API Engineer: Scale Fast, Secure Backends

Penta Consulting

Full-time IT & Technology
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Location
Remote, Remote, South-Africa
Posted
June 05, 2026

Job 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 GraphQL 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/OpenAPI)
  • Troubleshoot and resolve API issues, ensuring minimal downtime
  • Optimize APIs for performance, latency, and scalability
  • Stay up to date with best practices ...