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# Application Engineer (API)

- **Company:** Lentech, Inc
- **Location:** Linthicum Heights, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $225,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Confluence, JIRA, Cloud Engineering, Serialization, Django Web Framework, Middleware, JSON, Python (Programming Language), MariaDB, MongoDB, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Flask (Web Framework), Backend, Git, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** August 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/us820de7aee4c32aef0a83ef9a7b829c4f

## About the Role

* Active and current TS.SCI w FSP through MD
 * 8 YOE
 * Python
 * Docker
 * Experienced using Django or Flask
 * Databased experience using MongoDB or MariaDB
 * ReST endpoint development
 * Micro service model

Desired:

 * AWS or other cloud experience
 * JSON and/or XML serialization
 * Jira
 * Confluence
 * Git version control

Education:

 * Twelve (12) years minimum experience and a High School Diploma/GED.
 * Ten (10) years minimum experience and an Associate's Degree.
 * Eight (8) years minimum experience and a Bachelor's Degree.
 * Six (6) years minimum experience and a Master's Degree.
 * Four (4) years minimum experience and a Doctorate's Degree.

## Description

* The Application Engineer (Backend) will provide the development, test, deploy, and sustainment of various Python based ReST end points, microservices, and data model management capabilities utilizing Django and Flask frameworks to interact with data models stored in MariaDB or MongoDB and send data upon request, in JSON format, to UI front ends.
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