API Developer

Hybrid in Scottsdale, AZ, US • Posted 5 hours ago • Updated 5 hours ago

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python
Java
SPRING BOOT
Datadog
Copilot
GitHub
FastAPI
RESTful APIs
Express

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Job Title: API Developer

Location: Scottsdale, AZ or Austin, TX (Hybrid 3 days- 2 days remote)

Duration: 12+ Months

Job Description:

Required Qualifications

API Development (Core Focus)

3–5 years of professional experience designing and developing RESTful APIs

Strong knowledge of API design principles, patterns, and best practices (REST, versioning, pagination, error handling)

Experience with API documentation tools such as OpenAPI/Swagger and Postman

Proven ability to design APIs for scalability, performance, and maintainability

Experience implementing API security (OAuth 2.0, JWT, API keys)

Hands-on experience with API testing frameworks and methodologies

Understanding of rate limiting, throttling, and API gateway patterns

Experience managing the API lifecycle, including inventory, deprecation analysis, and code identification across large service environments

Ability to programmatically analyze API codebases (e.g., JAX-RS annotations, OpenAPI specs) to extract endpoint metadata at scale

Spring Boot Expertise

Extensive experience building APIs using Spring Boot and Spring Web

Experience with Spring Cloud for distributed API architectures

Strong knowledge of Spring Security for API authentication and authorization

Node.js & Express

Experience developing RESTful APIs using Node.js and Express

Understanding of async/await patterns and event-driven architecture

Familiarity with Express middleware, routing, and error handling

Python & FastAPI

Experience developing APIs with Python and FastAPI

Knowledge of Python async/await patterns and type hints

Payment API Integration

Hands-on experience integrating PayPal APIs (REST APIs, webhooks, payment processing)

Understanding of payment workflows, transaction management, and reconciliation

Knowledge of secure payment data handling and PCI compliance considerations

Experience implementing webhooks and event-driven payment processing

API Governance & Analysis

Experience analyzing API traffic patterns

Ability to reconcile multiple data sources (APM traces, traffic logs, code analysis) to generate evidence-based API lifecycle recommendations

Understanding of API observability concepts, including trace sampling, resource normalization, service attribution, and traffic aggregation

Experience building automated tools for API fleet analysis across large service environments (100+ services)

AI-Assisted Development

Experience using AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, or similar)

Ability to leverage AI for API design review, code generation, and documentation

Experience using AI to analyze codebases and identify optimization opportunities

Proficiency using AI to accelerate API testing and validation

Experience building hybrid pipelines combining deterministic scripts with AI-driven validation

Ability to design AI prompts and domain-specific context for code analysis

Version Control & Collaboration

Experience with GitHub Enterprise (on-premise) and GitHub EMU environments

Strong understanding of Git workflows, branching strategies, GitHub Actions, and pull request processes

Agentic Workflows

Experience designing and implementing agentic workflows and autonomous systems

Understanding of workflow orchestration and event-driven architectures

Ability to build intelligent API-driven automation systems

Preferred Skills

Experience with GraphQL APIs

Knowledge of gRPC and other API protocols

Experience with API monitoring and observability tools (Datadog, Traceable), including programmatic access to APM span data, trace metrics, and traffic analysis via Datadog APIs

Familiarity with API management platforms

Experience integrating with additional payment providers (Stripe, Square)

Knowledge of microservices communication patterns

Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform)

Technical Environment

Languages: Java, Python, Node.js

Frameworks: Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Express, FastAPI

API Tools: Swagger/OpenAPI, Postman

Version Control: GitHub Enterprise (on-premise & EMU)

Payment Integration: PayPal APIs

Development Tools: AI-assisted coding tools (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor)

Observability: Datadog APM APIs (v1 Metrics, v2 Spans Analytics)

Analysis: API endpoint extraction, traffic comparison, and code verification

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Position Id: 562-14401-
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