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Lead API Engineer

Jersey City, NJ, US • Posted 15 hours ago • Updated 15 hours ago

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$60 - $70/hr

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Lead API Engineer

Introduction:

This position involves leading API design and development efforts, working closely with product and engineering teams to create and maintain APIs, and ensuring adherence to best practices and industry standards.

Responsibilities:

Design RESTful, GRPC, and event-driven APIs using industry standards
Create and maintain comprehensive API documentation
Collaborate with product and engineering teams to gather requirements
Define and enforce API design standards and governance processes
Build API prototypes and mock servers for validation
Advocate for features that improve developer experience
Support the full API lifecycle, including versioning and deprecation
Collaborate with QA and development teams to ensure API quality
Stay up-to-date with API trends and drive continuous improvement

Requirements:

Formal training or certification in software engineering with 10 years of experience
Strong understanding of REST, GRPC, and event-driven API paradigms
Proficiency with API specification tools such as OpenAPI, RAML, and Postman
Experience with API gateways, management platforms, and developer portals
Excellent communication and documentation skills
Familiarity with security best practices such as OAuth2 and JWT
Experience working in Agile and Scrum environments
Experience with AWS (EKS) and Microservices is a plus
Knowledge of Domain Driven architecture
Experience with CICD pipelines and automated API testing
Contributions to open-source API tools or standards

Skills: Digital : Amazon Web Service(AWS) Cloud Computing, Digital : Microservices, Java API Management & Microservices

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Dice Id: 10378866
Position Id: 8938861
Posted 15 hours ago

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