Job description
SMASH, Who we are?
We are agents for tech professionals in Costa Rica and Colombia that help them build careers in the United States.
We believe in long-lasting relationships with our talent. We invest time getting to know them and understanding what they seek as their professional next step.
We aim to find the perfect match. As agents, we pair our talent with our US clients, not only by their technical skills but as a cultural fit. Our core competency is to find the right talent fast.
We purposefully move away from the “contractor” or “outsourcing” type of relationship. Our clients don’t want contractors or “just a service.” Neither does our talent.
Our Benefits:
- Work from everywhere
- Private Medical Insurance
- English Academy for Employees and Relative
- Business Skills Coach – Certifications
- Events and Additional Perks
This is a remote position for Costa Rica and Colombia
This position is Remote to work with a US Company; you will require to have Citizenship or a work permit from Costa Rica or Colombia to apply for this role.
Job Description:
As a modern technology company, our Technologists are disrupting the market and bringing to life the art of the possible for our clients. We have passion for building strategies, solutions, and creative products to help our clients solve their most complex and interesting business problems. We surround our technologists with interesting challenges, innovative minds, and emerging technologies.
The Global Systems Integration team has a vision of building a hyperconnected future. Our team brings a tool agnostic perspective to our clients, meeting them where they’re at and providing tailored solutions to meet them on their enterprise integration journey and walk with them as they mature their integrated solutions. The experts in this team are dedicated to delivering client centric solutions focused on Business Process Automation, Integration Strategy & Architecture, API management, and Cloud, Application, & Data Integrations.
What You’ll Do
- Collaborate with clients to understand their business requirements and integration needs.
- Conduct assessments of existing systems and API Portfolio, identify challenges, and recommend solutions.
- Facilitate workshops and meetings with client stakeholders to gather requirements and present solutions.
- Develop customized integration and API gateway architecture blueprints tailored to client needs.
- Design and build scalable, reliable, and secure integration solutions.
- Design and build scalable, reliable, and secure API solutions and help migrate existing APIs to new API platforms.
- Create detailed technical specifications, including API designs, message schemas, and data mappings.
- Lead the implementation of integration & API solutions using appropriate middleware and integration tools.
- Capable of working independently or as part of a team with minimal supervision.
- Oversee the development, testing, and deployment of integration, and API components, ensuring alignment with client expectations.
- Provide hands-on support and troubleshooting during the implementation phase.
- Offer technical guidance and mentorship to client project teams.
- Act as a subject matter expert in integration and API technologies, providing leading practices and recommendations.
- Assist clients in optimizing and maintaining their integration solutions.
- Proactively escalate risks and issues to project and client teams
What You’ll Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in integration development, architecture and design.
- Proven experience in a consulting role, working directly with clients.
- Proficiency with integration platforms and middleware (e.g., Boomi, Workato, MuleSoft, Informatica, Celigo, Snaplogic, Microsoft Azure Integration Services, Apache Camel, Solace, Google Integration Services).
- Proficiency with API Gateway platforms (e.g., APIGEE Edge, APIGEE X, Azure API Management, AWS API Management, Kong API Management).
- Strong understanding of integration patterns and best practices.
- Strong understanding of API management, RESTful and SOAP web services, and message queuing.
- Hands-on experience in building API specs, APIs on gateway and testing them using tools to validate the functionality.
- Experience with cloud integration platforms and services (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
- Knowledge of data formats such as JSON, XML, and CSV.
- Proficiency or familiarity with Python or Java.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Certification in relevant integration technologies or platforms.
- Experience with microservices architecture and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Knowledge of enterprise service buses (ESBs) and service-oriented architecture (SOA).
- Willingness to travel up to 30% as needed.
Preferred Expertise
- Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience building APIGEE infrastructure on APIGEE X and APIGEE Edge
- Experience migrating APIs
- Experience with linter tools
