Gemini Solutions - API Technical Architect (5-10 yrs)

About the job :

The mission of the API Office is to empower the community to design, create and maintain impactful API Products by providing API consulting, promoting API lifecycle standards and best practices, and leading the execution of the API Strategy to improve on the Firm's API maturity model.

As an API Technical Architect within the API Office Services Team, you will be accountable for strategizing and solutioning capabilities that support the API development lifecycle, and for promoting the products and services that will enable the developer community to deliver quality APIs and reduce time to market.

As an API Technical Architect in the API Office, you must be able to design solutions based on API-First approach and have a strong focus on developer experience.

The solutions you design must be secure, scalable, maintainable, and in alignment with portfolio objectives.

You must combine advanced technical skills with interpersonal skills as you will collaborate with cross-functional teams across the organization.

Required Skills :

- 5+ years of experience architecting, leading, and supporting integration of scalable applications/API solutions.

- 5+ years of experience with HTTP based system integrations.

- 5+ years of development experience in web services architecture.

- Demonstrated ability and experience in the entire API development life cycle : design, implementation, deployment, and monitoring.

- Proven experience in designing APIs using Open API Specification.

- Proven experience working with an API Management platform.

- Proven experience implementing CI/CD automation and using software development tools such GitHub.

- Proven knowledge of API security standards, including but not limited to oAuth2.0/OpenIDConnect.

- Excellent verbal and written communication.

- Strong analytical, quantitative, problem solving and organizational skills.

- Ability to learn and grasp concepts quickly in a fast-paced environment.

- Proven experience with contract testing and mocking services.

Qualifications :

- Bachelor's degree or master's in computer science, Engineering, Software Engineering or a relevant field