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API Developer Contractor - Airitos
Backend Engineer
Mid‑level API Developer to build and modernize RESTful services for a financial services portal consolidation, leveraging Node.js, OAuth 2.0, and AWS infrastructure.
About the role
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs that replace legacy portal endpoints.
- Implement secure authentication and authorization using OAuth 2.0 and JWT.
- Collaborate with front‑end and back‑end teams to integrate APIs into a unified access management platform.
- Write clean, well‑documented code and create comprehensive unit and integration tests.
- Deploy services to AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, ECS) and manage CI/CD pipelines.
- Monitor API performance, troubleshoot issues, and optimize for scalability.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience building production‑grade APIs in Node.js or similar.
- Hands‑on experience with AWS services (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, CloudWatch).
- Strong understanding of microservices architecture and containerization (Docker, ECS/EKS).
- Excellent problem‑solving skills and ability to work independently in a remote contract environment.