Key skills
DjangoPostgreSQLRedisOAuthJWTDatadogNew RelicSwaggerOpenAPIRESTfulCaching
About this role
Truv is transforming the financial data industry with a secure and real-time API platform for payroll account access. The Senior Software Engineer will design and develop comprehensive RESTful APIs for employment verification and financial data processing services, while also building robust authentication systems and maintaining API documentation.
Responsibilities:
- Design and develop comprehensive RESTful APIs for employment verification, income verification, and financial data processing services
- Build robust authentication systems, including JWT tokens, OAuth integrations, and API key management for external client access
- Create and maintain API documentation using OpenAPI/Swagger specifications, ensuring clear integration guides for developer partners
- Implement scalable endpoint architecture supporting high-volume data processing for banks, lenders, and fintech applications
- Develop webhook systems and callback handlers for real-time event notifications to client applications
Requirements:
- 5+ years building production-grade REST APIs using Django REST Framework with demonstrated experience in financial or sensitive data environments
- Strong understanding of API security patterns, rate limiting, authentication middleware, and data encryption for PII/financial information
- Experience with PostgreSQL optimization, Celery task queues, and Redis caching for high-performance API responses
- Proficiency in API versioning strategies, backward compatibility, and managing breaking changes across client integrations
- Knowledge of OpenAPI documentation standards and automated testing frameworks for API validation
- Experience with financial data APIs (employment verification, income verification, bank account linking)
- Background in Django middleware development and custom authentication backends
- Understanding of compliance requirements (SOX, data privacy) in API design
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools (New Relic, DataDog) for API performance tracking