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RELX Group plc
Backend API's and Integrations Software Engineer III
Are you a Backend API developer looking to work for a mission-driven global organization?
We're seeking a Software Engineer III with strong backend engineering skills to design, build, and operate distributed integration services and APIs at scale. You will focus on Kong API Management, backend API lifecycle (setup, testing, maintenance), HL7 FHIR, and enterprise integrations, primarily using Java and JavaScript.
The ideal candidate has solid network fundamentals, can work comfortably with YAML (for declarative configs and pipelines), and thrives in pragmatic, production-oriented engineering-no frontend development in this space.
This team is building a generative-AI-powered clinical decision support tool designed specifically to help healthcare professionals quickly find trusted, evidence-based answers at the point of care. It combines a massive curated medical knowledge base with conversational AI so clinicians can ask questions in natural language and get concise, clinically relevant responses backed by real scientific evidence.
Design & Build Distributed Services
Implementing resilient, observable microservices and integration components (Java preferred; Node.js/JavaScript where appropriate).
Applying patterns for scaling, fault tolerance, idempotency, and backpressure in distributed environments.
API Platform & Kong API
Configuring and managing Kong Gateway (routes, services, plugins, rate limiting, auth, mTLS, logging) via declarative config (YAML) and CI/CD.
Implementing gateway policies for security, traffic control, blue/green/canary releases, and zero-downtime migrations.
Integrations & Data Facades
Building and maintaining a FHIR data facade that maps internal domain data to FHIR resources (read/search/transform), ensuring correctness and performance.
Developing backend integrations with downstream systems (REST, gRPC, messaging/queues) and handle schema/contract evolution.
API Engineering
Owning the API lifecycle: design (OpenAPI), implementation, automated testing (unit/integration/contract), versioning, and SLO-driven operations.
Creating and maintaining OpenAPI specs, mocks, and validation pipelines.
Security & Compliance
Implementing OAuth2/OIDC flows, token introspection, and service-to-service auth. Apply secure coding practices and least-privilege network policies; partner with InfoSec on reviews.
3+ years of Professional Experience in backend software engineering.
Languages: Proficient in Java; working proficiency in JavaScript/Node.js.
API & Integrations: RESTful API design, OpenAPI/Swagger, contract testing, backward compatibility/versioning.
API Gateway / Kong API: Hands-on experience configuring routes, plugins, auth, rate limiting, and declarative YAML configs; CI/CD integration.
Distributed Systems: Understanding of microservices fundamentals: statelessness, service discovery, retries/circuit breakers, caching.
Networking Fundamentals: TCP/IP, DNS, TLS/mTLS, HTTP/2/HTTP/1.1, proxies, load balancing, and common troubleshooting (cURL, traceroute, etc.).
Data & FHIR Facade: Experience working with HL7 FHIR or adapters; familiarity with FHIR resource modeling and transformations (e.g., Patient, Observation, Encounter).
Testing & Quality: Unit, integration, and contract testing; test automation and CI/CD pipelines (YAML-based workflows).
Cloud & Ops: Experience deploying and operating services in a cloud or containerized environment (Docker/Kubernetes).
U.S. National Base Pay Range: $78,800 - $131,300. Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates.
This job is eligible for an annual incentive bonus.
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Application Programming Interface (API), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Caching, Circuit Breakers, Clinical Support, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Decision Support, Distributed Computing, Engineering, Genetics, HL7 (Health Level 7), Healthcare, Integration Testing, Java, JavaScript, Knowledge Base, Messaging Middleware, Microservices, Node.js, OAuth, Policy Implementation, REST (Representational State Transfer), SWAGGER OAS, Software Engineering, Test Automation, Traffic Shaping, Unit Test, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), Web Client Plug-ins
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