API Developer remote jobs

Monolithic applications are not a thing anymore. Today’s app is a cloud-based system of independent services that live in harmony and cooperate through API. While adding in complexity, such architecture is critical for building scalable and cost-effective software. But it takes a highly experienced multilingual API Developer to make an API-first application, which places such a specialist among the most wanted assets for any business.

At EPAM Anywhere, we’re happy to offer API remote opportunities for experienced professionals in the field. Here, we’ll help you find projects that match your skill set and perfectly meet your growth and salary expectations. While working on a remote, you’ll be receiving perks and bonuses just like EPAM in-house specialists. 

Interested? Awesome, let’s run quickly through everything you need to start working with us right away!

Skills expected of freelance API Developer

Hard skills that make for a sought-after API Developer:

• fluency in multiple languages – Java, Python, JavaScript are among the most popular in cross-platform apps
• proficiency in cross-platform development
• good understanding of HTTP protocol and REST web services; knowledge of SOAP may be a considerable asset
• understanding of MVC design pattern
• firm grip on JSON and XML
• passion for writing thorough functional tests and clear documentation
• good understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases
• sound grasp of the Java frameworks, like Spring, would be beneficial

Soft skills that will bolster you as a freelance API Engineer:

• love for reading documentation and use API as intended
• self-efficiency and social skills
• written and spoken English at B2 level and higher

Responsibilities API Developer remote involves

API Developer jobs are rich in duties to uphold. Besides writing clean and reusable code, they require dealing with a plethora of technologies, constantly learning new languages, and communicating development processes to stakeholders. Here are a few of the underlying duties you will take on:

• designing, developing and maintaining multi-platform cloud-based applications using multiple programming languages
• assessing the health and improving apps and databases
• cooperating with stakeholders, product owners, and customers
• communicating project status, technological decisions, risks, and possible issues to non-technical staff
• defining specifications, covering applications with feature tests

Fill API vacancy at EPAM Anywhere

API Developers are on the cutting edge of the new cloud-shaped digital world. If you’re the one who pushes the envelope and finds joy in innovation – join us! Find the most exciting API vacancy here, at EPAM Anywhere, and apply!