Develop scalable APIs and integrations for the Internal Developer Portal, ensuring performance, security, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.
Who are we?
Smarsh empowers its customers to manage risk and unleash intelligence in their digital communications. Our growing community of over 6500 organizations in regulated industries counts on Smarsh every day to help them spot compliance, legal or reputational risks in 80+ communication channels before those risks become regulatory fines or headlines. Relentless innovation has fueled our journey to consistent leadership recognition from analysts like Gartner and Forrester, and our sustained, aggressive growth has landed Smarsh in the annual Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing American companies since 2008.
We are seeking a talented Engineer to join our team, focusing on developing scalable integrations, APIs, and open-source solutions that contribute to our Internal Developer Portal (IDP) ecosystem. As a key team member, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and maintain APIs and data pipelines that enable seamless data flow into our IDP. If you are passionate about clean code, open-source contributions, and building developer-centric tools, we want to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities
- API Development:
- Design, develop, and maintain robust APIs to push data into the IDP.
- Ensure high performance, scalability, and security in API implementations.
- Collaborate with teams to integrate APIs with existing systems.
- Integration Development:
- Build and maintain open-source integrations for third-party tools (e.g., monitoring systems, CI/CD pipelines, container registries).
- Write reusable, testable, and efficient Python code to bridge systems with the IDP.
- Data Processing and Transformation:
- Develop data pipelines to process, transform, and push data into the IDP.
- Implement error handling and logging mechanisms to ensure reliability.
- Design systems for data parsing and transformation, including robust handling of YAML, JSON, and other serialisation formats to normalise inputs from disparate sources.
- Open-Source Contribution:
- Contribute to open-source projects that enhance the IDP ecosystem.
- Actively participate in the developer community by publishing and maintaining open-source tools.
- Collaboration and Communication:
- Work closely with DevOps, Platform Engineering, and Security teams to understand data requirements.
- Document APIs, integrations, and workflows for internal and external stakeholders.
- Code Quality and Testing:
- Write unit and integration tests to ensure code reliability.
- Perform code reviews and enforce best practices in Python development.
Required Skills and Qualifications
- Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- Technical Expertise:
- Proficiency in Python with a focus on building scalable applications.
- Experience with API frameworks such as FastAPI, Django Rest Framework, or Flask.
- Knowledge of data serialization formats (e.g., JSON, YAML).
- Knowledge of event-driven architecture.
- Knowledge of queuing system like Kafka, RabbitMQ and SQS.
- Knowledge of Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and least-privilege principles to secure all IDP interactions.
- Integration Experience:
- Experience building integrations with third-party tools like Jenkins, GitLab, Prometheus, or AWS.
- Familiarity with APIs for monitoring tools, container registries, and CI/CD systems.
- DevOps and Cloud:
- Understanding of Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
- Familiarity with GitOps practices and tools like ArgoCD.
- Data Processing:
- Experience with data pipelines and ETL workflows.
- Knowledge of PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or other relational/non-relational databases.
- Design systems for data parsing and transformation, including robust handling of YAML and JSON.
- Open Source:
- Proven experience contributing to or maintaining open-source projects.
- Familiarity with Git and GitHub workflows.
- Soft Skills:
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work in a collaborative environment.
- Analytical mindset with attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with Port or other Internal Developer Portal (IDP) tools.
- Experience with security practices, including API authentication and data encryption.
- Understanding of AWS, Kubernetes and DevOps practices.
- Knowledge of DORA metrics and CI/CD pipeline observability.
- Exposure to Infrastructure-as-Code tools (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi).
- Familiarity with testing frameworks like pytest or unittest
About our culture
Smarsh hires lifelong learners with a passion for innovating with purpose, humility and humor. Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. We work closely with the most popular communications platforms and the world’s leading cloud infrastructure platforms. We use the latest in AI/ML technology to help our customers break new ground at scale. We are a global organization that values diversity, and we believe that providing opportunities for everyone to be their authentic self is key to our success. Smarsh leadership, culture, and commitment to developing our people have all garnered Comparably.com Best Places to Work Awards. Come join us and find out what the best work of your career looks like.
Top Skills
Argocd
AWS
Azure
Django Rest Framework
Docker
Fastapi
Flask
GCP
JSON
Kafka
Kubernetes
MongoDB
Postgres
Pytest
Python
RabbitMQ
Sqs
Terraform
Unittest
Yaml
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