Software Engineer, Connect

Jobtailor; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Miami seeks a capable software engineer to build connectors and backend services, integrating third-party APIs with OAuth and webhooks. You will contribute to the frontend in React/TypeScript and help shape product architecture.

You will own features end-to-end, work with a small team, and communicate clearly while navigating ambiguity.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional software engineering experience, with backend focus.
• Experience with Python and FastAPI in real projects.
• Familiarity with external API integrations and error handling.
• Strong SQL fundamentals and data flow reasoning.
• Experience with asynchronous task queues or background workers is a plus.
• Full-stack capability with React and TypeScript end-to-end ownership.
• Clear written and verbal communication and willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Build connectors and platform services and spec-driven integrations.
• Handle third-party APIs, OAuth, webhooks, rate limits, retries.
• Maintain reliable state in connections, syncs, and workflows.
• Contribute across the stack including React/TypeScript frontend.
• Participate in design discussions and trade-off decisions.
• Own projects end-to-end and expand scope as you grow.
• Collaborate with a small team, participate in code reviews.

Skills

Python

FastAPI

SQL

React

TypeScript

API Integration

Asynchronous Patterns

Connection Management

Workflow Execution

Debugging

Tools

OAuth

Webhooks

Task Queues

Background Workers

Job description

• Build connectors and platform services. Implement integrations as declarative specs and build the backend services that execute them. Each new connector teaches you something about how third‑party APIs actually behave.
• Handle the realities of third‑party APIs. Work with OAuth flows, webhook ingestion, rate limiting, and retries. Learn to debug failures in systems the team does not control.
• Write code that handles state carefully. Work with connection management, sync state, and workflow execution where correctness matters more than speed.
• Contribute across the stack. Build features end to end, including the React and TypeScript frontend, and keep frontend patterns coherent as the product matures.
• Participate in technical decisions. Contribute to design discussions, ask good questions about trade‑offs, and develop your judgment for when simple solutions outperform clever ones.
• Grow through ownership. Take on well‑scoped projects, deliver them end to end, and expand your scope as you build confidence with the platform.
• Collaborate closely with a small team. Engage in code reviews and design discussions, give and receive feedback, and help the team maintain high engineering quality.

Requirements

• 2+ years of professional software engineering experience, with meaningful time spent building backend systems
• Backend engineering experience in Python, with the ability to read and contribute to a FastAPI codebase. You do not need to be a Python expert, but you should not be starting from scratch
• Familiarity with integrating external APIs: making HTTP calls, handling authentication, parsing responses, and dealing with errors gracefully
• Solid SQL fundamentals: writing queries, designing schemas, and reasoning about how data flows through a system
• Exposure to asynchronous patterns such as task queues or background workers (production experience is a plus, not a requirement)
• Full-stack capability: you have shipped production UI in React with TypeScript and can own a feature end to end, including its interface
• Willingness to work through ambiguity and ask for help when you need it
• Clear written and verbal communication
• Required to work on‑site 3x a week in our Miami office (Coral Gables).

Core Competencies

Demonstrates strong backend engineering capabilities in Python and FastAPI, with a solid understanding of SQL and API integrations. Possesses full‑stack development experience in React and TypeScript, along with effective communication and collaboration skills.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Backend Engineering Experience
• Python Proficiency
• SQL Fundamentals
• Full-Stack Development
• API Integration

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Python
• FastAPI
• SQL
• React
• TypeScript
• API Integration
• Asynchronous Patterns
• Connection Management
• Workflow Execution
• Debugging

Soft Skills

• Clear Communication
• Collaboration
• Problem‑Solving
• Adaptability
• Feedback Reception

Industry Keywords

• Software Engineering
• Backend Systems
• Frontend Patterns
• Technical Decisions
• Engineering Quality

Tools & Technologies

• OAuth
• Webhooks
• Task Queues
• Background Workers