Python Developer

Responsibilities:

• End-to-End API Integration

  : Own the full lifecycle of API development, from design and implementation to deployment and maintenance, ensuring robust and secure integrations across diverse systems.

• API Documentation

  : Analyze data, workflows, system interfaces, and software to create detailed API specifications documents. Establish and enforce API management best practices and standards.

• API Security & Integration

  : Build secure, scalable integration APIs to interface with a wide range of systems and services, ensuring compliance with industry standards.

• CI/CD Implementation

  : Set up and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines using tools like GitLab, Harness, and deploy to AWS EKS or serverless environments.

• System Gap Analysis

  : Identify gaps between current systems and desired end-state solutions, and develop actionable roadmaps to bridge these gaps.

• Software Development

  Lifecycle: Design, develop, and enhance software solutions. Perform unit testing, code reviews, performance testing, and documentation. Ensure code quality and maintainability.

• Project Ownership & Mentorship

  : Take ownership of moderately complex projects, ensuring they are completed on time and within scope. Mentor junior engineers and foster a collaborative environment.

• Agile Methodology

  : Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment, delivering timely, high-quality solutions.

5+ years of hands-on experience in API development, with a deep understanding of API design and implementation.

• Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing RESTful APIs and backend services using frameworks such as Django, or Flask.
• Expertise in Python and API management platforms such as APIGEE, with a solid understanding of web service protocols and API gateways.
• Extensive experience working with AWS technologies, including ECS/EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, Terraform, Step Functions, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, CloudWatch, Dynatrace, ALB, NLB, DynamoDB, Aurora RDS, MongoDB, Redis, Memcached, AWS Secrets Manager, and Kafka.
• Strong familiarity with authentication/authorization protocols such as OAuth, SSO/SAML.
• Proficiency in build tools (Maven, Gradle) and unit testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito).
• Foundational experience with service orchestration, messaging technologies, and microservices architectures.
• Solid understanding of OpenAPI Specifications (Swagger) and API interface design.
• Exposure to SOAP and traditional web services is a plus.
• Experience with API gateway features such as rate limiting, spike arrest, and quotas.