Hybrid Lead API & Microservices Engineer

System One, Inc.; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Voluntary plans

Job summary

System One, Inc. is seeking a Lead API Developer to guide design, development, and support of enterprise-scale APIs and backend services.

You will provide technical leadership, mentor developers, and drive API best practices in an environment blending onsite and remote work across Pittsburgh/Cleveland/Dallas. The role emphasizes Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, and microservices, with substantial RESTful/SOAP experience and hands-on leadership in agile teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Java/J2EE development experience.
• Strong experience with Spring Boot and Microservices Architecture.
• 8+ years of RESTful and/or SOAP web services development.
• Experience with REST APIs, XML, JSON, and Swagger/OpenAPI.
• 5+ years of Angular, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
• 5+ years of GitHub, Jenkins, and CI/CD pipeline experience.
• Experience writing and maintaining unit tests.
• Experience with Agile software development methodologies.
• Experience with Release Management and production deployment.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable APIs, microservices, and backend applications.
• Lead API development efforts and provide technical mentorship to team members.
• Build and support Java-based RESTful services integrated with internal and external systems.
• Drive API standards, architecture decisions, and development best practices.
• Participate in solution design, code reviews, and technical planning.
• Create technical designs and translate business requirements into scalable solutions.
• Support release planning, change management, production deployments, and post-release validation.
• Troubleshoot and optimize applications across multiple environments.
• Collaborate with business, product, and technical stakeholders in an Agile environment.

Skills

Java/J2EE

Spring Boot

Microservices

RESTful/SOAP

Angular/JavaScript/HTML/CSS

GitHub/Jenkins/CI/CD

Agile

Release Management

Tools

Apigee

Job description

System One, Inc. is seeking a Lead API Developer to guide design, development, and support of enterprise-scale APIs and backend services.

You will provide technical leadership, mentor developers, and drive API best practices in an environment blending onsite and remote work across Pittsburgh/Cleveland/Dallas. The role emphasizes Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, and microservices, with substantial RESTful/SOAP experience and hands-on leadership in agile teams.