API Engineer

Overview

Job Description

Responsibilities

• - Design, develop, and maintain scalable REST and GraphQL APIs that assist internal teams and external partnerships
• - Establish and document API design standards, patterns, and best practices across the organization
• - Lead technical design discussions and architecture decisions for new integrations and partnership opportunities
• - Build and support APIs for emerging integration opportunities, including AI/LLM tools and Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementations
• - Implement secure authentication and authorization systems, including OAuth integrations
• - Collaborate with other teams to understand API requirements and deliver robust solutions
• - Review code and provide technical guidance to team members and engineers across the organization
• - Own the API roadmap and prioritize work to support development velocity and business needs
• - Ensure APIs are well-documented, versioned appropriately, and maintain backward compatibility
• - Build and maintain API testing frameworks and automation
• - Respond to technical requirements from partnership teams and third-party integrators
• - Work with AWS services to build resilient, scalable API infrastructure
• - Contribute to reducing technical debt and improving consistency across existing APIs

Required Skills

• - 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with a strong focus on API development
• - Expert-level knowledge of REST API design principles and experience with GraphQL
• - Proven experience designing and building APIs for partnerships, integrations, or third-party developers
• - Proficiency in at least one of: Java, PHP, Ruby, Python or ColdFusion
• - Strong understanding of authentication and authorization patterns (OAuth 2.0, JWT, API keys)
• - Experience with AWS services and cloud-native API development
• - Track record of establishing API standards, documentation practices, and design patterns
• - Experience leading technical projects or teams and mentoring other engineers
• - Strong understanding of API versioning, backwards compatibility, and deprecation strategies
• - Excellent communication skills and ability to work with non-technical stakeholders
• - Experience with API testing frameworks and test automation
• - Self-directed and able to work independently in a remote environment

Benefits

• - Retirement plans (401k, SIPP, etc.)
• - Health insurance
• - Generous paid time off
• - Parental leave
• - Home office allowance
• - Flexible work schedules
• - Paid and discounted subscriptions
• - Regular engagement activities