Senior API Engineer (Java)

Hi,

I'm hiring for a Sr API Engineer (Java). Please go through JD below and if looks interesting and matches your skills & experience, apply with your updated resume to take it forward.

Client: Fortune 500 Financial Services Company (Minneapolis-based)

Contract Type: Long-Term Contract

Location: Remote (Candidates must reside in the U.S. and work in Central Time Zone hours)

Employment Type: W2

Technical Skills:

API developers should have comprehensive technical skills, including the following:

• Knowledge of API orchestration (the ability to develop multiple API code lines simultaneously and make them work together)
• Understanding of event-driven architecture (SOA)
• Proficiency with common API development tools, including Java, Spring, Spring boot, JUnit, GitHub, GitHub Actions and Workflows, Swagger, and JSON
• Design, develop, and operate high scale applications across the full engineering stack.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code following Object Oriented principles and best practices.
• Apply modern software development practices (serverless computing, microservices architecture, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, etc.)

Experience Required:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of hands on experience in developing API
• Experience in Java 17+, Spring 5+, Spring Boot 3+, and RESTful API design
• Proficiency in RESTful API design and development.
• Strong knowledge of API security best practices, including OAuth2 and JWT.
• Experience with API documentation tools such as Swagger or Postman
• Deep understanding of Microservices architecture, distributed systems, and inter-service communication protocols
• Deep knowledge and practical experience with caching solutions, including Redis
• Experience in implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, and deployment processes.
• Proficiency in relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB or Cassandra)
• Design, implement, support cloud-native applications on platforms such as Google Cloud and AWS.
• Experience writing unit and integration level tests in Java and JUNIT, preferably using TDD.

What could set you apart

• Experience with Cloud technology: Google Cloud Platform, AWS, or Azure
• Experience with GraphQL
• Experience designing and developing cloud-native solutions
• Experience Refactoring to Patterns/Implementing Design Patterns
• Experience practicing Continuous Integration and trunk-based development
• Experience implementing Test Driven Development
• Implementing Object Oriented Design Principles via SOLID and GRASP
• Leverage advanced cloud services like BigQuery, Bigtable, Pub/Sub, SQS, Event Bridge, GKE/EKS for delivery/Support