Information Consulting Services · 2 days ago
Senior Backend API Engineer (Contract)
United States
Contract
Remote
Senior LevelInformation Consulting Services is seeking a highly skilled Senior API Developer for a critical, short-term strategic initiative focused on data transparency and equity reporting. The role involves designing and implementing secure APIs for a public dashboard, ensuring scalable and secure access to educational datasets.
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Responsibilities
API Architecture: Design and build REST or GraphQL APIs (aligned with organizational standards) with full OpenAPI/Swagger documentation
Data Governance: Implement complex business rules, including exclusion logic and suppression of specific counts to prevent PII exposure
Service Excellence: Develop a "data availability" endpoint to communicate system limitations and gaps transparently to the UI
Performance & Security: Integrate API gateways, rate limiting, and server-side caching to ensure high performance under public load
Pipeline Collaboration: Partner with Data Management Offices to define ETL processes, including verified address mapping and automated calculation testing
Qualification
Required
Expertise in versioning strategies and standard query parameter implementation (Geographic, Metric, and Temporal filters)
Ability to deliver standardized response payloads containing both metadata (suppression policies, refresh cadence) and data payloads
Deep understanding of public read-only access patterns and protection against system abuse
Proven track record of creating operational runbooks, data dictionaries, and developer portal documentation
Company
Information Consulting Services
Information Consulting Services (ICS) provides IT staffing services to clients across North America.
Founded in 1988
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Bill Ciemny
President and CEO
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