Senior Staff Engineer, API Platform; DET

Position: Senior Staff Engineer, API Platform (DET)
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Job Category

Software Engineering

Job Details

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Role

Description:

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated senior engineer to join our API Platform team within Engineering Development and Delivery. You will play a critical role in designing and developing high-quality, modern solutions that enable engineers across the organization to rapidly deliver new applications . You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the successful implementation and deployment of our products.

Key Responsibilities:

* Design, develop, and deliver scalable and robust, foundational enterprise solutions that scale across multiple product offerings to enable rapid application delivery across the development organization.

* Establish and promote an API-first methodology across cross-functional teams to ensure consistency and quality in our API offerings.

* Drive the capability for parallel feature development and ensure incremental delivery of software.

* Collaborate on a team of engineers, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and support to other teams and team members.

* Effectively leverage AI tools on a daily basis to accelerate the design, development, testing, and documentation of our team's applications and components.

* Collaborate with product managers, architects, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical specifications.

* Drive the capability for parallel feature development and ensure incremental delivery of software.

* Ensure the quality and performance of the codebase through code reviews, testing, and continuous integration.

* Drive the adoption of best practices in software development, including agile methodologies and Dev Ops automation.

* Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues in a timely manner.

* Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies to ensure our solutions remain competitive.

Required

Skills and Experience:

* Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

* 5+ years of experience in software development, with a focus on enterprise solutions.

* Strong proficiency in one or more programming languages (Java, Python, or JavaScript preferred).

* Experience designing the AWS infrastructure to run common web services (VPC, Lambda, ECS, RDS, API Gateway).

* Proficiency creating Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) to deploy public cloud resources.

* Experience working with automated CI/CD Dev Ops pipelines for application testing, release management, and deployment (Git Hub Actions or Git Lab pipelines preferred)

* Experience using AI coding tools to accelerate technical delivery while maintaining strong quality controls.

* Proven track record of delivering high-quality software solutions in a fast-paced environment.

* Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and creatively.

* Strong communication,collaboration, and documentation skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.

* Experience in developing in a contract-first environment.

* Proven ability to use a data-driven approach to continuous improvement and decision-making.

Preferred Qualifications:

* Experience with Salesforce technologies and platforms.

* Knowledge of enterprise integration patterns and best practices.

* AWS Certifications.

* Experience with event-driven architecture and technologies that interface with backend consumers (e.g. AWS Kinesis/SNS/SQS/Event Bridge).

* Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

* Experience developing CI/CD pipelines and processes.

Unleash Your Potential

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