Lead API Developer

Job overview

The Lead API Developer role is listed as permanent full-time in Pittsburgh, PA. Compensation is not specified. The posting does not identify a specific company mission or department beyond the role’s technical and stakeholder collaboration context. The developer leads API and microservices design, development, maintenance, and release work, while mentoring developers and promoting secure, scalable, reliable solutions for client systems.

What you'll do

• Lead design, development, and maintenance of APIs and microservices
• develop and unit test Java REST services
• collaborate on requirements and architecture
• mentor developers and promote standards
• review designs and estimates
• create technical designs
• plan releases and manage change requests
• execute deployments and post-release validation
• troubleshoot and optimize applications
• use Jenkins, uDeploy, Git, and Apigee
• research tools and frameworks.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

lead api developer

java

j2ee

rest apis

microservices

spring boot

apigee

angular

jenkins

git

pittsburgh pa

system one

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Requires 10+ years of Java/J2EE experience, 8+ years with RESTful or SOAP services, and 5+ years with Angular and CI/CD tools including GitHub and Jenkins.

About the employer

System One is hiring for this role. Industry: Employment Placement Agencies. Sector: 56.