Sr. Developer, Api

YPO (Young Presidents' Organization)

Remote
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Design and implement restful and graphql apis
Event-driven architecture
Domain-driven design (ddd) principles
** YPO (Young Presidents' Organization) is seeking a Senior Developer for their API platform, focusing on building and maintaining APIs for their member ecosystem and AI integration. The ideal candidate should have extensive backend engineering experience, specifically in designing and implementing RESTful and GraphQL APIs, and familiarity with AWS services. **

Job Summary

  • Design and implement production-grade RESTful and GraphQL APIs deployed via AWS API Gateway that are stable, semantic, and decoupled from vendor-specific backend schemas.
  • Implement the API governance layer that controls how YPO's AI agents interact with member data on OpenAI + custom RAG and Google Gemini.
  • Own the full API lifecycle: development, testing, documentation, versioning, deprecation, and migration planning.

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** YPO (Young Presidents' Organization) is seeking a Senior Developer for their API platform, focusing on building and maintaining APIs for their member ecosystem and AI integration. The ideal candidate should have extensive backend engineering experience, specifically in designing and implementing RESTful and GraphQL APIs, and familiarity with AWS services. **

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • design and implement RESTful and GraphQL APIs
  • event-driven architecture
  • Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles
  • serverless-first approach on AWS
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform/AWS CDK
  • API lifecycle management
  • AI-assisted development tools

Nice-to-have

  • strong sense of API product quality
  • global mindset and cultural sensitivity
  • experience with graph-based data models
  • experience with event streaming platforms
  • working knowledge of data observability tooling

Key Requirements

  • 6–8+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Proven track record designing and implementing RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs
  • Hands-on Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience with Terraform and/or AWS CDK
  • Active, enthusiastic use of AI-assisted development tools
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent professional experience

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