Description

Key Responsibilities
API Platform Engineering
•    Design, implement, and operate enterprise API platforms (e.g., Azure APIM, Apigee, Mulesoft, Kong, AWS API Gateway).
•    Develop and enforce API standards, patterns, and best practices (REST, GraphQL, async/event-driven APIs).
•    Configure API gateways for routing, policies, throttling, caching, transformations, and versioning.
•    Implement API lifecycle management from design through retirement.
Security & Compliance
•    Implement API security controls including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, mTLS, IP filtering, and rate limiting.
•    Partner with security teams to ensure compliance with enterprise security, regulatory, and data protection requirements.
•    Support secrets management and key rotation using enterprise tools.
DevOps & Automation
•    Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for API deployments using tools such as GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitLab.
•    Automate API provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation, etc.).
•    Enable monitoring, logging, and alerting using tools like App Insights, Splunk, Datadog, New Relic, or cloud-native services.
Integration & Application Enablement
•    Support integration of APIs with internal applications, third-party partners, and SaaS platforms.
•    Optimize API performance, resiliency, and scalability for high-volume workloads.
•    Troubleshoot complex API, networking, and integration issues across environments.
Technical Leadership
•    Serve as technical lead for API initiatives and platform modernization efforts.
•    Mentor junior engineers and review API designs and implementations.
•    Collaborate with enterprise and solution architects to align APIs to domain and business capabilities.
•    Promote API-first and product-oriented API thinking across teams.
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Required Qualifications
Technical Skills
•    7+ years of experience in software engineering or integration, with 3+ years focused on API management platforms.
•    Strong understanding of RESTful API design and HTTP concepts.
•    Hands-on experience with API gateways such as Azure APIM, Apigee, Mulesoft, Kong, or AWS API Gateway.
•    Experience with authentication and authorization mechanisms (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT).
•    Proficiency with at least one programming or scripting language (e.g., Java, C#, JavaScript, Python).
•    Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
•    Solid understanding of networking concepts (DNS, TLS, load balancing).
DevOps & Tooling
•    Experience building CI/CD pipelines and release automation.
•    Infrastructure-as-Code experience (Terraform, ARM, Bicep, CloudFormation).
•    Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus.
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Preferred Qualifications
•    Experience with event-driven and async APIs (Kafka, Event Grid, SNS/SQS).
•    Knowledge of API product management concepts and API monetization (if applicable).
•    Cloud certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Solutions Architect).
•    Experience supporting highly regulated environments (financial services, healthcare, etc.)

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree