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# Junior API Software Engineer

- **Company:** Vetegrity LLC
- **Location:** Annapolis, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Confluence, JIRA, Software Documentation, Databases, Serialization, Data Stores, Software Debugging, Django Web Framework, Middleware, JSON, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Microsoft Visual Studio, MongoDB, Swagger, Simple Data Format, Software Engineering, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Flask (Web Framework), Backend, Git, Usage Tracking, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** June 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=948907a93f80dd85

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Microservices?, * Python

 * Experienced using Django or Flask
 * Databased experience using MongoDB or MariaDB
 * ReST endpoint development
 * Micro service model

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Desired Skills

 * Swagger
 * AWS, C2S or other cloud experience
 * Docker
 * Visual Studio Code or similar IDEs
 * JSON and/or XML serialization
 * Jira
 * Confluence
 * Git version control
 * Agile

## Description

As part of the Secure the Enterprise initiative, develop capabilities to shift from the current manual system security evaluation and authorization process to a new model that emphasizes automation, streamlined processes and approvals, continuous monitoring and assessment, and network data gathering across the entire life cycle of a project., * The software engineer 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 such as MariaDB, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL and send data upon request, in JSON format, to UI front ends.

 * The developer will provide middleware and backend support to all system applications. *Debug existing software and correct defects.
 * Provide recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards.
 * Design and code new software or modify existing software to add new features.
 * Integrate existing software into new or modified systems or operating environments.
 * Develop simple data queries for existing or proposed databases or data repositories.
 * Write or review software and system documentation.
 * Develop or implement algorithms to meet or exceed system performance and functional standards.
 * Develop software solutions by analyzing system performance standards, confer with users or system engineers; analyze systems flow, data usage and work processes; and investigate problem areas.
 * Modify existing software to correct errors to improve its performance.


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