API Developer

Position- API Platform Engineer

Visa- USC, GC

Type- Remote

Location- D.C.

Must Have

• The role is closely aligned with an API Developer with a background in AWS.
• Need someone that not only knows Java, but also Python.
• The individual would not be expected to manage cloud infrastructure or security around the cloud, but would more closely be working on application code vulnerabilities, modernization, and any identified bug remediation. Lambda, API Gateway, and CodePipeline experience would be essential to the position.

Client is seeking a skilled API Platform Engineer to join a high-impact portfolio engineering team supporting a premier client in Washington, D.C. In this role, you will lead critical API platform modernization initiatives, manage code vulnerability remediations, maintain robust GitHub branching strategies, and deliver supplemental engineering support to the Safety & Security Software Development Team. This opportunity is ideal for a proactive engineer experienced in AWS serverless and containerized architectures, RESTful API integrations, and modern CI/CD practices who thrives in securing and optimizing enterprise-grade applications.

Responsibilities

• Platform Modernization: Drive API platform upgrades and enhancement initiatives across cloud infrastructure environments.
• Security & Remediation: Identify, prioritize, and remediate code vulnerabilities and software bugs to ensure security and compliance across portfolio applications.
• Version Control & CI/CD: Manage GitHub branching strategies, code repositories, and automated build/deployment pipelines using AWS CodePipeline.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with the Safety & Security Software Development Team to provide supplemental engineering support, code reviews, and issue resolution.
• System Integration: Develop, optimize, and maintain scalable REST APIs and data streaming pipelines connecting core portfolio applications.

Qualifications

• Core Expertise: Hands-on experience developing and supporting RESTful APIs in modern cloud environments.
• Cloud & Serverless Technologies Proficiency with AWS services, including AWS Lambda, API Gateway, Amazon Kinesis, ECS (Elastic Container Service), and EBS (Elastic Block Store).
• Programming Languages: Strong hands-on coding skills in Python and Node.js.
• DevOps & Version Control: Demonstrated experience using GitHub for source control (branching, merging, pull requests) and maintaining AWS CodePipeline workflows.
• Problem Solving: Proven ability to diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve software vulnerabilities and complex system bugs effectively.

Thanks & Regards

Shivam Rajpal

Team Lead- US IT Recruitment

Desk- 201-578-5388 X 106

Email- [email protected]

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivam-rajpal-b7a58912a/

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