Senior Software Engineer

Wyndham; Florida; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Travel + Leisure Co. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the analysis, design, development and deployment of API proxies and integration services on Google Apigee. You will work across the API and Middleware stack, guiding junior developers and coordinating with solution architects and business analysts.

The role emphasizes technical planning, SDLC adherence, and delivering robust applications with strong security, logging and performance monitoring. Occasional travel <10% is expected as projects require.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology/Computer Science or related field.
• 10+ years of experience as a software engineer or similar role, with 3+ years designing, building and operating API proxies on Google Apigee (Edge, X or hybrid).
• Experience with Apigee API productization and consumer management, including API products, developer apps and developer portal publication.
• Designing reusable API modules with consistent security, logging and error-envelope behavior across a multi-proxy estate.
• Knowledge of Apigee platform constraints and design considerations.

Responsibilities

• Perform complex analysis, design, development and implementation of IT strategic applications and data services.
• Analyze requirements and design solutions for applications, data, processes, and interfaces.
• Ensure changes are tested and managed per procedures to minimize disruption.
• Provide technical support between Applications and other IT teams for interfaces and reports.
• Monitor API performance and reliability using APM tools and Apigee analytics.

Skills

API design

Apigee expertise

SDLC knowledge

Agile/Scrum

Analytical thinking

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Self-starter

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology/Computer Science

Master's degree is a plus

Tools

Apigee platform

AppDynamics

Dynatrace

GitHub

SOAP/WSDL

OpenAPI/Swagger

Job description

We Put the World on Vacation Travel + Leisure Co. is the world's leading vacation ownership and travel membership company, with a dynamic and growing portfolio of resort, travel club, and lifestyle travel brands. Our dedicated associates help the company achieve its mission to put the world on vacation. Innovation and growth keep our work interesting and fun. Every day is a chance to learn something new and turn vacation inspiration into exceptional experiences for millions of travelers worldwide.

The Senior Software Engineer is responsible for the analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of A PI proxies and integration services on the Google Apigee platform within the enterprise portfolio. The Engineer will provide the technical expertise on the design and construction of new and existing modules as well as the use ofappropriate development tools and data flows across the API and Middleware Integrations stack. Will provide direction to lower-level developers and interact with technical leads, business analysts, solution architects and other development teams. Provide SME knowledge, technical planning expertise in the areas of application design, software development, performance, testing, implementation, and infrastructure. The senior developer is also responsible for the quality of the application code and adheres to the relevant coding standards and established patterns.

The Software Engineer III reports to the Manager of Applications Delivery & Services to deliver robust applications based on best practice software engineering that is well aligned with the SDLC process.

How You'll Shine:

• Performs complex analysis, design, development and implementation of IT strategic applications and data services. Help with solution design efforts and impact analysis for varying sizes of critical applications and ensures standard operating procedures are being followed
• Analyzes highly complex business and systems requirements, and designs solutions for applications, data, processes, interfaces, controls, outputs, environment, and infrastructure tools/utilities.
• Ensures that disruption to applications is minimized through analysis, planning and testing of proposed software fixes and updates and adherence to strict change management processes. Conduct deep dive analysis of application issues across the full stack (UI, middleware, microservices, data) and recommend solutions.
• Assist application services teams with technical support when required between Applications and other IT technical engineering groups, including operational, maintenance and modification of interfaces and reports, as well as general technical modifications.
• Anticipates and identifies potential problems before they occur and implements solutions and schedules and prioritizes work, minimizing impact on projects and users.
• Instruments and monitors API performance and availability using APM tooling (AppDynamics, Dynatrace or similar) alongside Apigee analytics, establishing dashboards, alert thresholds and SLO measurement, and using that telemetry to drive proactive tuning and faster incident resolution

Travel Requirements:

Less than 10%. Travel to different business units or sites may be necessary.

What You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology/Computer Science or related field.
• Master's degree is a plus.
• Possesses excellent written and oral communication skills, eager to learn and grow skills and take on new responsibilities.
• 10+ years of experience as a software engineer, application developer, including 3+ years hands-on designing, building and operating API proxies on Google Apigee (Edge, X or hybrid)etc.
• Working knowledge of Apigee API productization and consumer management, including API products, developer apps and developer portal publication.
• Experience designing reusable API modules that keep security, logging and error-envelope behavior consistent across a large multi-proxy estate.
• Awareness of Apigee platform constraints and how to design around them.
• Leads development activities with agile methodologies (Scrum, XP, Kanban)
• Expert in formal software development methodologies
• Expert experience with highly integrated application systems/platforms, data flows, and business processes
• Proven ability to think analytically, logical reasoning and problem-solving skills
• Proven ability to work on a Team and good interpersonal skills
• Self-starter and completes assignments with moderate supervision
• Proven delivery results with Services (micro-services, SOA, API)
• Deep understanding of API design patterns , SOA principles and its implementation methodologies (Oracle Fusion Middleware experience, a plus)
• Data modeling/design experience
• N-Tier Application design, UX/UI experience
• Experience with XML and enterprise integration technologies including Web Services (SOAP/WSDL)
• Experience in one or more of the following technologies SOAP, XML, RESTful, JSON, Swagger, OpenAPI, etc.
• Experience with CI/CD software such as GitHub