API Developer

API Developer $700$1100 USD/month Fully Remote

Location: Fully remote you can be based anywhere in the world
Hours: MonFri UK business hours (09:0017:30 GMT/BST)
Salary: $700$1100 USD/month
Contract: Full-time permanent

The location shown on this listing is where the client is based. This role is fully remote no relocation required. Candidates from anywhere are welcome to apply.

About the company

Remote World is partnering with a UK developer tools company building CLI and SDK products for engineering teams a UK-based employer to hire for this role. Their products are used by engineering teams at over 500 companies to standardise deployment workflows and API governance and they publish everything as open source.

The role

Youll design and build the REST APIs and SDK integrations that developers use to interact with the platform. Working alongside the API design lead youll implement new endpoints write OpenAPI documentation maintain SDK clients in multiple languages and respond to issues raised by the developer community.

What youll do

• Design and build REST API endpoints following OpenAPI standards
• Maintain SDK clients in TypeScript Python and Go
• Write comprehensive API documentation and integration guides
• Triage and respond to developer community issues and feature requests
• Write tests and keep the API backwards-compatible

What youll need

• Experience designing and building REST APIs
• Comfortable with OpenAPI/Swagger for API documentation
• Familiarity with at least two of: TypeScript Python Go
• You write tests and care about API versioning and backwards compatibility
• Excellent async written communication youll interact with developers publicly

Nice to have

• Experience maintaining open-source SDKs
• Familiarity with GraphQL or gRPC

What youll get

• $700$1100 USD/month paid monthly
• Fully remote work from anywhere
• Structured MonFri UK schedule
• $500/year learning budget
• Home office equipment stipend

Apply through Remote World send your CV and a short note on why youre a great fit. If you dont tick every box apply anyway. We hire for potential and attitude as much as experience.