Integration Developer

Bridgeway•Coraopolis, PA

11h

About The Position

We are looking for a talented Integration Developer to join our engineering team. In this role you will be the connective tissue of our technology stack — designing and building APIs that power our platform while also integrating third-party services, data sources, and partner systems. You will work across teams to ensure that data flows reliably, securely, and efficiently between internal services and the outside world. This is a highly cross-functional position. You will collaborate closely with product, backend, frontend, and data teams, as well as external vendors and partners to deliver seamless integrations that scale.

Requirements

3+ years of professional software development experience with a focus on integrations or backend engineering
Deep proficiency with REST API design principles, HTTP semantics, and web standards
Hands-on experience consuming and troubleshooting third-party APIs in production environments
Strong working knowledge of authentication protocols: OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, and API keys
Experience with at least one primary language such as Python, Node.js, Java, Coldfusion
Understanding of asynchronous messaging patterns and event-driven architectures
Proficiency with version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines
Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across distributed systems

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain RESTful APIs following industry best practices
Define clear, versioned API contracts (OpenAPI / Swagger specs) and maintain thorough documentation
Implement authentication and authorization strategies such as OAuth 2.0, API keys, and JWT
Optimize APIs for performance, reliability, and scalability including caching, pagination, and rate limiting
Write unit and integration tests to ensure API correctness and resilience
Evaluate, onboard, and consume third-party APIs, SDKs, and webhooks from external platforms
Build and maintain integration pipelines between internal services, SaaS platforms, and partner systems
Implement event-driven and message-queue patterns (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ, SNS/SQS) where appropriate
Handle data transformation, mapping, and normalization across disparate systems and formats (JSON, XML, EDI, CSV)
Manage secrets, credentials, and API key rotation securely in partnership with the security team
Monitor integration health with observability tooling; build dashboards and set up alerting for failures
Implement robust error handling, retry logic, and dead-letter queue strategies
Participate in on-call rotations and triage integration incidents
Conduct code reviews and contribute to engineering standards and best practices
Partner with product owners and leadership to translate business requirements into integration designs
Serve as the technical point of contact for vendor and partner API negotiations and onboarding
Produce and maintain runbooks, architecture diagrams, and integration catalogues
Mentor junior engineers on integration patterns, API design, and debugging techniques