API Integration Specialist (Tampa, FL)

Our Why & How?

Every organization and individual has a WHY. It's the purpose that drives us. Green Irony's WHY is our mission statement:

"We challenge the status quo to solve technology's biggest problems."

The API Integration Specialist plays a vital role in tackling complex technological challenges by creating innovative API solutions, enhancing system interoperability, and staying current with industry trends. Their expertise and problem-solving skills drive digital transformation and address pressing technology issues.

Roles & Responsibilities

The API Integration Specialist is responsible for designing, developing, and managing API integrations and solutions. They will collaborate with various teams to ensure seamless communication between systems and applications while being trained to become a MuleSoft Software Engineer. Their responsibilities include:

Projects

• Strong knowledge of API design principles, programming languages, and frameworks, with the ability to implement and optimize API integrations.
• The capacity to analyze requirements, understand integration needs, and design API solutions that align with business objectives and technical constraints.
• Adept at troubleshooting and resolving integration issues, ensuring optimal performance, reliability, and security of implemented solutions.
• Excellent interpersonal skills for effective communication with team members, clients, and stakeholders, fostering a collaborative work environment and participating in code reviews.
• A willingness to learn and stay up-to-date with MuleSoft and other relevant technologies, preparing to transition into a MuleSoft Software Engineer role, and demonstrating a strong commitment to personal and professional growth.
• Experience in managing tasks, timelines, and resources, ensuring timely delivery of projects while maintaining high-quality standards.
• Familiarity with security and data protection best practices, ensuring that implemented API solutions adhere to industry standards and safeguard sensitive information.

Adaptive Skills

Customer Relations

• Establishes and maintains effective customer relationships.
• Persists in accomplishing objectives despite obstacles and setbacks.
• Shows consistency between words and actions.
• Establishes clear responsibilities and processes for monitoring work and measuring results.
• Acts with a clear sense of ownership.

Job Knowledge

• Learns from new experiences, from others, and from structured learning.
• Shows personal commitment and takes action to continuously improve.
• Learns quickly when facing new situations.
• Extracts lessons learned from failures and mistakes.

Leadership

• Settles differences in productive ways with minimum noise.
• Is willing to champion an idea or position despite dissent.
• Stages activities with relevant milestones and schedules.

Community

• Builds strong formal and informal networks.
• Partners with others to get work done.
• Gains trust and support of others.
• Contributes to a work climate where differences are valued and supported.
• Embrace and apply Green Irony Core Values

Requirements

• 3+ years experience in developing technology solutions.
• 3+ years of experience in API integration and development.
• Strong knowledge of Spring Boot and similar frameworks.
• Familiarity with MuleSoft or a willingness to learn the platform.
• Proficient in programming languages like Java, JavaScript, or Python.
• Experience working with RESTful APIs and JSON.
• Understanding of API security best practices and standards.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Core Values

Our core values are the cornerstone of our company, please review, see if your values can align with our values. If you feel that they do not apply to you, then the odds are you are not a fit for our company.

OWN IT - Our roles and accountabilities. Our innovations and our mistakes. When we see a problem, we don't ignore it--we do something about it. Our culture of ownership and personal accountability enables us all to personally impact Green Irony's very DNA and create success in our mutual destiny.

MAKE PIGS FLY - At Green Irony, we aren't satisfied with "the way things have always been." Instead, we challenge status quo thinking to innovate on problems worth solving and achieve aspirational goals that weren't thought to be possible. We Make Pigs Fly.

NO BS - Green Irony brings brilliant minds together through a trusting, high-performance culture of teamwork, feedback, and growth. The foundation of this trust is built by a zero-tolerance approach to toxicity, drama, politics, and hidden agendas. We assume positive intent and communicate in a direct, No BS fashion.

DRIVE OUTCOMES - We have big goals, and so do our customers. Everything in our approach--from our technology choices to our hiring decisions--is engineered to deliver successful business outcomes for both Green Irony and our clients. Our culture starts with the end in mind, and we work as a team to achieve success.

ENJOY LIFE - We all do our best work when we are personally fulfilled. Each one of us has different needs and desires to achieve self-actualization, and Green Irony supports these unique needs. Our culture enables the balance and flexibility to Enjoy Life outside of work while achieving professional success in a high-performance culture.

Benefits

• Competitive Salaries
• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Training & Development

Come join a rapidly growing boutique agency specializing in first-class business and integration solutions using MuleSoft and Salesforce. Green Irony offers competitive salaries, a fun atmosphere, and an opportunity to impact recognizable name-brand customers in meaningful ways. We take pride in our skills, approach, and dedication to excellence. If you are looking to make a real difference and grow your skill set by teaming up with the best technology consultants in the space, then Green Irony is the place for you!