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Here, there's no limit to what you can achieve.\r\nNewsweek Recognizes Sedgwick as America's Greatest Workplaces National Top Companies\r\nCertified as a Great Place to Work\r\nFortune Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance\r\nSenior Backend Developer\r\nJob Responsibilities\r\n\r\n\r\nLead the design and development of scalable backend systems that support enterprise applications and integrations.\r\n\r\n\r\nArchitect, build, and maintain RESTful and event-driven APIs for internal and external consumers.\r\n\r\n\r\nDesign abstraction layers that expose functionality from legacy systems in a secure, modern, and reusable manner.\r\n\r\n\r\nDevelop middleware services to translate, normalize, and orchestrate data between legacy platforms and modern applications.\r\n\r\n\r\nIntegrate with legacy systems using available interfaces such as SOAP, REST, JDBC/ODBC, message queues, flat files, or proprietary APIs.\r\n\r\n\r\nBuild API gateways and service layers that handle authentication, rate limiting, logging, and monitoring.\r\n\r\n\r\nDesign and implement data transformation logic to map legacy schemas to modern domain models.\r\n\r\n\r\nDevelop asynchronous processing pipelines using queues, event streams, or batch processing frameworks.\r\n\r\n\r\nOptimize backend services for performance, scalability, reliability, and fault tolerance.\r\n\r\n\r\nImplement caching strategies and database performance tuning techniques.\r\n\r\n\r\nCreate robust error-handling and retry mechanisms for unstable or high-latency legacy endpoints.\r\n\r\n\r\nEnsure secure integration using OAuth2, JWT, mutual TLS, SAML, or other enterprise authentication mechanisms.\r\n\r\n\r\nWork closely with enterprise architects and infrastructure teams to modernize legacy integration patterns.\r\n\r\n\r\nParticipate in system decomposition initiatives, including incremental migration from monoliths to microservices.\r\n\r\n\r\nWrite comprehensive unit, integration, and contract tests to ensure API reliability.\r\n\r\n\r\nDocument API specifications using OpenAPI/Swagger or similar standards.\r\n\r\n\r\nImplement logging, tracing, and monitoring using observability tools.\r\n\r\n\r\nSupport CI/CD pipelines for automated builds, deployments, and environment promotion.\r\n\r\n\r\nTroubleshoot production issues related to system integration, performance bottlenecks, or data inconsistencies.\r\n\r\n\r\nMentor junior developers on integration patterns, clean architecture, and backend best practices.\r\n\r\n\r\nQualifications\r\n\r\n\r\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.\r\n\r\n\r\n7-10+ years of experience in backend software development.\r\n\r\n\r\nStrong proficiency in one or more backend languages such as Java, C#, Python, or Node.js.\r\n\r\n\r\nDeep experience designing and building RESTful APIs and microservices.\r\n\r\n\r\nProven experience integrating with legacy enterprise systems.\r\n\r\n\r\nExperience working with SOAP services, XML, JSON, and enterprise messaging systems.\r\n\r\n\r\nStrong understanding of relational databases (SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL) and query optimization.\r\n\r\n\r\nExperience with NoSQL databases and caching technologies such as Redis.\r\n\r\n\r\nKnowledge of API security standards and enterprise authentication mechanisms.\r\n\r\n\r\nExperience with containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.\r\n\r\n\r\nFamiliarity with API gateways, service meshes, and middleware platforms.\r\n\r\n\r\nExperience implementing asynchronous communication patterns using Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar technologies.\r\n\r\n\r\nStrong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, and resilience patterns.\r\n\r\n\r\nExperience working in regulated or high-availability enterprise environments preferred.\r\n\r\n\r\nStrong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to navigate complex system dependencies.\r\n\r\n\r\nExcellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across technical and business teams.\r\n\r\n\r\nSedgwick is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace.\r\nIf you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, consider applying for it anyway! Sedgwick is building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace and recognizes that each person possesses a unique combination of skills, knowledge, and experience. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.\r\nSedgwick is the world's leading risk and claims administration partner, which helps clients thrive by navigating the unexpected. The company's expertise, combined with the most advanced AI-enabled technology available, sets the standard for solutions in claims administration, loss adjusting, benefits administration, and product recall. With over 33,000 colleagues and 10,000 clients across 80 countries, Sedgwick provides unmatched perspective, caring that counts, and solutions for the rapidly changing and complex risk landscape. 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