API Web Services Developer

PositionSummary

•OurcompanyislookingforanAPIdeveloper.Pleasereviewthelistofresponsibilities

andqualifications.Whilethisisourideallist,wewillconsidercandidatesthatdonot

necessarilyhaveallofthequalifications,buthavesufficientexperienceandtalent.

EssentialFunctions

• Analyzes,designs,develops,codesandimplementsprogramsinoneormoreprogramming

languages,forWebandRichInternetApplications.

•Supportsapplicationswithanunderstandingofsystemintegration,testplanning,scripting,

andtroubleshooting.

•Assessesthehealthandperformanceofsoftwareapplicationsanddatabases.

•Establishes,participates,andmaintainsrelationshipswithbusinessunits,customersand

subjectmatterexpertsinordertoremainapprisedofdirection,projectstatus,architectural

andtechnologytrends,risks,andfunctional/integrationissues.

•Definesspecificationsanddevelopprograms,modifiesexistingprograms,preparestestdata,

andpreparesfunctionalspecifications.

•Analyzesprogramandapplicationperformanceusingvariousprogramminglanguages,tools

andtechniques.

•Providesguidancetonon-technicalstaffinusingsoftwareandhardwaresystemsmost

effectivelyandefficiently.

•Reviewsprojectproposals,evaluatesalternatives,providesestimatesandmakes

recommendations.

•Designsanddefinesspecificationsforsystems.

•Identifiespotentialprocessimprovementareasandsuggestsoptionsandrecommends

approaches.

ResponsibilitiesforAPIdeveloper

Mentoring/traininginAPIarchitecture&codequality

Coordinateswithbackendservicesanddrivesend-to-endenterpriseserviceintegration

Responsibleformapping,designingspecsfortransformationbetweenAPIGatewayand

backendservice

DevelopjavalibrariestosimplifyaccessandusageofAPIs

Requirementsgatheringforfuturedevelopment

Develop,maintainandenhancetheDigitalExchangeandintegrationsassociatedtoit

Assessworkeffortrequiredtoimplementcodeimprovements/capabilitiesrelatedto

DigitalExchange

Develop,andarchitectsystemsthatdoonethingreallywell,withafocusondata

consistencyandreliability

WorkwithinternalteamsconsumingtheGAPItoensuresuccessoftheirintegration

WorkwithexternalpartnersconsumingtheGAPItoensurethesuccessoftheir

integration,andtheirinvestmentinGTechnology

Knowledge,RequiredEducationandExperience

Bachelor’sdegreeinComputerScienceorrelatedfieldorequivalentexperience.

5+yearsofexperienceinacomputingenvironmentwithmultipleprogramming

languages.

Java,JavaScript,Spring

WebTechnologies(DHTML,AJAX,etc.)

ExperiencewithdesignanddevelopmentofRESTAPIplatformusingApigee/APIM,

convertingwebservicesfromSOAPtoRESTorvice-versa.

ExperiencewithSecurityframeworks(e.g.,JWT,OATH2)

ExperienceinAPIlayerlikesecurity,customanalytics,throttling,caching,logging,

monetization,requestandresponsemodificationsetc.usingApigee

ProficientinSQLandStoredProceduressuchasinOracle,MySQL

ExperiencewithUnix,LinuxOperatingSystems

ExperiencewithScrumandotherAgileprocesses.

KnowledgeofJira,Git/SVN,Jenkins

ExperienceincreatingRESTAPIdocumentationusingSwaggerandYAMLorsimilar

toolsdesirable

ExperiencewithIntegrationframeworks(e.g.,Mule,Camel)desirable

WorkingConditions

Thisjoboperatesinaprofessionalofficeenvironment

HybridWorkCulture

Maybesubjecttoadverseweatherconditionsduringtimesoftravel