Software Engineer

WHAT WE DO

Founded in 2007, Growth Acceleration Partners (GAP) is a consulting and technology services company. We consult, design, build and modernize revenue-generating software and data engineering solutions for clients. With modernization services and AI tools, we help businesses achieve a competitive advantage through technology. GAP's remote, integrated engineering teams use end-to-end solutions to innovate and align with your business goals. We have 600+ English-speaking engineers based in Latin America and approximately 20 U.S.-based engineers. With some of the highest customer satisfaction scores in the industry, GAP's focus is customer and employee success.

GAP is a woman-owned company headquartered in Austin Texas. We are a values-based company focused on growing our people by investing in education, onsite English classes and training in the latest technologies, including AI, data analytics and machine learning. Our goal is to provide solutions for our customers that help them achieve critical business outcomes, while enabling our GAPSters and our communities to attain long-term success.

Summary

We are looking for an Advanced Software Engineer with .NET knowledge. As part of our team, you will be responsible for developing scalable, robust, and high-performance solutions to build upon our applications, and specifically a Public API. As an engineer, you are a highly experienced and skilled professional, that often serves as a key technical lead. You play a critical role in guiding and influencing engineering decisions, solving complex technical challenges, setting standards for best practices, contributing to the development of overarching strategies, assuming leadership roles, and providing mentorship to other engineers.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field.

Professional Experience

• 3+ years of experience building Software Applications.
• 3+ years of experience working with .NET.

Soft Skills

• Advanced English level.
• Open to learning new technologies.
• Great communication skills.
• Good time management skills.
• Good mentoring and negotiation skills
• Strong technical support skills.
  

Required Skills

• Experience in programming languages and frameworks (e.g., .NET, C#, Entity Framework).
• Experience with REST APIs. As the main project is to develop a new public API, we require someone with experience in a similar project.
• Experience implementing scalable RESTful API architectures with .NET Web API framework.
• Strong understanding of REST principles, including proper resource modeling, endpoint naming conventions, and HTTP methods/status codes usage.
• Experience with API versioning strategies and backward compatibility considerations.
• Proficiency in implementing API authentication and authorization mechanisms (OAuth 2.0, JWT, API keys).
• Experience with API documentation tools and standards (Swagger/OpenAPI, Postman).
• Experience with Cloud Services such as GCP, Azure, or AWS, ideally AWS, as the API's infrastructure will be on AWS.
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git, GitHub, GitLab).
• Experience with development methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Kanban).
• Experience with database systems (e.g., SQL).
• Experience with quality assurance (e.g., Unit tests).
• Experience with containers (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Experience with security (e.g., OWASP, OAuth).
• Experience with performance (e.g., Caching, code optimization).

Nice to have

• Experience working with clients in the retirement industry in the US to be familiar with some of the key concepts or processes, or experience with financial services.

At Growth Acceleration Partners, we're an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We value everyone's unique background, and we provide equal opportunities regardless of race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status or any other personal right protected by law. We foster a culture of belonging and strive to provide a welcoming environment where everyone feels safe to contribute and grow.