Senior API Developer

JOB DESCRIPTION

Main Responsibilities

• Leads quality related activities for the API and provides accountability through:
  • Functional requirement reviews and signoff
  • Impact analysis documentation
  • Solution architecture options and cost analysis preparation
  • Technical design reviews and signoff
  • Unit test plan reviews and signoff

• Acts as SME for the API platforms along with interfaces to external applications and provides input to:
  • Design work for API development activities and deliverables
  • Production support analysis for both Platform Management and Solution Delivery for critical and / or complex issues

• Works well with application team and provide insight on functional and technical design activities when they are required to interface with API Solution Delivery team. Help drive high quality functional specifications and proper requirements
• Is responsible for the proof of concepts (POC) and technical roadmap activities and assuring that any new development being done to the platform aligns with the roadmap
• Works closely with the Enterprise Architecture (EA) team to assure the API management team is correctly aligned with EA direction
• Creates and presents Solution Architecture proposals with multiple implementation options to IT Governance and Technology Strategy (GTS) team when incoming requirements propose a:
  • Change in System Architecture
  • Change in API based integrations to external/internal and cloud-based applications

• Stays up to date on API management, Gateway management, APIGEE and API based integrations best practices and new technology developments
• Executes Proof of Concepts (POC), documents the outcome and drives implementation and standardization of these where applicable within the application integration
• Looks for cost saving / quality improvement opportunities
• Provides multiple solutions to a business problem, performs required analysis of each option, calls out pros and cons of each option and suggest a best option
• Presents the potential solutions / enhancements to both technical and nontechnical audiences

Requirements

• Demonstrate excellent communication skills and able to communicate complex scenarios with both technical and nontechnical audiences
• Able to lead initiatives from idea to production implementation
• Able to understand and digest complex. multi-tier, integrated software systems
• Able to think critically under pressure
• Actively listens to customer and application teams, identifies the problem, and implements a solution
• Able to decompose complex systems to facilitate communication, trouble shooting, and impact analysis
• Demonstrate passion for process standardization and IT excellence
• 2 to 4 years of API /Proxy design, development, management and microservices
• 1 to 3 years of Java, Java script and Python
• 1 to 3 years of experience with Azure/AWS, Kubernetes, Logic apps, Cloud Monitoring tools
• Eager to learn and conduct proof of concepts with new technologies

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