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This team is responsible for enabling programmatic access to data across the app - handling thousands of exports daily, improving API usability, and managing API integrations and performance at scale. You will work on expanding and optimizing our export functionalities, building scalable APIs, and integrating robust monitoring and management. This is a high-impact team working at the core of our data delivery platform. As part of the API team, you will build the next generation of Meltwater’s AI and platform capabilities, focused on MCP (Model Context Protocol), OAuth, permissions, and enterprise-grade governance. Your work will help bring Meltwater’s intelligence into external AI workflows.\nWhat You'll Do:\nOwn the design, development, and optimization of API, export and MCP features.\nCollaborate closely with product managers and senior engineers to define functionality, while architecting systems that handle high-throughput data pipelines.\nParticipate in building robust export pipelines, streaming architectures, webhook integrations and MCP servers.\nMaintain high observability and reliability standards using tools like Coralogix, CloudWatch, and Grafana.\nParticipate in on-call rotation and incident response for owned services.\nWhat You'll Bring\n4+ years of software engineering experience with a strong backend focus. Proficiency in Golang is required.\nDemonstrated ability in using AI-augmented development workflows (e.g., Claude, Codex, Copilot).\nExperience designing and developing resilient REST APIs and cloud-native applications (preferably AWS).\nGood understanding of microservice architecture and backend design principles.\nSolid knowledge of Postgres, Redis, and ideally DynamoDB.\nNice-to-Have:\nFamiliarity with asynchronous or event-driven architectures using tools like SQS, SNS, or webhooks.\nExposure to DevOps workflows and tools (Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.).\nExperience working with data exports, reporting systems, or data streaming.\nExperience improving developer experience around APIs (e.g. OpenAPI, Swagger, static site generators).\nFamiliarity with authentication, API gateways, and rate limiting strategies.\nExperience in compliance standards for APIs and data handling.\nExperience with observability tools and practices.\nOur Tech Stack:\nLanguages: Golang (primary) with some TypeScript\nInfrastructure: AWS, S3, Lambda, SQS, SNS, CloudFront, Kubernetes (Helm), Kong API Gateway\nDatabases: Postgres, Redis, DynamoDB, OpenSearch\nMonitoring: Coralogix, Grafana, CloudWatch\nCI/CD & IaC: GitHub Actions, Terraform\nWhat We Offer:\nGenerous paid time off and flexible working arrangements.\nComprehensive health insurance and wellness benefits.\nFamily leave program that grows with your tenure.\nInclusive work culture with a global team across 25+ countries.\nOpportunities to learn and grow - from new tech to leadership skills.\nOur Story\nAt Meltwater, we believe that when you have the right people in the right environment, great things happen.\nOur platform empowers our 27,000 customers worldwide by transforming global media, social, and AI signals into actionable intelligence that leaders rely on to make faster, confident decisions.\nBut we can’t do that without our global team of developers, innovators, problem-solvers, and high-performers who embrace challenges and find new solutions for our customers.\nOur award-winning global culture drives everything we do and creates an environment where our employees can make an impact, learn every day, feel a sense of belonging, and celebrate each other’s successes along the way.\nWe are innovators at the core who see the potential in people, ideas, and technologies. Together, we challenge ourselves to go big, be bold, and build best-in-class solutions for our customers.\nWe’re proud of our diverse team of 2,200+ employees in 50 locations across 25 countries around the world. No matter where you are, you’ll work with people who care about your success and get the support you need to unlock new heights in your career.\nWe are Meltwater. We love working here, and we think you will too.\n\"Inspired by innovation, powered by people.\"\nEqual Opportunity Employer \nMeltwater is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: At Meltwater, we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where every employee feels valued, respected, and empowered. We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity and strive to provide a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment.\nAll employment decisions at Meltwater are made based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by the applicable laws and regulations.\nMeltwater does not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind, and we actively promote a culture of respect, fairness, and inclusivity. 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