Hybrid API Engineer - Cloud & Telecoms

VanRath; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Belfast-based

Hybrid working

Flexible working

Career progression

Modern telecoms & cloud technologies

Job summary

VanRath is recruiting on behalf of a Belfast-based telecommunications and technology organisation for an API Engineer to join their growing technology team. You will design, develop and maintain robust APIs and backend services to enable internal platforms, customer systems and third-party applications to communicate effectively.

You will work closely with technical teams and stakeholders across the full development lifecycle, including API design, development, testing, deployment, monitoring

Qualifications

• Experience developing RESTful APIs and backend applications in a commercial environment.
• Strong understanding of REST, HTTP, JSON and API design principles.
• Experience with one or more backend languages such as C#, Java, Python, Node.js or PHP.
• Experience developing and integrating third-party APIs and business systems.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and relational databases.
• Experience with Git and modern software development practices.
• Understanding of CI/CD and automated deployment processes.
• Experience writing automated tests and supporting production applications.
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Good understanding of API authentication and security (OAuth2/JWT).
• Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.
• Understanding of microservices and distributed systems.
• Experience with Docker and/or Kubernetes would be advantageous.
• Experience with API gateways or integration platforms would be beneficial.
• Strong communication skills and ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating with wider teams.
• Experience in Agile/Scrum development environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain robust APIs and backend services.
• Enable communication between internal platforms, customer systems and external services.
• Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders across the full development lifecycle.
• Contribute to automation, interoperability and operational efficiency of the technology estate.

Skills

RESTful APIs

Backend development

API design principles

OAuth2/JWT

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)

CI/CD

Agile/Scrum

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

API gateways

Git

CI/CD tooling

Job description

VanRath is recruiting on behalf of a Belfast-based telecommunications and technology organisation for an API Engineer to join their growing technology team. You will design, develop and maintain robust APIs and backend services to enable internal platforms, customer systems and third-party applications to communicate effectively.

You will work closely with technical teams and stakeholders across the full development lifecycle, including API design, development, testing, deployment, monitoring