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Role : API Architect
Location ( onsite or hybrid ): REMOTE
Experience: 10+ Years
Duration : LONG TERM
Job Description for this role:
We are seeing an experienced Architect to lead and evolve our API Strategy, working closely with cross-functional teams to defined standards, guide implementation, and ensure secure, scalable, and observable API ecosystems. The ideal candidate has deep experience in API design and architecture, API gateway implementation (OCI API Gateway knowledge preferred), REST and GraphQL knowledge, CI/CD pipeline integration, and API observability, coupled with a strong development background in object oriented languages.
Key Responsibilities:
API Governance & Strategy
Contribute actively to internal API Work Groups to define, review, and evolve API Standards and practices.
Develop and enforce API guidelines and best practices across the organization.
Maintain and drive adoption of OpenAPI Specifications (OAS) to ensure consistency and quality
Implementation & Architecture
Guide and Mentor development teams on API design, implementation, and integration patterns.
Lead the design and implementation of API Gateway solutions, with a preference for OCI API Gateway.
Collaborate with infrastructure and DevOps teams to integrate APIs into CI/CD pipelines.
Observability and Monitoring
Establish and maintain comprehensive API Observability, including logging, tracing, monitoring, and alerting.
Work with SRE and DevOps to ensure SLAs and performance benchmarks are met for all APIs
Security and Compliance
Define and implement API security strategies, including authentication, authorization, and data protection.
Ensure APIs adhere to regulatory and organizational compliance requirements.
Technology Evangelism
Stay updated on industry trends and emerging technologies in APIs and micro services.
Drive innovation by introducing new tools, frameworks, and techniques to improve API lifecycle management.
Must Have:
Proven experience as an API Architect or in a similar senior technical role.
Deep understanding and hands-on experience with OpenAPI Specification.
Strong expertise in API Gateway technologies, especially OCI API Gateway or similar (e.g., Azure APIIM, Kong)
Proficient in CI/CD practices for APIs using tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps.
Experience in API Observability and monitoring using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK.
Proficiency in object-oriented programming languages, preferably Java or .NET.
Good understanding and practical experience with GraphQL and REST APIs
In-depth knowledge of API security, including OAuth2, JWT, mutual TLS, rate limiting, and threat protection.
Nice to have:
Experience with Micro services architecture and service mesh technologies.
Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.