API Developer

Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC) is a leading energy solutions provider dedicated to helping customers reduce costs, enhance resilience, and decarbonize to net zero in the global energy transition. We are a trusted, full-service partner to public sector and government entities, K-12 schools, higher education, utilities, and healthcare customers across the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Europe.

At Ameresco, we show the way by developing, constructing and operating tailored smart energy efficiency solutions, distributed energy resources, and infrastructure upgrades that drive cost savings, resilience, decarbonization, and innovation. Our comprehensive portfolio is built to address the challenges of today and adapt the future, ensuring long-term sustainability and success for our customers.

Ameresco has an immediate opening for an API Developer in our ASG (Asset Sustainability Group).

Our team is comprised of creative, multi-talented individuals with a general knowledge of fundamental concepts and a desire to learn and apply new technologies over time. Our current need is for a specialized software engineer who architects, builds, and maintains Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that enable internal, customer and third-party applications to exchange data and functionality.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborating directly and independently with customers and third parties to architect and develop API solutions that align with business objectives.
• Supporting internal front-end and back-end developers to ensure system consistency and improve application performance.
• Ensuring the security of APIs through the implementation of authentication, authorization, and encryption techniques.
• Creating API documentation for internal and external developers to facilitate easy integration and adoption.
• Monitoring API performance, optimizing code, and scaling the API infrastructure as needed.
• Developing and executing test cases to validate the functionality, reliability, and scalability of APIs.
• Providing technical support for API products, including troubleshooting and resolving issues.
• Participating in code reviews to maintain high code quality and encourage knowledge sharing among the development team.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A degree from an accredited Computer Science or Information Technology program or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience in analysis, design, and implementation of RESTful APIs, SOAP, or GraphQL services based on system requirements and industry best practices.
• This position requires certain areas of expertise including PHP, Python, JavaScript, MYSQL, and Linux/Ubuntu.

Additional Qualifications:

• Other ancillary skills would include Laravel, Symfony, Doctrine, Ionic, Angular, PostgreSQL, Amazon Web Services, and more.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
• Working knowledge of various technologies listed above.
• Experience with modern development languages, platforms, and architectures
• Experience writing scalable, maintainable, and testable code that naturally minimizes errors
• The ability to solve problems collaboratively in a team setting
• The ability to work independently to achieve defined goals
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Energy industry, asset management or service management knowledge would be a valuable asset.