Senior API Engineer

Job Description

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Job Description We are seeking an experienced Senior API Engineer to help drive the design, development, and optimization of our API ecosystem. Reporting to the Lead API Engineer, this role will be responsible for helping build and optimize API solutions, ensuring scalability, security, and performance. The ideal candidate will have strong hands‑on experience with modern API frameworks, microservices architecture, and cloud‑based solutions, as well as a track record of collaborating with cross‑functional teams to deliver seamless integrations.

Experience with Databricks is a plus, particularly in integrating APIs with big data pipelines and analytics solutions.

Key Responsibilities\n

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• Architect & Develop: Help drive the planning, building, and deploying APIs and microservices, focusing on high availability and superior performance at scale.
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• Strategic Collaboration: Partner with product management, engineering, and DevOps teams to define API guidelines, governance models, and integration patterns that drive alignment across the organization.
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• Security & Compliance: Implement and enforce authentication, authorization, and encryption standards (OAuth2, JWT, API key management) to protect assets and meet industry regulations.
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• Optimize & Innovate: Leverage caching, rate‑limiting, and advanced monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana) to maximize throughput, minimize latency, and ensure proactive issue detection.
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• Technical Leadership: Conduct rigorous code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and champion best practices in API design and microservices architecture to maintain technical excellence.
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• Cloud & Containers: Utilize AWS, GCP, or Azure to host and orchestrate microservices, employing Docker and Kubernetes for efficient, containerised deployments.
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• Data Integration: Integrate APIs with Databricks, Spark, or Snowflake to facilitate advanced analytics and real‑time data processing, enabling faster, data‑driven decisions.
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• Documentation & Reliability: Produce developer‑centric documentation and implement thorough testing to minimise downtime while ensuring consistent, high‑quality API experiences.
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• Continuous Improvement: Stay current with emerging trends in API development—like serverless computing, edge computing, and new security frameworks—to continuously evolve our ecosystem.
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Required Qualifications\n

Education: Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Machine Learning, or a closely related field.

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Experience: 5+ years in API development, focusing on RESTful and GraphQL APIs.

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Programming: Proficient in Python, Java, Node.js, or Go.

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API Management: Hands‑on experience with Mulesoft, Kong, Apigee, AWS API Gateway, or Azure API Management.

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Architecture: Strong grasp of microservices architecture and event‑driven design patterns.

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Cloud & Containers: Expertise with AWS, GCP, or Azure and containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes).

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Security: Advanced knowledge of OAuth2, JWT, and API key management.

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Optimization Tools: Familiarity with caching, load balancing, and monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana).

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DevOps & CI/CD: Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices for streamlined deployments.

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Big Data Integration: Experience working with Databricks, Spark, or Snowflake.

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Soft Skills: Excellent problem‑solving, attention to detail, and ability to thrive in fast‑paced environments.

Preferred Qualifications\n

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• Serverless Tech: Experience with AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions, or Azure Functions.
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• Messaging: Familiarity with Kafka, RabbitMQ, or other event‑driven frameworks.
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• Database Skills: Understanding of both SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, DynamoDB) databases.
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• Agile Environment: Background in agile development settings.
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• Industry Experience: Healthcare experience is a plus.
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• Leadership & Communication: Strong communication skills and the ability to mentor and guide team members.
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Company Information\n

Henry Schein is committed to the principle of equal opportunities in employment in all spheres of its operation. Henry Schein UK Holdings strives to operate a policy of equal opportunity and not discriminate against any person gender, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Over 90 years ago Henry Schein borrowed $500 to start a corner pharmacy in Queens, New York, nearly 30 miles from Melville, New York, where our corporate headquarters resides today. In the depths of the Great Depression, Henry and his wife Esther made a bold bet on their future all while living their values of helping health happen and caring for their team and the community they served. Their belief paid off far beyond what Henry and Esther might have dared to imagine in 1932.

Henry Schein is now a Fortune 500 Company powered by a network of people and technology to be the world’s leading provider of health care products, services and solutions to office‑based dental and medical practitioners.

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Since our founding we have stayed true to Henry and Esther’s values which has allowed us to evolve, expand, and grow our company. Now serving more than 1 million customers in 33 countries and territories, the Company's network of trusted advisors provides more than 1 million customers globally with more than 300 valued solutions that help improve operational success and clinical outcomes.

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We invite you to join approximately 25,000 Team Schein Members, who are critical to our success and are at the core of our Team Schein Values as our founders would have wanted. We live those values by ensuring that our culture focuses on the wellness of our team, which we accomplish by providing a safe space for individuals to develop and contribute authentically, with opportunities to give back to society and the communities where we live and work. No matter the role you are seeking, we encourage you to come be a part of a team that makes the world a healthier place.

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Henry Schein embraces diversity and is committed to providing equal opportunity to employees and applicants.

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It is important to us to offer different types of work arrangements. Please see the types we offer below:

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• Work From Home: Work is performed directly from the TSM’s home office.
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• Hybrid: Time is scheduled between working from a TSM home office and at a company facility, as required.
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• Onsite: Work is performed exclusively at a company facility.
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• Field: Position requires traveling to different locations within a specific geographic territory, as assigned.
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