Integration Developer

About Bridgeway Bridgeway is a rapidly growing Pittsburgh based company that is already among the country’s largest specialty transportation providers. Join an exciting and dynamic work environment where Team Members work together to deliver world class support to our customers, drivers, agents and carriers. With over a half a million loads annually, and a legacy of service to customers in critical industries, Bridgeway has a history of solving the country’s toughest transportation problems. Join our Team and become the Future of Freight! About the Position We are looking for a talented Integration Developer to join our engineering team. In this role you will be the connective tissue of our technology stack — designing and building APIs that power our platform while also integrating third-party services, data sources, and partner systems. You will work across teams to ensure that data flows reliably, securely, and efficiently between internal services and the outside world. This is a highly cross-functional position. You will collaborate closely with product, backend, frontend, and data teams, as well as external vendors and partners to deliver seamless integrations that scale. Key Responsibilities API Development Design, build, and maintain RESTful APIs following industry best practices Define clear, versioned API contracts (OpenAPI / Swagger specs) and maintain thorough documentation Implement authentication and authorization strategies such as OAuth 2.0, API keys, and JWT Optimize APIs for performance, reliability, and scalability including caching, pagination, and rate limiting Write unit and integration tests to ensure API correctness and resilience Third-Party & System Integrations Evaluate, onboard, and consume third-party APIs, SDKs, and webhooks from external platforms Build and maintain integration pipelines between internal services, SaaS platforms, and partner systems Implement event-driven and message-queue patterns (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ, SNS/SQS) where appropriate Handle data transformation, mapping, and normalization across disparate systems and formats (JSON, XML, EDI, CSV) Manage secrets, credentials, and API key rotation securely in partnership with the security team Reliability & Operations Monitor integration health with observability tooling; build dashboards and set up alerting for failures Implement robust error handling, retry logic, and dead-letter queue strategies Participate in on-call rotations and triage integration incidents Conduct code reviews and contribute to engineering standards and best practices Collaboration & Documentation Partner with product owners and leadership to translate business requirements into integration designs Serve as the technical point of contact for vendor and partner API negotiations and onboarding Produce and maintain runbooks, architecture diagrams, and integration catalogues Mentor junior engineers on integration patterns, API design, and debugging techniques Required Qualifications 3+ years of professional software development experience with a focus on integrations or backend engineering Deep proficiency with REST API design principles, HTTP semantics, and web standards Hands-on experience consuming and troubleshooting third-party APIs in production environments Strong working knowledge of authentication protocols: OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, and API keys Experience with at least one primary language such as Python, Node.js, Java, Coldfusion Understanding of asynchronous messaging patterns and event-driven architectures Proficiency with version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across distributed systems The Company provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or other categories protected by law.