API Developer
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Job Location:
Chicago, IL - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Summary (API Developer) List Format
- Design develop and maintain RESTful and GraphQL APIs for application functionality and integration with third-party systems.
- Write clean efficient and maintainable code following industry best practices in API development.
- Create and maintain API documentation for ease of integration by front-end developers and external partners.
- Implement authentication and authorization mechanisms to ensure secure API access to sensitive data.
- Optimize APIs for high performance scalability and reliability.
- Monitor troubleshoot and resolve production API issues to maintain optimal performance.
- Collaborate with backend developers to integrate APIs with server-side logic and databases.
- Work with product managers and stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Implement comprehensive error handling and logging for improved API reliability and insights.
- Participate in agile development processes including sprint planning daily stand-ups and code reviews.
- Stay current with API development trends and technologies suggesting improvements to existing architecture.
Qualifications Overview (Summarized)
- Bachelors degree in CS IT or related field or equivalent experience.
- 5 years experience in API development.
- Proficiency with REST GraphQL JSON OAuth and API frameworks ( Express Spring Boot Django REST Flask).
- Strong understanding of HTTP/HTTPS API security and authentication (JWT OAuth).
- Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL MongoDB MySQL).
- Familiarity with version control (Git) agile methodologies and CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong problem-solving communication and collaboration skills.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with API Gateways (AWS API Gateway Kong Apigee).
- Familiarity with WebSockets and real-time APIs.
- Knowledge of microservices Docker and cloud platforms (AWS Azure Google Cloud).
- Experience with OAuth 2.0 JWT rate limiting caching versioning and API testing tools (Postman Swagger JMeter).
- Design develop and maintain RESTful and GraphQL APIs for application functionality and integration with third-party systems.
- Write clean efficient and maintainable code following industry best practices in API development.
- Create and maintain API documentation for ease of integration by front-end developers and external partners.
- Implement authentication and authorization mechanisms to ensure secure API access to sensitive data.
- Optimize APIs for high performance scalability and reliability.
- Monitor troubleshoot and resolve production API issues to maintain optimal performance.
- Collaborate with backend developers to integrate APIs with server-side logic and databases.
- Work with product managers and stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Implement comprehensive error handling and logging for improved API reliability and insights.
- Participate in agile development processes including sprint planning daily stand-ups and code reviews.
- Stay current with API development trends and technologies suggesting improvements to existing architecture.
Qualifications Overview (Summarized)
- Bachelors degree in CS IT or related field or equivalent experience.
- 5 years experience in API development.
- Proficiency with REST GraphQL JSON OAuth and API frameworks ( Express Spring Boot Django REST Flask).
- Strong understanding of HTTP/HTTPS API security and authentication (JWT OAuth).
- Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL MongoDB MySQL).
- Familiarity with version control (Git) agile methodologies and CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong problem-solving communication and collaboration skills.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with API Gateways (AWS API Gateway Kong Apigee).
- Familiarity with WebSockets and real-time APIs.
- Knowledge of microservices Docker and cloud platforms (AWS Azure Google Cloud).
- Experience with OAuth 2.0 JWT rate limiting caching versioning and API testing tools (Postman Swagger JMeter).
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