Integration Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in District of Columbia, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Design, create, implement, and sustain integrations among applications, services, databases, and external systems utilizing RESTful APIs.

• Develop and set up API requests, endpoints, and integration workflows to ensure dependable data exchanges.

• Execute data mapping, transformation, validation, and serialization processes.

• Work with JSON, XML, and other structured data formats.

• Integrate both internal and third-party APIs in accordance with technical standards and interface specifications.

• Support API versioning, backward compatibility, and modifications to integrations.

• Collaborate with development teams to address interface dependencies.

• Create and perform integration tests to assess API functionality, data accuracy, response handling, and interoperability.

• Utilize Postman or similar API testing tools to confirm requests, responses, status codes, and error management.

• Troubleshoot connectivity issues, authentication failures, data discrepancies, performance challenges, and integration errors.

• Implement logging, monitoring, retry mechanisms, and exception handling procedures.

• Document defects, investigate underlying causes, and coordinate corrective measures.

• Assist with integration testing, user acceptance testing, and production rollouts.

• Implement API authentication and authorization strategies such as OAuth 2.0, API keys, and token-based authentication.

• Adhere to security protocols for data transmission, credential management, access controls, and handling of sensitive information.

• Monitor integration performance to enhance response times, reliability, and scalability.

• Ensure compliance with data privacy and security regulations.

• Maintain API specifications, integration workflows, data mappings, configurations, and troubleshooting documentation.

• Collaborate with developers, data engineers, QA personnel, architects, and business stakeholders.

• Engage in technical design discussions, code reviews, integration planning, and deployment activities.

• Maintain and improve existing integrations.

• Identify and pursue opportunities for automating integration processes and enhancing development, testing, and deployment practices.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or an associate degree combined with two years of relevant experience.

• A minimum of 3 years of professional experience in systems integration, API development, application development, or a similar technical field.

• At least 3 years of hands-on experience in developing, implementing, and supporting RESTful API integrations.

• Strong comprehension of REST principles, HTTP methods, status codes, request and response formats, and API design concepts.

• Familiarity with JSON and other structured data formats, including XML when applicable.

• Proficient in at least one programming or scripting language, such as Python, Java, JavaScript, or C#.

• Experience in testing and troubleshooting APIs using Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI tools, or equivalent technologies.

• Knowledge of API authentication and authorization techniques, including OAuth 2.0, API keys, or token-based authentication.

• Proven ability to diagnose integration failures, validate data exchanges, and resolve technical issues across interconnected systems.

• Strong analytical, communication, documentation, and problem-solving abilities.

• Capacity to manage assigned integration tasks independently while ensuring effective collaboration with technical teams.

• Must reside in the Continental US.

• Must be a US citizen or Permanent Resident.

• Must successfully complete a background check, background investigation, and standard onboarding process.

• May be required to possess or obtain a Public Trust designation or security clearance based on agency requirements.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health care.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• Life insurance.

• 401(k).

• Paid time off, which includes PTO, holidays, and other paid leave mandated by law.

• Remote-first work arrangement.

• Equal opportunity employment.