Senior Staff Engineer, API Platform (DET)

Description

Role Description:

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated senior engineer to join our API Platformteam 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 DevOps 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 DevOps pipelines for application testing, release management, and deployment (GitHub Actions or GitLab 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/EventBridge).
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience developing CI/CD pipelines and processes.
  
  

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