API Developer

18 hours ago

Canberra, Australia Ignite Services Full time

Overview

I'm working with a large Federal Government department to find an API Developer.

This is an initial 12 month contract with 2 x 12 month extension options.

The position can be based in Canberra, Melbourne CBD, or Brisbane CBD.

Core technical skills

- Languages: Node.js/TypeScript/ReactJS or C# (.NET) - Proficiency in at least one

- API standards: OpenAPI 3.x (Swagger), HTTP/1.1 & HTTP/2 semantics, error models, filtering/sorting conventions, ETag/conditional requests.

- AuthN/AuthZ: OAuth 2.1, OIDC, JWT, scopes/claims, token lifecycles, mTLS; understanding of common pitfalls (token leakage, replay, CSRF).

- Data & caching: SQL (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and one NoSQL (MongoDB/DynamoDB); Redis for caching/rate limiting.

- Messaging: Kafka, Kinesis, Pub/Sub, SQS/RabbitMQ; async patterns and exactly/at-least-once semantics. - Proficiency in at least one

- CI/CD: GitHub Actions/GitLab CI/Jenkins; trunk-based or short-lived branches; automated tests and contract tests in the pipeline.

- Containers & orchestration: Docker; Kubernetes fundamentals (Deployments, Services, Ingress, ConfigMap/Secret, HPA).

- IaC: Terraform (modules, workspaces, state mgmt), policy checks.

- Observability: OpenTelemetry traces/metrics/logs; PromQL basics; log correlation and alert tuning to reduce noise.

- API gateways: Kong, Apigee, AWS API Gateway, Azure APIM (policies, rate plans, mutual TLS, custom auth). - Proficiency in at least one

- Performance & resilience: Load testing with k6/JMeter, connection pooling, N+1 detection, bulkheads, circuit breakers (e.g., Resilience4j/Envoy).

To have your application considered

- Be an Australian citizen

- Have a minimum baseline security clearance

- Be able to work onsite at least 3 days per week in either Canberra, Melbourne CBD or Brisbane CBD

If this position sounds of interest to you, please APPLY NOW For more information, please contact Aimee Goff on aimee.goff @igniteco .com

Ignite is Australia's preferred partner in recruitment and technology solutions across private and public sectors.

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