Description
You will lead the design and delivery of end-to-end API solutions within the Open Banking Center of Excellence.
Responsibilities
- Deliver solution designs focused on API design and security standards.
- Define and implement API design best practices and industry standards.
- Contribute to solution planning, technical risk identification, and estimation processes.
- Review technical team outputs, including designs and code, to ensure alignment with solution architecture.
- Collaborate with delivery leads to decompose solutions for iterative sprint delivery.
- Present solution designs to the Architecture Review Board and lead stakeholder workshops.
Required Skills
- 5+ years of experience as a solution architect for large-scale API integration projects.
- Expertise in REST API design principles and creating Swagger or RAML definitions.
- Proficiency in API security standards including OAuth, mutual authentication, and OIDC.
- Experience with API management platforms such as MuleSoft, Apigee, Kong, or AWS API Gateway.
- Experience building and deploying distributed microservices using Java and Spring Boot.
- Proficiency in public cloud platforms, specifically AWS.
- Experience with DevOps tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, or AWS CodePipeline.
- Deep understanding of observability, logging, monitoring, and error handling.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Preferred Skills
- Knowledge of Domain-Driven Design, Kafka, and Enterprise Integration Patterns.
- Familiarity with Splunk or ELK.
- Experience within the financial services industry.