Apigee Developer

Role & responsibilities

• Highly skilled Apigee Developer to design, develop, and maintain API solutions using the Apigee API management platform
• Design, develop and deploy API proxies on Apigee platform.
• Work with internal teams to define API requirements and ensure smooth integration between APIs and backend services.
  Create and manage API policies, including security, traffic management, and rate limiting.
• Implement API security best practices using OAuth, JWT and other security protocols.
• Ensure compliance with security standards and industry best practices to protect data and prevent unauthorised access.
• Implement logging, monitoring, and alerting for API traffic and performance using Apigee's built-in tools or integrated third-party tools.
• Troubleshoot and resolve API performance issues, errors and failures.
• Analyse and optimise API performance to ensure high availability and responsiveness. Implement caching, load balancing, and other optimisation techniques to enhance API efficiency.
• Create detailed API documentations for both internal and external developers. Follow and promote API best practices for consistent development and implementation.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including backend developers, architects, and business stakeholders, to ensure APIs meet functional and business requirements.
• Provide support for troubleshooting and resolving API related issues during the development lifecycle.
• Strong experience in Apigee, including creating and managing API proxies, shared flows, policies, and customisations.
  

Preferred candidate profile

• Hands on experience with API Design, API security, and Apigee platform.
• Experience in designing RESTful APIs and integrating with backend systems.
• Knowledge of API versioning and data formats (JSON, XML) and web services.