API Developer

Client is seeking a contractor Sr. Web Services Software Engineer to build the next generation APIs for Client Analytics, Client’s industry-leading analytics platform. The Client Analytics platform processes 20+ billion transactions on a daily basis and delivers reporting data to customers via a sophisticated data visualization interface. The Web Services Software Engineer will participate in all aspects of the software development lifecycle including the architecture, design, development, & maintenance of the product. This position is based in our Lehi, Utah office within the Digital Marketing Business Unit of Client.

What you’ll do

• Design and implement robust web service APIs within our Client Analytics platform that are used by a large number of internal client applications as well as external customer client applications
• Work with a team of Web Services developers and quality Engineers to create new APIs, improve existing ones and also implement, prototype, scale, test and validate these APIs.
• Gather technical requirements from multiple sources and improve on existing strategy and techniques for exploring and exposing data
• Solve complex business and technical problems involving large-scale data aggregation
• Demonstrate leadership qualities with willingness to mentor peers and drive feature development efforts, in co-ordination with other Client cross-functional groups like experience design and product management
• Gain a solid understanding of the Client Analytics platform workflows and be willing to drive solutions that span across one or more cross-functional Engineering teams
• Develop product enhancements and features with a strong focus on effective customer engagement and satisfaction

· Requirements

What you need to succeed

• M.S. or B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent field
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Comprehensive knowledge and development experience building and scaling truly RESTful web services
• Must be detail-oriented, self-motivated, responsive, professional and dedicated to customer success
• Experience with building and deploying back end services platforms
• Solid object-oriented programming background in Java, C/C++, C#, or PHP
• Experience with storing and retrieving high-frequency data in Redis
• Database programming knowledge including SQL queries in MySQL and collection queries in Mongo
• Experience with Microsoft Power BI not required, but preferred
• M.S. or B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent field

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.