webforms, etc)
Experience with machine learning platforms
Experience with NoSQL/document/graph databases
Strong grasp of SEO and CRO techniques

Joining Tusk means you’ll serve clients across a wide variety of industries, developing custom software solutions tailored to their specific needs. You'll work on challenging projects with a group of tight-knit professionals who take great pride in the software that they create. You’ll be offered competitive pay, benefits, and a great amount of flexibility in when, where, and how you work. We understand that happy clients start with happy employees, so we want to empower you to direct the future of your career. If this sounds like your next opportunity, reach out to us. We look forward to hearing from you!

03/05/2015

How do constant enumerations work in TypeScript and how do they differ from standard enums? This article compares and contrasts the two and how they compile down to javascript: https://tusksoft.com/blog/posts/11/const-enums-in-typescript-1-4-and-how-they-differ-from-standard-enums

TypeScript 1.4 saw the introduction of the const enum type. Enumerations have been around since version 0.9, but we're just seeing constant enumerations for the first time. So how do they differ? Well, maybe not in the way(s) that you expected, so let's take a look…

02/25/2015

It's easy to force pages to require HTTPS in ASP.NET MVC, but what if you want the opposite? What if you want to require HTTP instead? Here's some reasons you might want to and how to accomplish it: https://tusksoft.com/blog/posts/9/how-to-force-pages-to-not-use-ssl-in-asp-net-mvc-by-creating-a-forbidhttpsattribute

There are times when you want to require a page be transmitted over TLS (transport layer security) using SSL (secure sockets...

02/09/2015

Stop referer spammers.

You may have noticed something like this popping in the referers list of your Google Analytics reports lately:     If you are suspicious, good; you should be.

02/06/2015

Good news for Net Neutrality: http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/4/7977569/its-official-the-fcc-will-seek-to-reclassify-the-internet-as-a-utility

Today, in a statement given to Wired, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler revealed his plan to reclassify ISPs as common carriers under Title II of the Telcommunications Act. It's a striking victory for net...

01/27/2015

Two great resources for choosing an license: https://tldrlegal.com/ http://choosealicense.com/ (run by )

Lookup open source licenses summarized & explained in plain English.

01/26/2015

Part 1 of our series on using reCAPTCHA with ASP.NET MVC forms.

Google's "no CAPTCHA" reCAPTCHA update makes the process of answering CAPTCHA challenges virtually painless to humans while actually improving the security against bots. Due to the improved usability, we decided to include this in our own contact form. With a…