Api Python Jobs in Columbia, SC (NOW HIRING)

• API Engineering & Application Development - Design, develop, and maintain Pythonbased REST APIs that support businesscritical workflows. Build APIs using AWS Lambda and Amazon API Gateway, following APIfirst and REST best practices. Implement clean, testable, and welldocumented Python code suitable for enterprise production environments. Optimize API performance, reliability, scalability, and error handling. Ensure proper API versioning, contract stability, and backward compatibility.
• Security & Access Management - Implement secure authentication and authorization mechanisms such as OAuth2, JWT, and IAMbased access. Enforce API security controls including request validation, throttling, rate limiting, and auditing. Partner with security teams to ensure APIs meet enterprise security and compliance standards. Automation & Infrastructure Engineering
• Provision and manage AWS infrastructure using Terraform. Create and maintain reusable Terraform modules for : API Gateway, Lambda, IAM roles and policies, CloudWatch logging and monitoring
• Ensure environment consistency across DEV, QA, UAT, and PROD.
• CI/CD & Operational Excellence - Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for build, test, and deployment of Python APIs. Support automated testing, packaging, versioning, and release management. Implement observability through logging, metrics, alerts, and tracing. Participate in troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and production support activities.
• CrossTeam Collaboration - Collaborate closely with application teams, platform engineering, cloud, and security teams. Align API design and implementation with enterprise architectural standards. Actively contribute to code reviews, design discussions, and technical documentation. Promote best practices and a culture of engineering excellence.
• Strategic Influence - Influence API engineering standards, patterns, and best practices across the organization. Contribute to architectural reviews and modernization efforts. Help drive consistent, scalable, and maintainable cloudnative API solutions.

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, API engineering, or cloud application development.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master's preferred).
• Demonstrated handson experience with:
• Python for backend and API development
• REST API design and implementation
• AWS Lambda and Amazon API Gateway
• Terraform for Infrastructure as Code
• Experience building and operating APIs in largescale, production environments.
• Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, and secure API design.
• Experience with CI/CD, Gitbased workflows, and automated testing.
• Ability to troubleshoot production issues and support oncall rotations when required.
• Core Competencies
• API Design Mindset - builds clean, consistent, and consumerfriendly APIs.
• Experience with OAuth providers and identity platforms.
• Familiarity with AWS SAM or Serverless Framework (tooling experience).
• Exposure to eventdriven architectures (EventBridge, SNS/SQS).
• Experience operating APIs in regulated or enterprise environments (financial services preferred).
• Knowledge of observability tools such as CloudWatch, Dynatrace, Datadog, Open Telemetry.
• Experience designing reusable API frameworks or shared libraries.

Capgemini supports all aspects of your well-being throughout the changing stages of your life and career. For eligible employees, we offer: 

• Flexible work
• Healthcare including dental, vision, mental health, and well-being programs
• Financial well-being programs such as 401(k) and Employee Share Ownership Plan
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Family building benefits like adoption assistance, surrogacy, and cryopreservation
• Social well-being benefits like subsidized back-up child/elder care and tutoring
• Mentoring, coaching and learning programs
• Employee Resource Groups
• Disaster Relief

Capgemini is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender identity/expression, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, genetics, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.
This is a general description of the Duties, Responsibilities and Qualifications required for this position. Physical, mental, sensory or environmental demands may be referenced in an attempt to communicate the manner in which this position traditionally is performed. Whenever necessary to provide individuals with disabilities an equal employment opportunity, Capgemini will consider reasonable accommodations that might involve varying job requirements and/or changing the way this job is performed, provided that such accommodations do not pose an undue hardship.
Capgemini is committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process. If you need assistance or accommodation, please reach out to your recruiting contact.
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Capgemini discloses salary range information in compliance with state and local pay transparency obligations. The disclosed range represents the lowest to highest salary we, in good faith, believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting, although we may ultimately pay more or less than the disclosed range, and the range may be modified in the future. The disclosed range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, geographic location, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, performance, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs. At Capgemini, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role. The base salary range for the tagged location is $103330 to $128656 /yearly.  
This role may be eligible for other compensation including variable compensation, bonus, or commission. Full time regular employees are eligible for paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), and any other benefits to eligible employees.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.