API Engineer
Core
Design and build reusable shared API platform capabilities exposing business logic, data, and contextual information securely to multiple applications and services.
Role type
Mid-Level API Engineer (Platform)
Builds
Reusable API platform capabilities, authentication/authorization patterns, and custom services for emerging AI-driven use cases
Domain
Healthcare / Life Sciences / API Platform Engineering
Required skills
API design (REST, GraphQL), backend development (Python, TypeScript), SQL, authentication/authorization, data modeling, API security, observability
Preferred skills
Internal platform development, identity and access management, policy-based authorization, semantic data layers, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD
Technologies
Python, TypeScript, REST, GraphQL, SQL
Responsibilities
Design and build APIs consumed by multiple applications; develop reusable platform capabilities; implement fine-grained access controls; establish API standards for contracts, versioning, and security; monitor and troubleshoot production APIs; contribute to AI-driven API use cases
Seniority
Mid-Level, hands-on IC