We are seeking a skilled and motivated Middle-Layer API Developer with strong experience in backend/API development to support the build-out of observability automation services. This role will focus on building scalable, automated solutions and user interfaces that enhance observability capabilities across enterprise platforms. You will work closely with platform engineers, SREs, and application teams to improve visibility, reliability, and user experience of our observability services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain backend services and APIs using Java, Python, or Golang
• Build scalable automation pipelines for observability configuration, incident response, and deployment tooling.
• Collaborate with internal platform teams to integrate with existing observability tools and frameworks (e.g., Splunk, Dynatrace, Grafana).
• Design and implement REST APIs, API gateway integrations, and asynchronous messaging solutions (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Collaborate with platform and DevOps teams to integrate APIs into CI/CD and deployment pipelines
• Support the development of reusable API modules and frameworks that enable telemetry pipeline instrumentation
• Implement APIs and service integrations for observability configuration, reporting, and access control.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code following engineering best practices.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, debugging, and performance tuning.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in backend/API development using Java, Python, or Golang
• Experience working in cloud-native or microservices environments (AWS and/or Azure)
• Solid understanding of RESTful API design, asynchronous processing, and message-driven architecture
• Hands-on experience with automation pipelines, observability tooling, or service monitoring workflows
• Familiarity with software delivery frameworks and CI/CD pipelines

Bonus Skills:

• Experience working with OpenTelemetry or other telemetry pipeline frameworks
• Exposure to observability platforms such as Splunk, Dynatrace, or Prometheus.

Education & Work Experience

• Bachelor's Degree
• 5 + years experience

Title Java Software Engineer
Location Jersey City, NJ
Client Industry FintEch
Compensation $65-95/hr
Ref ID 1682816