Senior API Developer

About the role

Join a fully remote agile team building and modernising software tools for a federal environmental agency. You will design APIs and microservices that support scientific applications.

What you will do

• Rebuild a legacy system with Spring Boot, cloud services and modern Java, swapping old parts for modular, testable code
• Split monolithic pieces into loosely coupled services that talk over REST and event driven patterns
• Connect new work with existing agency systems, databases and APIs while keeping data consistent and compliant
• Put security practices in place, covering authentication, authorization and protection of data
• Write unit, integration and end to end tests, and take part in code reviews
• Document design and implementation choices and fix development and deployment problems

What they look for

• Seven or more years of related experience
• Strong REST API design with Spring controllers, JPA and Hibernate
• JUnit and Mockito, Git and GitHub, Maven, and API testing tools such as Bruno
• OpenAPI and Swagger, microservice architecture and performance tuning

Nice to have

• Background with government or regulated industry applications
• Familiarity with CI/CD and Docker
• Ruby on Rails experience