Description : - Mandatory Skills set-API Engineer-Apigee+ Api gateway+ AWS+ Oauth.
JD : Job Summary :
We are seeking a talented API Engineer to design, build, and maintain highly scalable, secure, and performant RESTful APIs.
The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience with API development, strong knowledge of HTTP and authentication standards, and practical exposure to API management and cloud platforms - AWS experience is mandatory.
Key Responsibilities :
- Design, develop, and maintain high-quality RESTful APIs.
- Ensure API performance, scalability, and security at all stages.
- Collaborate with frontend, backend, and product teams to integrate new and existing APIs.
- Manage API versioning, rate limiting, throttling, and error handling.
- Implement secure authentication and authorization using OAuth2, JWT, API Keys.
- Monitor API performance, identify issues, and troubleshoot effectively.
- Create and maintain API documentation using Swagger / OpenAPI.
- Contribute to defining best practices, standards, and patterns for API development.
Required Skills & Experience :
Strong understanding of REST principles and API design best practices.AWS experience is mandatory.Strong working knowledge of HTTP concepts, JSON, XML, headers, and status codes.Hands-on experience with OAuth2, JWT, API Keys, and securing APIs end-to-end.Experience with API management platforms such as Kong, AWS API Gateway, or similar.Expertise in API lifecycle management : design, deployment, versioning, deprecation.Experience with rate limiting, caching, logging, and monitoring for APIs.Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.Familiarity with CI / CD pipelines and DevOps workflows.(ref : hirist.tech)