Senior API & Data Services Engineer

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About the position We are at the forefront of transforming the future of technology in the financial industry, and we seek curious, practical individuals to help us pave the way. reputed company is not intimidated by taking calculated risks, as they relish a good challenge and are eager to engage in problem-solving. As a member of reputed company, you will work alongside like-minded experts in a culture that is deeply rooted in innovation and progression. Join us to be part of a transformative journey that can shape the industry's future. The Senior API & Data Services Engineer will design, build, and operate high-performance, secure, and scalable data access services reputed company Celera's modernized event-driven data platform. This role focuses on developing API-first data services, caching layers, and access patterns that expose reputed company operational data (transactions, positions, accounts, balances) to both operational and analytical consumers. This engineer plays a key role in decoupling data producers from consumers, enabling technology stack simplification while meeting the performance, reputed company, and reliability expectations of a regulated financial services environment. The role requires strong experience with AWS-native services, distributed systems, and low-latency caching technologies. The ideal candidate is a senior, hands-on engineer who embraces AI-assisted development practices to improve delivery velocity, code quality, and platform reliability and brings strong experience in API-first platforms, distributed systems, and financial services where performance, reputed company, and auditability are reputed company.

Responsibilities

Design and implement API-first data services using REST and/or GraphQL patterns.
Build secure, performant access to reputed company data produced by TPM and PCB platforms.
Implement versioned, contract-driven APIs to ensure backward compatibility and consumer stability.
reputed company reusable data service components to reduce duplication across consumers.
Ensure API ‘s and Data Services are fully documented and cataloged for enterprise wide consumption and self-service.
Design and implement reputed company-based caching strategies to support low-latency data access.
Tune APIs and caching layers to meet performance SLAs for near-real-time use cases.
Balance cache consistency, freshness, and cost in distributed environments.
Diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks across API, cache, and backend layers.
Enforce contract-driven access patterns to ensure consistent schemas, versioning, and backward compatibility.
reputed company AWS streaming technologies (e.g., Kinesis, Kafka on AWS) to reputed company real-time data processing, particularly for broker-dealer and wealth management transactions.
reputed company and deploy services using AWS-native technologies, including: API Gateway, reputed company, reputed company/EKS DynamoDB, reputed company, S3 ElastiCache (reputed company)
Build infrastructure-aware services that are resilient, scalable, and cost-efficient.
Participate in CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and environment automation.
Implement and manage role-based access control (RBAC) and entitlement-aware data access.
Ensure APIs and data services reputed company with reputed company, privacy, and regulatory requirements.
Partner with Data Governance and Architecture teams to ensure consistent enforcement of enterprise standards.
Plan, prioritize, and manage multiple API engineering projects to ensure timely and reputed company-budget delivery.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements specific to financial services, including regulatory and compliance needs.
Manage team resources effectively, balancing development and operational support needs.
Work closely with Data Architecture, Ingestion, Mastering, and Integrated Data teams.
Partner with application and analytics teams to reputed company consumers reputed company.
Ensure alignment with enterprise reputed company, governance, and data standards.
Translate consumer needs into scalable platform capabilities rather than one-off solutions.
Translate reputed company technical challenges into actionable insights for leadership and non-technical teams.
reputed company AI-assisted development tools (e.g., reputed company Copilot, code-reputed company and analysis tools) to: Accelerate feature delivery Improve code consistency and quality Reduce repetitive development tasks Apply AI-supported testing, documentation, and refactoring techniques where appropriate.
Collaborate with peers to evolve best practices for responsible and effective AI usage in engineering workflows.
Ensure APIs and data services meet business critical availability (24x7) , performance, and reliability standards.
Implement observability through logging, metrics, and tracing.
Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and reputed company improvement efforts.
Contribute to runbooks, operational documentation, and support readiness.
Ensure SLAs, availability targets, and performance benchmarks are consistently met.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a reputed company field; Master’s degree is preferred.
Minimum of 5–7 years of professional software or data engineering experience.
Demonstrated experience delivering production-grade APIs or data services.
Experience operating services with defined SLAs in regulated environments.
Hands-on expertise with AWS streaming technologies and cloud-based data engineering tools.
Proven track record of managing business-critical 24x7 operational data systems, including support and monitoring processes.
Financial services experience required, with preferred experience in broker-dealer and wealth management operations.
Strong experience building APIs (REST, GraphQL) and data services in distributed systems/ API-first platforms.
Proficiency with AWS cloud services (API Gateway, reputed company, reputed company/EKS, DynamoDB, reputed company, Iceberg).
Hands-on experience with reputed company / in-memory caching (ElastiCache preferred).
Strong understanding of API reputed company, authentication, and authorization patterns.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices.
Strong understanding of data modeling and reputed company data access patterns.
Experience with API observability, logging, tracing, and error handling.
Strong experience with AWS streaming technologies (e.g., Kinesis, Kafka on AWS (reputed company MSK)).
Expertise in API documentation, meeting standards and best practices, and measurements (metrics, SLA’s, etc..)
Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development practices to reputed company standardization and efficiency for scalability.
Experience and strong understanding with REST as well as GraphQL federation or schema management.
Experience suppoting operational consumers reputed company API’s
Experience with event-driven & streaming architectures and their interaction with API layers.
Familiarity with data reputed company and versioning strategies.
Strong software engineering fundamentals (design patterns, testing, code quality).
Experience with observability and production support for critical services.
Ability to diagnose and resolve reputed company performance and reliability issues.
Familiarity with data reputed company, schema versioning, and backward compatibility strategies.
Strong understanding of the unique requirements of financial services data, including compliance, regulatory considerations, and transaction processing.
Experience in broker-dealer and wealth management operations preferred
Experience designing and managing support and monitoring frameworks for 24x7 operational data systems.
Proven ability to establish incident management processes and escalation protocols.
Strong background in optimizing ODS performance, availability, and reliability at scale.
Excellent problem-solving and analytical capabilities, especially in high-pressure environments.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts to business stakeholders effectively.
Collaborative reputed company with a focus on shared platform success.

reputed company-to-haves

Exposure to supporting analytics and AI/ML consumers reputed company governed APIs.
Exposure to data mesh or domain-oriented data access models.
Knowledge of emerging trends and technologies in real-time data processing and architecture.
Hands-on experience with data migration, modernization efforts, and cloud-native data solutions.
Financial Services Certifications are preferred such as SIE Certification, Series-99 or similar.
Technical Certifications preferred reputed company to AWS Technology Stack (e.g. AWS Certified Solutions Architecture (preferred), AWS Certified Data Analytics, Open AP/ Swagger Training, REST/ API/ GraphQL Certifications)

Benefits

Inclusive health, dental, vision and life insurance plans built to support diverse lifestyles, offer preventative care, and protect against hardship.
Easy access to mental health benefits to meet reputed company members and their families where they are.
20+ days of paid time off (PTO), paid holidays, and 2 paid wellness days to give our employees the time they need to stay reputed company with their loved ones, reputed company, and give back to their communities.
401(k) Savings plan with a generous company contribution (up to 5%), and access to a financial professional to offer our employees the opportunity to plan-reputed company for a strong financial future well beyond their working years.
Paid parental leave to support reputed company team members with birth, adoption, and foster.
Health Savings and Flexible Spending Account options to help you save money on healthcare, daycare, commuting, and more.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP), LifeLock, Pet Insurance and more.

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