Backend Engineer Cincinnati - OH - Ohio

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Requirements* We are seeking a strong Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain enterprise-grade APIs, middleware services, and data-driven backend systems. This role will focus on developing scalable API products, enabling

API consumers, enforcing API governance standards, and supporting secure API onboarding and consumption patterns. The ideal candidate has strong hands-on experience with REST APIs, API management, API product design, SwaggerOpenAPI documentation, security controls, and modern integration patterns, including hands-on experience building and maintaining MCP servers.

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Responsibilities* Design, develop, test, and maintain RESTful and event-driven APIs that meet enterprise standards for scalability, reliability, security, and maintainability. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define API standards, governance practices, and reusable API patterns. Configure API proxies, policies, routing, authentication, authorization, and traffic management controls. Ensure APIs are properly secured using modern authentication and authorization patterns such as OAuth 2.0, JWT, API keys, scopes, or similar mechanisms. Create and manage API products and API gateway, including: Defining API product structure and access models. Setting rate limits, quotas, and volume plans. Configuring API security policies. Publishing REST methods through SwaggerOpenAPI documentation. Partner with application teams, provider teams, and consumer teams to support API onboarding and API consumption. Monitor API performance, traffic, errors, and consumption trends. Troubleshoot API integration issues across lower and production environments. Support documentation and knowledge-sharing related to API products, onboarding processes, and consumption best practices.

Section IV - Job Qualifications & Skills

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Domain ITSS- Full Stack Developer (Backend Engineer)

Soft Skills - Excellent communication - Team collaboration - Documentation and knowledge sharing

Role Descriptions: Java Fullstack developer

Essential Skills: Java Fullstack developer

Desirable Skills:

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Skills: Core Java

Experience Required: 8-10