API Developer - Remote - Charlotte, NC

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Job Title: API Developer

Location: Remote in Charlotte, NC Duration: 12 months contract

Rate: $55 - $58/hr on W2, Own Corp $70/hr

Responsibilities:

Serving as a core member of an agile team that leads user story elaboration, design, development, testing and implementation of software application and infrastructure-as-code. Writing code and unit tests, automation, and conducting code reviews and testing Collaborating with other team architects, engineers and vendors as necessary Identifying exciting opportunities for adopting new technologies to solve existing needs and predicting future challenges Performing ongoing refactoring of code, utilizing visualization and other techniques to fast-track concepts, and delivering continuous improvement Enable the deployment, support, and monitoring of software across test, integration, and production environments Working with product managers to prioritize features for ongoing sprints and managing a list of technical requirements based on industry trends, new technologies, known defects, and issues Leading a culture of innovation and experimentation, engaging in fun and outcome-oriented culture, and taking calculated risks that push the envelope. Actively studying new and emerging technologies, rapidly prototype and carrying out POCs Identifying opportunities for adopting new technologies Maintaining documentation, coding standards, and style guides Optimizing application performance, quality, and delivery to defined organizational standards and best practices Managing your own time, and working well both independently and as part of a team Influencing team members with creative changes and improvements by challenging status quo Serving as a mentor for junior and new engineers and peers in the software development practice to help

Must Haves:

Software development experience in a professional environment Knowledgeable in modern API technologies, architecture and design practices and protocols with hands-on experience using one or more API technologies (Open API REST, PC, GraphQL, Micro-Services, Serverless) Have experience in designing and building Cloud native applications. Experience in cloud technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift Proficient in at least one of the languages used at Ally (e.g. NodeS, React, React Native, Python, Java) Able to apply core programming concepts to learn and develop in a new language to meet project requirements Experience in using NoSQL databases and distributed messaging systems such as Reds, Kafka, Couchbase, Cassandra in the context of low latency and high transaction volume systems Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment tools such as Gitiab Pipelines/Jenkins/GitHub

Plus:

Terraform is a plus Working knowledge of public cloud (e.g. AWS) is a plus

API Developer - Remote - Charlotte, NC

Key Skills

• React
• React Native
• Kafka