Api engineer: scale fast, secure backends
Remote, Remote, South-Africa • Posted June 05, 2026
Role Description
We are seeking a skilled API Engineer to design, build, and maintain high-performance APIs that power our applications and integrations. You will play a key role in shaping scalable backend services, ensuring seamless data exchange between systems, and optimizing performance, security, and reliability.
Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain RESTful and/or Graph QL APIs Build scalable, secure, and high-performing backend services Collaborate with frontend developers, product teams, and third-party integrators Ensure API performance, reliability, and scalability through testing and monitoring Implement authentication and authorization (e.g., OAuth, JWT) Create and maintain API documentation (e.g., Swagger/Open API) Troubleshoot and resolve API issues, ensuring minimal downtime Optimize APIs for performance, latency, and scalability Stay up to date with best practices in API architecture and microservices
Required Skills & Experience Proven experience in API dev...
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