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Senior Backend Developer

Job Responsibilities

· Lead the design and development of scalable backend systems that support enterprise applications and integrations.

· Architect, build, and maintain RESTful and event-driven APIs for internal and external consumers.

· Design abstraction layers that expose functionality from legacy systems in a secure, modern, and reusable manner.

· Develop middleware services to translate, normalize, and orchestrate data between legacy platforms and modern applications.

· Integrate with legacy systems using available interfaces such as SOAP, REST, JDBC/ODBC, message queues, flat files, or proprietary APIs.

· Build API gateways and service layers that handle authentication, rate limiting, logging, and monitoring.

· Design and implement data transformation logic to map legacy schemas to modern domain models.

· Develop asynchronous processing pipelines using queues, event streams, or batch processing frameworks.

· Optimize backend services for performance, scalability, reliability, and fault tolerance.

· Implement caching strategies and database performance tuning techniques.

· Create robust error-handling and retry mechanisms for unstable or high-latency legacy endpoints.

· Ensure secure integration using OAuth2, JWT, mutual TLS, SAML, or other enterprise authentication mechanisms.

· Work closely with enterprise architects and infrastructure teams to modernize legacy integration patterns.

· Participate in system decomposition initiatives, including incremental migration from monoliths to microservices.

· Write comprehensive unit, integration, and contract tests to ensure API reliability.

· Document API specifications using OpenAPI/Swagger or similar standards.

· Implement logging, tracing, and monitoring using observability tools.

· Support CI/CD pipelines for automated builds, deployments, and environment promotion.

· Troubleshoot production issues related to system integration, performance bottlenecks, or data inconsistencies.

· Mentor junior developers on integration patterns, clean architecture, and backend best practices.

Qualifications

· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

· 7–10+ years of experience in backend software development.

· Strong proficiency in one or more backend languages such as Java, C#, Python, or Node.js.

· Deep experience designing and building RESTful APIs and microservices.

· Proven experience integrating with legacy enterprise systems.

· Experience working with SOAP services, XML, JSON, and enterprise messaging systems.

· Strong understanding of relational databases (SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL) and query optimization.

· Experience with NoSQL databases and caching technologies such as Redis.

· Knowledge of API security standards and enterprise authentication mechanisms.

· Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.

· Familiarity with API gateways, service meshes, and middleware platforms.

· Experience implementing asynchronous communication patterns using Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar technologies.

· Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, and resilience patterns.

· Experience working in regulated or high-availability enterprise environments preferred.

· Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to navigate complex system dependencies.

· Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across technical and business teams.

Sedgwick is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace.

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