Senior Software Engineer, API Team

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Requirements:

• A Backend Engineer with 5+ years of professional experience in agile development environments.
• Advanced experience in backend development, including Node.js and building/maintaining REST APIs.
• Familiarity with containerization and cloud technologies such as AWS, Docker, and Terraform.
• Strong understanding of software design principles, including DRY, YAGNI, and clean code practices.
• Understanding of authentication (OAuth, JWT, API Keys) and authorization (RBAC).
• Experience with API testing tools like Postman, Swagger, or automated testing frameworks.
• Ability to write clear, developer-friendly API documentation.
• Familiarity with API gateways (e.g., Kong, Apigee, AWS API Gateway), monitoring tools.
• Familiarity with OpenAPI/Swagger specifications.
• Experience with API observability and monitoring (e.g., Datadog, Open Telemetry).

Responsibilities:

• Participate in all phases of the SDLC: design, development, deployment, and maintenance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into technical solutions, estimate complexity, and address blockers.
• Own end-to-end delivery of projects, ensuring performance and stability across infrastructure, backend, and frontend systems.
• Write clean, secure, testable, and maintainable code using industry best practices.
• Lead code reviews, promote design patterns, and ensure reusable, readable, and test-driven development.
• Monitor and analyze performance metrics to identify and implement system improvements.
• Document processes, write technical documentation, and contribute to standards that benefit the team and organization.