What are the responsibilities and job description for the Systems/API Development Specialist position at FCCI Services Inc.?
At FCCI, Diversity is who we are, Equity is what we stand for and Inclusion is how we do business. We are intentional and steadfast in our efforts to uphold the values that enlighten our diversity, equity and inclusion vision. If these practices appeal to you, come and be a part of our amazing team!
The Systems Development Specialist is responsible for the engineering Shared APIs, supporting the API Strategy, on-boarding of emerging technologies and creation of best practices to support FCCI’s current and future strategic business needs. This position also assists in gathering requirements, working directly with customers, and is responsible for the timely delivery of high quality solutions according to those requirements. Grade IS 17
Responsibilities include the following:
- On-board emerging technologies working with the agile team, providing technical leadership.
- Create best practices for the newly on-boarded emerging technologies
- Design and build maintainable, extensible, performance-minded and scalable backend services / APIs which support web and mobile user experiences and integrations with 3rd party systems
- Balance architectural/design decisions to account for delivery timeline, performance and long-term scalability
- Provide hands-on technical support for the on-boarded emerging technologies.
- Support and build the needed DevOps pipelines to automate the software change management, as needed.
- Collaborate with agile teams, architects and product owners to better understand their technology requirements and issues.
- Experience with or solid understanding of SQL and No SQL repositories
In exchange for your talents, FCCI offers competitive salaries and an excellent benefits package.
FCCI values the contributions of a diverse workforce.
We're committed to being fair and equitable to all employees and applicants for employment. FCCI prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, age, marital status, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, handicap, disability and other legally protected classifications.
Please apply via our website at www.fcci-group.com.
Experience
Required- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or similar experience.
- Minimum of six years of experience in development, integration and support of Enterprise Applications
- Minimum of two or more years of experience designing and developing APIs.
- Great written and oral communication skills.
- Solid understanding of agile software development processes.
- Expertise in developing backend APIs for mobile, web and 3rd party partners.
- Successful experience in API Management area.
- Prior experience preferred in the following: Programming Languages (Java, C#, JavaScript etc…), Operating System (Windows, Linux), Databases (Oracle, SQL Server, Mongo DB etc…), Enterprise Service Bus (Software AG Webmethods or Mulesoft or Informatica or others), API Gateways, API Portal, API protocols (REST/SOAP) and data standards like XML and JSON.