API Engineer

Summary

The job is for an API Support Engineer at Gate.io, a top 10 digital asset exchange. Responsibilities include providing first-line technical support, collaborating with the development team, researching competing products, monitoring API performance, and more. Requirements include relevant API or technical support experience, familiarity with RESTful APIs and web services technology, strong problem-solving skills, good programming abilities, excellent communication and cooperation skills, proficiency in using API management tools and issue tracking systems, and good English language skills.

Requirements

• Have relevant API support or technical support experience
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and web services technology
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Good programming abilities, proficient in at least one programming language such as Python, Java, or JavaScript
• Excellent communication and cooperation skills
• Proficient in using API management tools and issue tracking systems
• Good English language skills

Responsibilities

• Provide first-line technical support for customers regarding API integration and usage
• Collaborate closely with the development team to provide solutions
• Create and maintain API documentation, including FAQs and tutorials
• Research competing products' features and analyze them
• Collect and organize customer needs, design API products, and enhance and optimize related API product functions
• Monitor API performance and propose improvements to increase system stability and performance
• Participate in API testing and updates, ensuring functionality and compatibility
• Provide customer feedback to the product team and suggest improvements for product features and user experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 3 years or more of experience in financial or blockchain-related product design
• Experience with Gate.io's API products is preferred
• Excellent logical abilities, understanding grid trading, high-frequency trading, arbitrage strategies, etc