API ARCHITECT

• Define and implement enterprise API architecture strategy.
• Design secure, scalable, and high-performance REST, GraphQL, and SOAP APIs.
• Develop API standards, governance, versioning, and lifecycle management.
• Create and maintain OpenAPI/Swagger specifications.
• Architect cloud-native API solutions on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Design microservices-based solutions using Domain-Driven Design (DDD).
• Deploy and manage containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Implement API security using OAuth2, JWT, SAML, OIDC, and TLS.
• Design event-driven integrations using Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar messaging platforms.
• Configure and manage API Gateway solutions for routing, throttling, security, and monitoring.
• Build and automate CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps.
• Optimize API infrastructure for scalability, performance, and high availability.
• Collaborate with architects, developers, DevOps, security teams, and business stakeholders.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor engineering teams.

We are seeking an experienced API Architect to design and lead enterprise-scale API platforms for a leading banking client. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in cloud-native architecture, API governance, microservices, enterprise security, and integration technologies. This role requires strong leadership skills and the ability to deliver secure, scalable, and high-performance API solutions across enterprise applications and digital platforms., * 15+ years of software engineering experience.

• 5+ years of API Architecture experience.
• Strong expertise in REST, GraphQL, and SOAP APIs.
• OpenAPI (Swagger) specification development.
• API Security: OAuth2, JWT, SAML, OpenID Connect (OIDC), TLS.
• Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Docker & Kubernetes.
• Microservices Architecture & Domain-Driven Design (DDD).
• CI/CD using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps.
• Kafka or RabbitMQ.
• Networking concepts including DNS, Load Balancers, and TLS.
• Banking or Financial Services domain experience.

Preferred Skills

• API Gateway platforms (Apigee, Kong, AWS API Gateway, MuleSoft).
• Enterprise Integration Patterns.
• Zero Trust Architecture.
• Observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk).
• AWS, Azure, or GCP Cloud Architect certifications.

If you’re an experienced API Architect with a strong background in cloud, microservices, and enterprise API strategy within the banking domain, we’d love to hear from you!