***W2 ONLY - NO C2C***
**Position Titles: Senor API Engineer / Lead API Engineer**
**Accepted Locations: Charlotte, NC (hybrid – 3 days/week onsite)**
**Contract Term: 12-24 months**
**Pay Rate: Varies (depending on the role as well as candidate experience level/seniority)**
1. **Senior API Engineer**
**Key Requirements:**
+ 5+ years’ experience
+ Experience leading large projects/teams
+ Strong **backend engineering focus**
**Technical Skills:**
+ Preferred languages:
+ **Go (Golang), Python**
+ Java acceptable if strong
+ Nice-to-have: Rust, C++ Cloud & tools:
+ **GCP (preferred)**
+ Kubernetes / OpenShift
+ Linux
+ CI/CD (Git)
+ Data technologies:
+ Relational (Postgres, Oracle)
+ NoSQL (MongoDB, BigQuery, Bigtable)
+ Redis (nice-to-have)
**Work Context:**
+ Building **real-time, scalable APIs**
+ APIs support:
+ **AI/ML models**
+ Data services inte...