Brooksource · 18 hours ago
Senior API Engineer
Charlotte, NC
Contract
Hybrid
Senior Level
$70/hr - $75/hr
6+ years expBrooksource is hiring a Senior API Engineer to support a large financial services organization’s API Platform team. In this role, you will take end-to-end ownership of API services, lead greenfield development, and collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to design scalable systems in a cloud-native AWS environment.
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Responsibilities
Design, develop, and own RESTful APIs supporting high-scale, transactional financial services
Lead greenfield API development while modernizing and enhancing existing platforms
Apply a system-level and application-architecture mindset to design, scalability, and reliability
Build and deploy serverless, event-driven solutions on AWS (Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, SQS, ECS, CloudWatch)
Contribute to API gateway integrations and platform work (Kong experience preferred; Apigee exposure a plus)
Participate in and influence architecture discussions, design reviews, and technical decision-making
Monitor, troubleshoot, and triage production issues using modern observability and monitoring tools
Collaborate closely with product managers, platform teams, and full-stack engineers
Support and modernize legacy services (Java/Spring, Apache Camel, limited SOAP integrations)
Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, deployment strategies (blue/green, multi-region), and infrastructure automation
Qualification
Required
6+ years of experience building backend or API-driven applications
Strong experience designing and building APIs from scratch in high-volume, transactional environments
Proficiency with TypeScript and Node.js (Python and Java/Spring familiarity for legacy support)
Hands-on experience with AWS in serverless and event-driven architectures
Proven experience owning production systems, including monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident response
Strong understanding of RESTful API design and distributed system patterns
Ability to work autonomously and take ownership of large bodies of work
Strong collaboration and communication skills in cross-functional environments
Preferred
Experience with financial services, payments, or money-movement platforms (transfers, P2P, bill pay)
Experience with API management platforms such as Kong or Apigee
Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform)
Experience with multi-region deployments and blue/green release strategies
Familiarity with Apache Camel, SOAP integrations, or hybrid REST/SOAP environments
AWS Certification (Solutions Architect – Associate or higher)
Company
Brooksource
Brooksource is a single source for project and supplemental support through contract employment, contract-to-hire labor employment.
1001-5000 employees
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