Software Engineer (API, AWS)

Posted 9 Days Ago
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2 Locations
600K-800K Annually
Mid level
Big Data • Analytics
The Role
The Software Engineer will design, build, and deploy scalable RESTful APIs while ensuring integration with cloud infrastructure and automated deployment. Responsibilities include managing microservices with AWS ECS, collaborating on CI/CD processes, optimizing performance, and troubleshooting API issues in a cloud environment.
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We are looking for a talented and experienced Software Engineer with hands-on expertise in AWS, specifically ECSFargate, and related cloud technologies, to join our dynamic engineering team. As an API Software Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, building, and deploying scalable APIs, while also ensuring seamless integration with cloud infrastructure and automated deployment pipelines.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build high-performance, RESTful APIs for use across internal and external applications.
  • Manage and deploy containerized microservices using AWS ECS and AWS Fargate. Ensure that APIs are highly available, scalable, and secure.
  • Collaborate with DevOps engineers to implement and automate continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using tools such as GitLab, etc
  • Use Terraform, CloudFormation, or other IaC tools to automate infrastructure provisioning and management.
  • Design, implement, and manage microservices that communicate via APIs, ensuring they are decoupled, scalable, and maintainable.
  • Implement robust logging, monitoring, and alerting for API services using AWS CloudWatch, or similar tools. Continuously optimize performance.
  • Follow best practices for securing APIs, ensuring sensitive data is protected, and that your APIs are compliant with industry standards.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth deployment and integration of APIs, write unit and integration tests, and ensure that APIs are well-documented.
  • Monitor and troubleshoot API issues, ensuring quick resolution and minimal downtime. Participate in on-call rotations if required.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
  • 2-4 years of experience as an API software engineer or backend developer with a focus on cloud technologies and containerization.
  • Strong experience in designing, building, and deploying RESTful APIs.
  • Proficient in AWS services, particularly ECS, Fargate, Lambda, API Gateway, RDS, S3, and IAM.
  • Containerization expertise with Docker and ECS for deploying microservices and API workloads.
  • Proficiency with DevOps principles and experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline, or similar tools.
  • Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
  • Strong programming skills in at least one language such as Python, Java .
  • Experience with API security best practices (e.g., OAuth, JWT, rate-limiting).
  • Familiarity with microservices architecture and how APIs enable communication between distributed systems.
  • Experience with logging and monitoring tools such as AWS CloudWatch, or the ELK stack.
  • Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills in cloud environments.
  • Ability to work collaboratively in an agile, cross-functional team.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • AWS certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer.
  • Familiarity with serverless architecture (AWS Lambda, API Gateway).
  • Experience with Kubernetes or ECS Fargate in production environments.

Top Skills

Java
Python
The Company
HQ: Moscow, ID
343 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2000

What We Do

Emsi Burning Glass is a labor market analytics firm, using data to drive economic prosperity.

We collect and integrate complex labor market data and build user-friendly tools to help you understand employment, economic trends, and training needs for your region.

We believe that a skilled, well-prepared workforce drives economic prosperity.

We work with clients in higher education, workforce development, economic development, site selection, and talent acquisition.

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