IT Developer

Description

No Sponsorship will be provided for this role.

Location: On Site at location listed in posting

Weekly

Schedule:

Monday
- Friday, 9am-5pm

Responsibilities:

• Assist in designing, coding, and testing RESTful APIs and microservices, including documenting APIs using OpenAPI/Swagger.
• Support API onboarding and lifecycle management.
• Help deploy and run services on Azure and learn containerization basics with Docker and Artifactory; exposure to AKS is a plus but not required for Jr level.
• Contribute to observability by instrumenting Dynatrace, setting up dashboards and alerts.
• Follow secure coding practices and assist with identity and access using Microsoft Entra  (Azure AD), OAuth 2.0/OpenID Connect, Managed Identities, and role-based access control (RBAC).
• Collaborate with product managers, senior developers, QA testers, and platform engineers; participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute ideas and solutions.
• Assist in creating and maintaining clear API documentation, runbooks, and technical specifications.
• Conduct initial unit and integration testing; partner with QA to develop and execute test cases for API functionality and non-functional requirements (security, performance).
• Participate in a rotating on-call schedule for production APIs and integrations; monitor, triage, escalat... (monitor, triage, escalation, and communication of incidents for fast, safe recovery.)
• Help with operational tasks (triage, incident notes, post-incident reviews) and learn cost awareness practices (tagging, budgets) on Azure.
• Stay informed about trends in API, open banking, and cloud-native development, and seek opportunities to improve reliability, security, and performance.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Foundational understanding of REST APIs, JSON, and OpenAPI/Swagger; familiarity with SOAP/XML is a plus.
• Basic exposure to SQL and relational database concepts; familiarity with Azure SQL Database is a plus.
• Version control experience with Git (branching, pull requests, code reviews).
• Exposure to CI/CD concepts.
• Basic understanding of cloud concepts (resource groups, regions, subscriptions, RBAC, tagging) and willingness to learn Microsoft Azure services relevant to API development.
• Awareness of common identity and security practices (OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT), secure secrets management (Azure Key Vault), and least-privilege principles.
• Interest in financial technologies, with an understanding that work must align to data privacy, security, and regulatory expectations in banking.
• Ability to approach challenges logically and develop practical solutions; strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Keen attention to detail in coding, testing, and documentation; willingness to learn from experienced colleagues and be open to feedback.

• Exposure to containerization (Docker) and basic Kubernetes concepts (AKS).
• Familiarity with messaging/event services and asynchronous integration patterns.
• Experience with unit testing (JUnit, pytest, Jest) and API testing tools (Postman).
• Exposure to AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., Windsurf, Git Hub Copilot, Azure Dev Ops Copilot, Tabnine) and an understanding of responsible use in regulated environments, including not sharing sensitive or client data in prompts and validating generated code for security, licensing, and quality.
• Awareness of OWASP Top 10 and secure coding practices relevant to APIs.
• Experience with API performance concepts (caching, throttling, retries) and resilience patterns.

Benefits:

Medical with wellness incentives, dental, and vision

HSA with company match

Maternity and parental leave

401(k) with 6% match

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