Tek Leaders Inc
API Developer Lead
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This role is for an API Developer Lead in Cincinnati, OH, on a long-term contract. Key skills include REST API development, authentication patterns, and proficiency in Cypher or Gremlin. On-site work is required, emphasizing strong leadership and secure coding practices.
🌎 - Country
United States
💱 - Currency
$ USD
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💰 - Day rate
Unknown
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🗓️ - Date
January 31, 2026
🕒 - Duration
Unknown
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🏝️ - Location
On-site
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📄 - Contract
Unknown
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🔒 - Security
Unknown
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📍 - Location detailed
Cincinnati, OH
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#Security #Leadership #REST (Representational State Transfer) #Scala #Documentation #API (Application Programming Interface) #REST API #DevOps
Role description
API Developer Lead
Cincinnati, OH
Long term contract role
Role Description
• The Lead API Developer designs and delivers scalable APIs that enable secure, reliable integration between applications, services, and external consumers.
This role provides technical leadership across design, implementation, testing, and production support, partnering with product, architecture, security, and DevOps teams to ensure release readiness and operational stability
Required Skills
• Strong hands-on experience building and maintaining REST APIs, including API design standards, versioning, documentation, and backward compatibility practices.
• Deep experience with authentication and authorization patterns (e.g., OAuth2/OIDC, JWT), secure coding practices, and data protection considerations.
• Proficiency in Cypher, Gremlin, or similar graph query languages.
API Developer Lead
Cincinnati, OH
Long term contract role
Role Description
• The Lead API Developer designs and delivers scalable APIs that enable secure, reliable integration between applications, services, and external consumers.
This role provides technical leadership across design, implementation, testing, and production support, partnering with product, architecture, security, and DevOps teams to ensure release readiness and operational stability
Required Skills
• Strong hands-on experience building and maintaining REST APIs, including API design standards, versioning, documentation, and backward compatibility practices.
• Deep experience with authentication and authorization patterns (e.g., OAuth2/OIDC, JWT), secure coding practices, and data protection considerations.
• Proficiency in Cypher, Gremlin, or similar graph query languages.
