API Gateway Developer

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Excellent understanding of API and API lifecycle Management and integration design patterns & Best Practices,
• Implement API management solutions using any API Gateway, which includes API proxies, traffic management, security, analytics, monetization, and developer portals,
• Design and develop API specifications using OpenAPI Specifications/YAML,
• Ensure code and design quality through the execution of test plans,
• Facilitate development and communication of solutions to technical and business stakeholders,
• Identify technical dependencies and roadblocks proactively and work with cross-functional teams to remove them,
• CI/CD based deployment for API gateway code base,
• Experience building and delivering Proofs of Concept (PoCs) independently and effectively,
• Participating in peer code review process to keep code quality high,
• Collaborating with API engineers and backend engineers to improve the quality of our APIs and assist in establishing best practices / processes across our products.

Required Skill Set

• 3+ years of experience with API Gateways is required. Preferably TYK Gateway, but any other gateway is fine too,
• Has excellent knowledge of API gateway components – proxies, policies, plugins, Developer portal and the configurations that can be done in those components,
• Demonstrated experience in Agile development, application design, software development, and testing,
• Thorough understanding of XML, JSON, Web Service technologies (SOAP, Rest), and data structures,
• Proven ability to create RESTful APIs using Node.js libraries or Java/J2EE,
• Proven ability to create API proxies and configure policies on API gateway,
• Strong working knowledge on OAuth, JWT and other API security Policies,
• Ability to apply security, throttling, OAuth 2.0, TLS, certificates, and keys for the API Gateway,
• Experience with Management APIs and integrations with enterprise systems including,
• Infrastructure & Application monitoring, SAML or LDAP SSO, and Logging,
• Proven ability to create API Specs using Swagger specifications,
• Understanding of Microservices patterns & concepts,
• CI/CD knowledge and DevOps tools like GIT, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes,
• A proven hunger to learn new technologies and translate them into working software,
• Knowledge of Banking & Insurance industry is a plus,
• AWS, TYK Gateway Certification is a plus.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, marital status, age, ethnic and national origin, sexual and political orientation and disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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