Backend API Engineer

As a Backend / API Engineer at the Compliance Store Data Delivery, your role is to design, develop, and support secure, scalable, and high-performance APIs. You will collaborate with Data Engineers, Solution Architects, and QA teams to ensure compliant, reliable, and auditable data access. Key Responsibilities: - Design and develop RESTful APIs using Python and Fast API for Data Access (Async, Online, and Pipeline APIs) - Implement asynchronous batch extraction APIs with job submission, status tracking, and result retrieval - Develop synchronous APIs for targeted data lookups and metadata queries - Integrate APIs with Enterprise API Gateway and Sentinel authentication and authorization mechanisms - Implement API-level security, rate limiting, and access controls in compliance with HIPAA requirements - Integrate ECG transport for secure batch data delivery to external consumers - Collaborate with Data Engineers to wire APIs with Snowflake- and S3-based extraction logic - Build and maintain Skills Registry and supporting platform services - Support SDK development and API client wrappers for internal developer consumption - Ensure comprehensive audit logging of all API requests and responses to Data Operations Metadata (DOM) - Handle error management, retries, and observability for API workflows - Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and security reviews - Support SIT, UAT, and production deployment activities Required Skills and Experience: - 58+ years of experience in backend or API development - Strong proficiency in Python and Fast API (or equivalent Python API frameworks) - Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs, including async workflows - Hands-on experience with authentication and authorization (OAuth, RBAC, token-based security) - Familiarity with API Gateway integration and enterprise security patterns - Experience integrating backend services with data platforms such as Snowflake and S3 - Knowledge of batch data delivery mechanisms and file-based integrations (SFTP, ECG or equivalent) - Understanding of microservices architecture and containerized deployments - Strong debugging, performance tuning, and problem-solving skills - Experience in regulated or enterprise environments preferred This job requires experience with healthcare or compliance-focused platforms, exposure to audit logging and metadata-driven systems, working with Snowflake Iceberg or external table integrations, familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and Git-based workflows, and experience supporting developer tooling, SDKs, or platform enablement. (Note: No additional details about the company were provided in the job description.) As a Backend / API Engineer at the Compliance Store Data Delivery, your role is to design, develop, and support secure, scalable, and high-performance APIs. You will collaborate with Data Engineers, Solution Architects, and QA teams to ensure compliant, reliable, and auditable data access. Key Responsibilities: - Design and develop RESTful APIs using Python and Fast API for Data Access (Async, Online, and Pipeline APIs) - Implement asynchronous batch extraction APIs with job submission, status tracking, and result retrieval - Develop synchronous APIs for targeted data lookups and metadata queries - Integrate APIs with Enterprise API Gateway and Sentinel authentication and authorization mechanisms - Implement API-level security, rate limiting, and access controls in compliance with HIPAA requirements - Integrate ECG transport for secure batch data delivery to external consumers - Collaborate with Data Engineers to wire APIs with Snowflake- and S3-based extraction logic - Build and maintain Skills Registry and supporting platform services - Support SDK development and API client wrappers for internal developer consumption - Ensure comprehensive audit logging of all API requests and responses to Data Operations Metadata (DOM) - Handle error management, retries, and observability for API workflows - Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and security reviews - Support SIT, UAT, and production deployment activities Required Skills and Experience: - 58+ years of experience in backend or API development - Strong proficiency in Python and Fast API (or equivalent Python API frameworks) - Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs, including async workflows - Hands-on experience with authentication and authorization (OAuth, RBAC, token-based security) - Familiarity with API Gateway integration and enterprise security patterns - Experience integrating backend services with data platforms such as Snowflake and S3 - Knowledge of batch data delivery mechanisms and file-based integrations (SFTP, ECG or equivalent) - Understanding of microservices architecture and containerized deployments - Strong debugging, performance tuning, and problem-solving skills - Experience in regulated or enterprise environments preferred This job requires experience with healthcare or