API Engineer - Observability Services

Job Summary :

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced API Engineer with 57 years of proven experience in designing, developing, and securing enterprise-grade APIs.

The ideal candidate thrives in an API-first development culture, possesses deep expertise in RESTful API design, and is proficient with OpenShift and modern API security standards.

As an API Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in architecting scalable and reusable APIs that serve as the foundation for our enterprise applications.

You will collaborate closely with product managers, architects, frontend and backend developers, and DevOps teams to ensure APIs are well-structured, secure, and aligned with business objectives.

Your contributions will drive interoperability, scalability, and long-term maintainability across our platform Responsibilities :

1. API Design and Development :

• Lead the design and development of RESTful APIs using OpenAPI / Swagger specifications.
• Embrace API-first principles, ensuring APIs are well-documented, reusable, and consumer-centric.
• Design APIs with scalability, backward compatibility, and future extensibility in mind.

2. OpenShift Deployment and Management :

Work closely with product owners, frontend / backend developers, and UX teams to gather requirements and align on API specifications.

Define and maintain clear API contracts, supporting versioning strategies to prevent breaking changes.

Provide technical guidance and mentorship on best practices for API consumption and API Governance and and enforce API governance frameworks, ensuring consistency in naming conventions, error handling, and design patterns.

Maintain comprehensive, user-friendly documentation for internal and external consumers. Promote and standardize API usage across teams to reduce duplication and improve Code Quality and Performance Optimization :

8. Agile Development and Continuous Improvement :

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