API Engineer

API Engineer

Department: Development

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Warwick

Who are we?

At Bright, we've engineered cutting‑edge software for accounting, payroll, tax, and practice management. We've assembled a team of top talent and stand ready to lead the industry with our superior software solutions and unparalleled customer support.

We're brilliant people creating brilliant software! Join us in our mission to create brilliant software that empowers businesses to reach new heights.

Our Products:

Our award‑winning software helps small businesses and accountants across Ireland and the UK manage their payroll, accounts and HR practices. We take the headache out of business management and provide cost‑effective, real solutions to accountants and business owners.

The Role:

As an API Engineer at Bright, you'll be building API infrastructure that enables our product, third‑party integrations, our users and AI services to interact with our established product portfolio. When it comes to AI, we're not building chatbots. We're building systems that automate end‑to‑end accounting workflows from document processing through to statutory filing to make a real impact on tens of thousands of our customers.

You’ll design and implement the API infrastructure that enables our product, third‑party integrations, our users and AI services to interact with our established product portfolio. Working with autonomy and technical ownership, you'll architect scalable, secure APIs that handle sensitive payroll and accounting data while enabling rapid deployment of AI capabilities across our business.

API Development & Integration

• Design and implement RESTful APIs that expose product capabilities to AI services and third‑party integrations
• Build production‑grade APIs using C# .NET, SQL, and Azure services
• Implement authentication and authorization using OAuth and modern security patterns
• Create well‑documented APIs using OpenAPI/Swagger standards
• Contribute to building and maintaining a developer portal for API consumers

Quality & Operations

• Write clean, maintainable, well‑tested code with comprehensive documentation
• Implement logging, monitoring, and error handling for production APIs
• Optimize API performance and query efficiency
• Configure CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployment
• Ensure compliance with security requirements
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to team standards

Collaboration & Growth

• Work with AI platform teams to understand requirements and consumption patterns
• Collaborate with product engineering teams to expose functionality through consistent APIs
• Learn from senior engineers and contribute to architectural discussions
• Support third‑party integrations and developer experience improvements
• Participate in incident response and troubleshooting

Essential Skills and Experience

• Software engineering experience with focus on backend development and APIs
• Strong C# .NET skills for building APIs and services
• Solid SQL knowledge including database querying, basic optimization, and working with relational databases
• Experience building RESTful APIs for web or mobile applications
• Understanding of API design principles including REST conventions, HTTP methods, status codes, and error handling
• Familiarity with authentication using OAuth, JWT, or API keys
• Azure cloud exposure – you've worked with or deployed to Azure services
• Testing mindset – you write unit tests and understand integration testing
• Problem‑solving skills – you can debug issues and work through technical challenges

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Experience building APIs for third‑party integrations or external partners
• Exposure to Supabase or similar backend‑as‑a‑service platforms
• Knowledge of API documentation tools like Swagger/OpenAPI
• Understanding of API gateways or Azure API Management
• Experience with event‑driven patterns or message queues
• Familiarity with Dev Ops practices and CI/CD pipelines
• Understanding of rate limiting and API security best practices
• Knowledge of how AI systems interact with APIs

What Makes You a Great Fit

• Learning Mindset:
  You're excited to grow your API design and architecture…