API Engineer

Job Description

Worthwhile does work that matters, and we do it with people that matter. We encourage and empower our team members to pave their own career path, grow their skills, learn from each other, and bring forward those outside-the-box ideas. We care about the whole person and aim to foster an environment of deep connection and understanding. If you’re a person who wants to contribute to work that matters, own your future and take responsibility for it, Worthwhile would be a good fit for you.

Role Overview

• Work closely with our Program Management Office (PMO) team to define feature specifications and build the next generation of unique products for our clients
• Design, build, and optimize APIs for microservice applications
• Create fast and intuitive RESTful APIs
• Create automated API Unit and Integration tests
• Implement internal and external integrations
• Assess and communicate the technical feasibility of different feature requests to PMO

Your Responsibilities

• Participate in design workshops, research, and prototyping
• Create OpenAPI specifications
• Code and test APIs that are compliant to the OpenAPI specifications
• Conduct peer reviews of coworkers code
• Participate in standup meetings with the Dev Team
• Maintain accurate design documentation
• Conduct playbacks that share achievements with coworkers and clients

Role Qualifications

• Strong familiarity and experience developing RESTful API’s
• Proficiency in Python, JavaScript, .NET Core and/or Django
• Deep understanding of SQL databases
• Familiarity with Docker
• Solid grasp of API design and versioning
• Working knowledge of a wide array of integration patterns, circuit breaker, asynchronous including pub/sub (middleware like Kafka, RabbitMQ, or comparable); service orchestration is a plus
• Solid skills securing services and using common access control patterns (API Tokens, JWT, SAML, SSO, etc.)
• Proficiency in creating microservices
• Self-driven and self-motivated
• Experience building for scale and performance
• Comfortable supporting your work in production
• A passion for quality and experience with unit testing frameworks

Technologies

• It would be REALLY great if you had experience with:
  • One or more of these programming languages, specifically for API development: (C#, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript)
  • One or more of these API development frameworks (.NET Core, FastAPI, Flask, NodeJS/Express)
  • OpenAPI Specifications
  • Docker
  • Git & Gitlab CI/CD
  • Relational Databases (Postgres, MySQL, SQLServer)
  • NoSQL Databases (MongoDB)
  • Bash / zsh / shell scripting
  • PEP8 & Linting
  • JSON Web Tokens
    
• It would be cool if you had experience with:
  • Jira
  • Venom
  • Django
  • NUnit / XUnit
  • Design Thinking

What you can expect from the interview process:

• Step 1 - Complete a technical evaluation project (we call it a Demo of Art) on Codility.
  • The assessment is set for 90 minutes (but some people finish early.) and needs to be completed in one sitting.

• Step 2 - Interview with our Engineering Manager
  • Interview lasts about 30 minutes and is conducted via Zoom.

• Step 3 - Interview with Leadership Team Member(s)
  • Interview lasts about 60 minutes and is conducted via Zoom.
  • We'll spend some time getting to know you more. We usually start the meeting by asking you to tell us a little bit about yourself (to break the ice).

Then the leadership team will ask some questions to get to know you better and then we leave some time for you to ask us any questions you may have. This is your time to get to know us and work through any questions.

We usually move through the process in its entirety in about 2-4 weeks.

Salary Range:

We are very open to having an upfront conversation about pay expectations. We consider factors such as your experience, location and market data when it comes to determining the final salary.

About Worthwhile:

Worthwhile helps mid-market companies out-innovate their competition through software and data. We utilize a Design Thinking methodology to continuously design, build, and run digital transformation initiatives that deliver real business value in the manufacturing, financial services and healthcare sectors. Our culture is unique and defined by our Values in Action. This relentless focus throughout our 25+ year history has enabled us to achieve an unprecedented Net Promoter Score of 84 (2x the industry average) and be named the #2 Best Place to Work in South Carolina for 2020.

At Worthwhile we are a destination for people seeking the most fulfilling work. Our team members are marked by our core values:

• Advancing Mastery: Our value is ever-increasing because we get better at getting better.
• Enduring Partnerships: We achieve transformative results, cultivating dynamic lasting relationships.
• Constructive Conflict: Caring people with distinctive voices and humble spirits yield exceptional ideas.
• Industrious Joy: Diligent effort, shared purpose – and a little levity – produce meaningful work.