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The API Software Developer plays a key technical role on the Middleware and API Team with a focus on building reusable API services. While primarily working with Google Apigee, the Developer will design, develop, and troubleshoot API services. The resource will also provide technical guidance to Wyndham teammates and organizational stakeholders.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Assist with estimates on costs and schedule for required changes to system baseline configurations
• Help conduct technical research, testing, evaluation and documentation of tools and methodologies to ensure that tools are current and functional
• Advises IT and business consumers on solution alternatives
• Lead development and integration efforts and the validation of associated work products
• Work with development teams and designers to learn architectural requirements to ensure client satisfaction with product

• Lead Development and sustainment of integration environments:

  • Help conduct technical research, testing, evaluation and documentation of tools and methodologies to ensure that tools are current and functional

  • Analyze and study services integration requirements to lead designing, planning, and deploying needed capabilities

  • Work with development teams and designers to learn architectural requirements to ensure client satisfaction with product

  • Lead development and integration efforts and the validation of associated work products

  • Help identify issues and suggest ways to help correct or tune performance issues

  • Provide answers to client inquiries concerning reporting and support. Refer inquires as necessary to appropriate personnel

  • Provide end user support related to access and software installation and maintenance

  • Document and provide support; resolve issues to ensure that the system is functioning according to specifications.

• Provide answers to client inquiries concerning reporting and support. Refer inquires as necessary to appropriate personnel
• Document and provide support; resolve issues to ensure that the system is functioning according to specifications.
• Learn applicable standards and best practices.

• Implementation within the integration environments:

  • Work in partnership with system administrators and engineering groups to assist in the design changes to equipment. Determine the impact upon software deployments, operations, and supportability to ensure timely and uninterrupted service for the customer.

• Offering technical solution guidance.

• Partner with other IT teams to deliver department and company initiatives.

  • Participate in all facets of projects, including planning, design, requirements, documentation, construction and implementation

  • Assist with estimates on costs and schedule for required changes to system baseline configurations

  • Advises IT and business consumers on solution alternatives

  • Learn applicable standards and best practices.

• Lead sessions with consumers of services to define their requirements with respect to access, logical structure, and accessibility.
• Provide end user support related to access and software installation and maintenance
• Analyze and study services integration requirements to lead designing, planning, and deploying needed capabilities
• Answering questions as needed
• Work in partnership with system administrators and engineering groups to assist in the design changes to equipment. Determine the impact upon software deployments, operations, and supportability to ensure timely and uninterrupted service for the customer.

• Lead sessions with developers to ensure the proper understanding is achieved. This includes:

  • Scheduling knowledge transfer sessions

  • Answering questions as needed

  • Offering technical solution guidance.

• Participate in all facets of projects, including planning, design, requirements, documentation, construction and implementation
• Scheduling knowledge transfer sessions
• Help identify issues and suggest ways to help correct or tune performance issues

Minimum Requirements and Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field (or equivalent work experience).

Training requirements

• Google Apigee API Certification a plus

Knowledge and skills

• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, highly technical environment
• Familiarity with Java language, J2EE, Java Frameworks and Java SDKs
• Ability to translate user requirements into technical specifications
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Familiarity with Oracle Databases
• Expertise in Apigee Edge and/or Apigee X
• Expertise in API framework and design patterns
• Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal with varying levels within the organization

Technical Skills

• Ability to work effectively with team and stake holders; share knowledge to ensure team success
• Experience with Publishing API’s using OpenAPI or similar tools, CICD
• Ability to train and mentor developers with API development tools
• Experienced in API proxy creation comprising of security, transformation, logging & traffic management features
• Experience with API Developer Portal
• Ability to work through support tickets with Vendor
• Experience with creation and execution of Test Cases via ReadyAPI, Postman or similar tools
• Experience with QA reports for documentation
• Ability to translate requirements into design specifications for APIs
• Highly proficient with API Design specifications using swagger or similar tools
• Highly proficient in API Lifecycle management – Requirement analysis, Design, Implementation, Unit test case preparation and execution, Code reviews and Delivery
• Experienced in Apigee API Management tools and solutions

Job experience

• Familiarity with Oracle / SQL Server or other RDBMS
• 5+ years’ experience with API design and development

Unless there is a legal requirement, experience will be accepted for the education requirement.

How You'll Be Rewarded:

We offer a diverse range of comprehensive health and welfare benefits to associates who work 30 or more hours per week to meet your needs and support you throughout your career with us. Travel + Leisure Co. benefits include:

• Legal and identify theft plan
• Medical
• Disability
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pet Insurance
• Voluntary income protection benefits
• Life and accident coverage
• Wellness program
• Vision
• 401k with employer match (subject to eligibility requirements, including tenure - speak to your recruiter for additional information)
• Dental
• Flexible spending accounts
• Wish day paid time to volunteer at an approved organization of your choice
• Depending on position, paid time off, parental leave and holidays (speak to your recruiter for additional information)

Where Memories Start with You

Hospitality is at the heart of all we do at Travel + Leisure Co. Here, you’ll find an inclusive environment where we deliver excellence and take time to have fun, celebrate together, and support one another. We're always looking ahead to what’s next and how we can strengthen our business, its neighboring communities, and the customer experience. Join our global team and build a career where memories start with you.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all applications will be considered for employment without attention to their membership in any protected class. If you require any reasonable accommodation to complete your application or any part of the recruiting process, please email your request to [email protected], including the title and location of the position for which you are applying.