• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• 5+ years of professional experience in building robust API solutions
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
• Strong proficiency in one or more programming languages
• Proficiency in automated testing patterns
• Experience in building highly observable systems

Desirable

• Upstart’s API Enablement team builds and maintains the communication fabric that connects building blocks (aka services) within Upstart and from outside of Upstart in a simple and secure way
• Our team’s primary objective is to develop explicit interfaces between all facets of our systems and provide secure access to high quality data allowing product teams to move faster and more securely. Speed, data quality, ease of use, observability, and Security are our guiding principles
• As a Senior Software Engineer on Upstart’s API Enablement team, you are empowered to design and implement robust API solutions via gRPC framework and API Gateway
• You will also lead and implement Event Bus, an ecosystem of tools, services, and libraries, that facilitates organizational access to high quality data
• We are a small and high impacting team contributing to Upstart’s North Star Architecture and need a product-oriented engineer who is excited to contribute across event bus and API solutions
• Lead the design and development of scalability solutions using gRPC and API Gateway
• Implementing API Management strategy for all of upstart
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and bring those insights into building an impactful roadmap for the team
• Establish best practices for API development and event bus across upstart
• Mentor junior engineers and promote a culture of technical excellence
• Contribute to quality improvements within our team in a meaningful way