Senior API Engineer
Hybrid in Charlotte, NC, US • Posted 3 days ago • Updated 3 days ago
Brooksource
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Job Details
Skills
- API
- Continuous Delivery
- Continuous Integration
- Design Review
- Distributed Computing
- Engineering Support
- Amazon Web Services
- Apache Camel
- Cloud Computing
- Collaboration
- Communication
- API Management
- Amazon DynamoDB
- Amazon Lambda
- Amazon S3
- Amazon SQS
- Payments
- Python
- RESTful
- SOAP
- Scalability
- Scratch
- Software Architecture
- Finance
- Financial Services
- Healthcare Information Technology
- Java
- Node.js
- P2P
- Spring Framework
- Terraform
- TypeScript
Summary
Senior API Engineer
Charlotte, NC (Hybrid 3 days onsite / 2 days remote) API Platform Financial Services
Long-Term Contract (1-year+ with potential to convert to full-time)
W2 Only (We cannot offer sponsorship)
Overview
Brooksource is hiring a Senior API Engineer to support a large financial services organization s API Platform team. This team builds, modernizes, and operates high-volume, mission-critical APIs that power consumer-facing money movement and account services, supporting tens of billions of transactions annually.
In this role, you will take end-to-end ownership of API services, lead greenfield development, and help reimagine core payment and transfer capabilities from the ground up. You ll partner closely with product, platform, and full-stack engineering teams to design scalable, observable, and resilient systems in a modern, cloud-native AWS environment.
This opportunity is ideal for a senior engineer who can hit the ground running, independently drive bodies of work, understand production system behavior, and contribute to architectural decisions in a highly collaborative environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and own RESTful APIs supporting high-scale, transactional financial services
- Lead greenfield API development while modernizing and enhancing existing platforms
- Apply a system-level and application-architecture mindset to design, scalability, and reliability
- Build and deploy serverless, event-driven solutions on AWS (Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, SQS, ECS, CloudWatch)
- Contribute to API gateway integrations and platform work (Kong experience preferred; Apigee exposure a plus)
- Participate in and influence architecture discussions, design reviews, and technical decision-making
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and triage production issues using modern observability and monitoring tools
- Collaborate closely with product managers, platform teams, and full-stack engineers
- Support and modernize legacy services (Java/Spring, Apache Camel, limited SOAP integrations)
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, deployment strategies (blue/green, multi-region), and infrastructure automation
Required Qualifications
- 6+ years of experience building backend or API-driven applications
- Strong experience designing and building APIs from scratch in high-volume, transactional environments
- Proficiency with TypeScript and Node.js (Python and Java/Spring familiarity for legacy support)
- Hands-on experience with AWS in serverless and event-driven architectures
- Proven experience owning production systems, including monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident response
- Strong understanding of RESTful API design and distributed system patterns
- Ability to work autonomously and take ownership of large bodies of work
- Strong collaboration and communication skills in cross-functional environments
Preferred / Nice-to-Have Qualifications
- Experience with financial services, payments, or money-movement platforms (transfers, P2P, bill pay)
- Experience with API management platforms such as Kong or Apigee
- Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform)
- Experience with multi-region deployments and blue/green release strategies
- Familiarity with Apache Camel, SOAP integrations, or hybrid REST/SOAP environments
- AWS Certification (Solutions Architect Associate or higher)
What Sets This Role Apart
- High-impact, consumer-facing systems used every day
- Massive scale supporting tens of billions of transactions annually
- Significant greenfield development alongside modernization efforts
- Modern AWS, serverless, event-driven architecture
- Strong ownership, autonomy, and technical influence for senior engineers
- Collaborative, cross-functional engineering culture
Brooksource provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, citizenship, disability, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
- Dice Id: 10110651
- Position Id: 8882941
- Posted 3 days ago
Company Info
Here at Brooksource, relationships are at the center of everything we do. Since 2000, we have established and maintained long-lasting relationships with our clients and consultants to create an unparalleled experience. Brooksource is a trusted services provider that specializes in delivering Engineering and IT solutions for Fortune 500 organizations through Experience-Driven Staffing, Professional Services, and Elevate, our Workforce Transformation program. As a certified partner for Salesforce, AWS, Microsoft, Google Cloud, and many other technology alliances, we are looking for professionals who want to be on the frontline of the latest trends in the industry.
We offer contract, contract-to-hire, and direct placement consultant opportunities, to provide a career path that can meet anyone's desires. The job search is hard, but you don’t have to do it alone! We know a successful partnership requires a good fit. Your personality, experience, and skill set are all important, contributing factors to that partnership. You can count on us to take the time to understand the type of technical and cultural fit that is right for you. As a Brooksource consultant, you will be provided with a comprehensive benefits plan, competitive compensation, and even paid time off!
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Brooksource provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, citizenship, disability, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
Benefits & Perks:
Brooksource offers competitive medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Care FSA, and supplemental coverage with plans that can fit each employee’s needs. We offer a 401k plan that includes a company match and is fully vested after you become eligible, paid time off, sick time, and paid company holidays. We also offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that provides services like virtual counseling, financial services, legal services, life coaching, etc.
Pay Disclaimer:
The pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
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