Software Engineer - APIs & Integrations
August 8
🏡 Remote – Anywhere in California
Description
• The Software Engineer will be responsible for delivering innovative solutions and services while constantly improving Firstup’s approach to architecture, scale, availability and fault-tolerance. • The role will partner with others across the company in shared codebases and contribute directly to other services when needed. • Utilize your real-world knowledge and experience to help us build scalable SaaS applications. • Write high-quality code (i.e., reliable, readable, efficient, testable, scalable, maintainable), provide quality code reviews, create comprehensive tests and quality documentation. • Apply broad, in-depth knowledge to develop and maintain large-scale multi-tenant services in the cloud. • Collaborate across teams on industry standards and best practices to help others solve complex problems. • Design future ready solutions and address architectural gaps. • Recognize opportunities and advocate for better performance and efficiency of software, systems, processes across teams. • Identify, analyze, and resolve system availability, reliability, and performance issues. • Encourage and promote ideas/opinions of others from diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field of study, or commensurate experience required. • Minimum 3+ years of hands-on experience in API integration and maintaining APIs. • 3+ years of experience building reliable and performant microservices. • Familiarity with API protocols and standards, including REST, SOAP, GraphQL, and JSON. • Experience with API testing tools and methodologies. • Knowledge of authentication methods like OAuth, API keys, and JWT. • Experience working with mainly TypeScript or JavaScript frameworks (i.e.: Node.js, React.js,) and also Ruby. • Problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot API and integration issues. • Strong communication skills both written and verbal and the ability to work with the stakeholders in and outside of the organization. • Eagerness to learn lots of new technologies.
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