Payments Development Lead--API DEVELOPER

Job Requirement – Payments Development Lead--API DEVELOPER

Job ID: 437597
Job Title: Payments Development Lead--API DEVELOPER 
Location: Remote
Experience: 6–12 Years

Skill Area: Digital – API Development

Mandatory Skills & Requirements

• Strong experience in API development, microservices, and cloud migration.

• Hands-on experience with AWS and cloud-native architecture.

• Strong Java and Spring Boot development experience.

• Experience designing and developing secure, scalable, high-performance RESTful APIs.

• Experience with AWS services including:

  • API Gateway, Lambda, ECS, Step Functions

  • SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, RDS, S3

  • IAM, KMS, AWS Transfer Family

• Experience with API modernization and migration from on-premises to AWS.

• Experience with event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka, Amazon SNS, and Amazon SQS.

• Experience with OpenShift, Docker, and AWS ECS.

• Strong knowledge of API security, authentication, authorization, encryption, and secrets management.

• Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.

• Strong CI/CD experience with automated build, testing, deployment, and release processes.

• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Dynatrace, CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray, Grafana, and Splunk.

• Strong troubleshooting, performance tuning, and production support experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, modernization, migration, and support of enterprise APIs for Payments, Money Movement, and Information Reporting platforms.

• Design and develop secure, scalable, and high-performing APIs and microservices.

• Modernize and migrate legacy APIs and integration services to AWS cloud-native architectures.

• Build RESTful APIs and microservices using Java, Spring Boot, and AWS-native technologies.

• Develop event-driven solutions for real-time payment and money movement processing.

• Build, deploy, and support containerized applications across OpenShift, Docker, and AWS ECS.

• Troubleshoot production issues and enhance API resiliency, functionality, performance, and reliability.

• Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions in collaboration with architects, product owners, and engineering teams.

• Implement secure coding practices and enterprise API security controls.

• Create and maintain Terraform-based Infrastructure as Code.

• Support CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes.

• Monitor application health and troubleshoot issues using enterprise observability tools.

• Participate in API migration, legacy assessment, refactoring, testing, deployment, and production cutover activities.

• Participate in on-call support, incident resolution, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.

• Contribute to code reviews, technical design discussions, and engineering best practices.

Preferred Skills & Qualifications

• Experience in Payments, Money Movement, or Information Reporting platforms.

• Strong understanding of payment processing and financial services integrations.

• Experience with AWS cloud migration and modernization programs.

• Experience designing highly resilient and fault-tolerant API platforms.

• Strong technical leadership and stakeholder collaboration skills.