Senior API Engineer (Python / AWS)

Fort Mill, SC, US • Posted 2 hours ago • Updated 2 hours ago
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Contract W2
2 Years
No Travel Required
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Depends on Experience
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  • Senior API Engineer (Python / AWS)

Summary

Hi ,

 

Our client is looking for an Data Management Program Manager for a project and below is the detailed requirement.

 

Job Title: Senior API Engineer (Python / AWS)

Location: Fortmill, SC

 

Job Description:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field with 12+ years of overall IT experience.
  • 10+ years of experience in software engineering, API engineering, or cloud application development.
  • Demonstrated hands on experience with:
  • Python for backend and API development
  • REST API design and implementation
  • AWS Lambda and Amazon API Gateway
  • Terraform for Infrastructure as Code
  • Experience building and operating APIs in large scale, production environments.
  • Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, and secure API design.
  • Experience with CI/CD, Git based workflows, and automated testing.
  • Ability to troubleshoot production issues and support on call rotations when required.

 

Core Competencies

  • API Design Mindset — builds clean, consistent, and consumer friendly APIs.
  • Builder Mindset — emphasizes automation, reuse, and simplicity.
  • Systems Thinking — understands how APIs integrate with distributed systems.
  • Collaboration — works effectively across engineering, security, and platform teams.
  • Ownership & Accountability — takes responsibility for design, delivery, and reliability.

 

Preferences

  • Experience with OAuth providers and identity platforms.
  • Familiarity with AWS SAM or Serverless Framework (tooling experience).
  • Exposure to event driven architectures (EventBridge, SNS/SQS).
  • Experience operating APIs in regulated or enterprise environments (financial services preferred).
  • Knowledge of observability tools such as CloudWatch, Dynatrace, Datadog, OpenTelemetry.
  • Experience designing reusable API frameworks or shared libraries.
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  • Dice Id: 10120137
  • Position Id: 69541-10367-
  • Posted 2 hours ago
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