API Engineer

AQUA IT
St. Louis, MO, United States
6 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
1 year minimum
Compensation
$101,700.0 - $173,200.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Amazon Web Services Software Applications Confluence JIRA Microsoft Azure Collaborative Software Data Integration DevOps Distributed Systems Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
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Middleware Groovy Spring Framework Python (Programming Language) Message Broker Cisco Nexus Switches Node.Js RabbitMQ Scala (Programming Language) Software Engineering SQL Databases Systems Integration WebSocket Load Balancing Spring Cloud Spring-boot Software Security Caching Apigee Backend Git Spring Data SC Clearance Kubernetes Apache Kafka Bitbucket Api Design Api Gateway Grpc Docker Jenkins Mulesoft

Job description

Overview: This position is responsible for designing, deploying, and optimizing robust API platforms for efficient data exchange, system integrations, and secure communication; strong skills in backend or platform engineering and API design are essential

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in backend or platform engineering, including distributed systems and API design
  • 3+ years of experience in software development using Java or Python
  • 2+ years of experience with designing, deploying, and operating real-time, low-latency API platforms at scale such as Apigee, Gravitee, Kong, AWS API Gateway, or Mulesoft
  • 1+ years of experience with DevOps practices and technologies, including Docker, Helm, Kubernetes, and GitOps workflows; Experience with protocols, including HTTP, gRPC, or WebSockets, caching, load balancing, and API security
  • Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • Experience with Git and collaboration tools, including Jenkins, JIRA, Confluence, Nexus, or Bitbucket
  • Experience in gathering requirements and engaging with clients
  • Secret clearance
  • HS Diploma or GED

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with SQL, Server-Side Development, Middleware, Application or Data Integration, API Development, Core Application Systems, Node.js, Groovy, Scala, Spring Cloud, Spring Core, Spring-Boot, or Spring Data
  • Experience with using a message broker, such as Kafka or RabbitMQ

Benefits & conditions

  • $101,700-173,200 per year, + $96,000-163,000 per year Our Purpose Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy wh…

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