Senior Web API Engineer with PythonJS

Get to know us better

CodiLime is a software and network engineering industry expert and the first-choice service partner for top global networking hardware providers software providers and telecoms. We create proofs-of-concept help our clients build new products nurture existing ones and provide services in production environments. Our clients include both tech startups and big players in various industries and geographic locations (US Japan Israel Europe).

While no longer a startup - we have 250 people on board and have been operating since 2011 weve kept our people-oriented culture. Our values are simple:

• Act to deliver.

• Disrupt to grow.

• Team up to win.

The project and the team

We develop software for modern API Gateway platforms and operating systems for leading networking equipment manufacturers as well as various other cloud-native containerized services and solutions.

We are looking for an engineer with a strong background in web API development and management to migrate our customers to a new Gateway API platform.

What else you should know:

• The project will be managed by Codilime EM but close cooperation with the clients representatives will be required

• The project will require a lot of proactive exploration of the clients product configuration in order to migrate it properly to the new platform

• You will get assistance from Codilime development team that is actively participating in target API GW platform development

Your role

As a part of the project team you will be responsible for:

• Researching the current clients configuration in order to migrate it to the new platform

• Taking part in technical discussions with clients stakeholders to understand their requirements and constraints

• Creating necessary migration scripts (preferably using Python/JS) and writing any necessary middleware plugins (JS/Go)

• Testing the newly created configuration in order to ensure that clients APIs work properly

• Fixing bugs efficiently and effectively and find workarounds for blockers

Do we have a match

As a Senior WebAPI Engineer you must meet most of the following criteria:

• Proficiency in Pyhon and/or JS programming

• Web API protocols (Rest GraphQL gRPC Soap)

• Authorization methods (OAuth2.0 JWT Basic Authentication etc.)

• Other webAPI concepts (Api flows proxies data limiting)

• Ability to work directly with the client

• English at least B2 level C1/C2 preferred

Beyond the criteria above we would appreciate the nice-to-haves:

• Practical experience with API Gateway platforms (e.g. ApiGee Tyk Kong)

• Knowledge of theoretical principles and challenges of API management

• Knowledge of Go programming language

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD (Jenkins pipelines Ansible Helm etc.)

• Strong customer-facing skills experience in communication with clients and requirements elicitation

• Experience in working with Software Houses

More reasons to join us

• Flexible working hours and approach to work: fully remotely in the office or hybrid

• Professional growth supported by internal training sessions and a training budget

• Solid onboarding with a hands-on approach to give you an easy start

• A great atmosphere among professionals who are passionate about their work

• The ability to change the project you work on