API Developer

Job Title:

API Developer

Location:

Quincy, MA (Hybrid)

Duration: 4 Months Contract (With Possibility of Extension)

Need Local to MA, CT, RH Only.

Client seeks to improve a constituent's experience while interacting with eligibility and enrollment processes across its various agencies through more efficient and collaborative processes. This project will, through a series of iterative improvements, knit the various processes together into an Integrated Eligibility and Enrollment program to provide constituents with a unified view of applying, managing and being notified by Benefits programs.

API Development

• Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs using Java 8 and Spring Boot.
• Build and enhance microservices that consume JSON payloads from multiple external agencies.
• Implement business logic based on agency, notice type, and payload data.
• Implement robust error handling, logging, and retry mechanisms.
• Write unit and integration tests to ensure reliability and quality.

Dev Ops & Deployment

• Support CI/CD pipelines for Spring Boot microservices.
• Perform application deployments across DEV, QA, UAT, and PROD environments.
• Manage and update environment‑specific configurations (externalized properties).
• Work with Git Lab and CI tools (GIT, JIRA, Jenkins).
• Monitor application logs on AWS, troubleshoot deployment issues, and support production fixes.

• A total of 7 years of experience with 5 years of hands‑on API/backend development and 3‑4 years of real Dev Ops exposure.
• Strong experience in Java 8 or above.
• Hands‑on expertise with Spring Boot and Microservices.
• Experience building and consuming REST APIs.
• Good understanding of JSON, HTTP, and third‑party integrations.
• Experience with CI/CD, deployments, and configuration management.
• Working knowledge of Linux environments and application troubleshooting.
• Cloud deployments (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Monitoring & Logging (Cloudwatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).

• Experience with government or large‑scale enterprise systems.
• Knowledge of asynchronous processing or messaging system.
• AWS Certified Solutions Developer.