Lead API Engineer

Jersey City, NJ, US • Posted 15 hours ago • Updated 15 hours ago
Contract Corp To Corp
Contract Independent
Contract W2
Travel Required
On-site
$60 - $70/hr
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Skills

  • API

Summary

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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