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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # API Engineer - **Company:** Distrokid, LLC - **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $100,000.0 - $140,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Application Layers, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Global Distribution Systems, Systems Architecture, Apigee, Backend, Event Driven Architecture, Production Code, Enterprise Integration, Api Design, Api Gateway, Software Coding, Data Pipelines, Api Management, Mulesoft - **Published:** August 15, 2026 - **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/pb8v9sd35g ## About the Role * 10+ years of experience building and scaling backend systems in production environments * Solid, recent hands-on coding experience (this is not a pure design/management role) * Deep experience with AWS (compute, storage, networking, scaling, etc.) * Demonstrated experience designing and operating high-scale distributed systems * Extensive experience with API design and system architecture in involved environments * Experience working across infrastructure and application layers (DevOps, deployment, reliability, etc.) * Experience with enterprise integration platforms (e.g., AWS API Gateway, Azure API Management, MuleSoft, Apigee, Kong, or similar) or building/operating large-scale integration layers * Aptitude to own systems end-to-end from architecture to implementation to production operation * Comfortable navigating ambiguity and making critical technical judgements., * Experience with high-throughput systems, event-driven architectures, or data pipelines * Background in platform or infrastructure engineering * Experience in high-growth or scaling product environments ## Description * Own the design and implementation of high-scale backend systems and APIs that power DistroKid's core platform * Architect and evolve distributed systems on AWS to handle high throughput, reliability, and performance * Work across backend, infrastructure, and DevOps boundaries from API design to deployment and system operations * Design and integrate with enterprise-grade systems and external platforms to support high-scale workflows * Guide technical design decisions for elaborate systems (data models, service boundaries, scaling strategies, failure handling) * Write production code and remain actively involved in building and improving systems * Improve system observability, reliability, and performance at scale * Partner closely with product and engineering teams to translate business needs into robust technical solutions, * Not a narrow specialization (e.g., only APIs or only infra) * We are specifically looking for engineers who operate at the intersection of backend systems, architecture, and infrastructure. 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