Senior API Software Engineer (Apigee / APIM)

Resp & Qualifications

• Perform technical detail design, coding, testing of applications. Serves as subject matter expert for both customer and internal discussions related to maintaining and enhancing existing software systems. Develop and/or analyze interface design documentation. Comply with hardware and software systems standards and procedures. Deliver large systems for tens of thousands of users. Comply with code quality, migration and dev/ops standards and policies.

• Performs software analysis, including requirements and uses case development and design. Implements and documents source code to design specifications. Performs software testing including developing and running automated unit tests, drafting, and executing structured automated test cases. Compile, assess, and report data results from software testing and analysis.

• Develops software solutions for enterprise environments and other technologies. Analyzes and implements functional and non-functional (e.g. performance, availability) requirements and designs, implements, and tests software. Performs operations & maintenance (O&M) of existing systems. Identifies areas for improvement and streamlining. Demonstrated experience with front-end and back-end programing and integration frameworks and tools. Assist in the estimation of development of application features.

• Provides direct technical support for high level, high visibility and critical trouble calls for supported applications. Works with cross functional teams to develop highly reliable software that runs at scale. Provides recommendations to infuse new technology. Extend open-source libraries and systems as necessary to meet the needs of the team. Play a crucial role in product scoping and roadmap / architecture discussions. Continually evaluate emerging technologies to identify opportunities, trends, and best practices. Mentoring of junior software engineers.

• Strong experience in implementing APIs and maintaining their lifecycle.
• Design and develop APIs specification.
• Design and develop REST APIs using API Management platform.
• Create REST API documentation.
• Convert web services from SOAP to REST or viceversa, using API management platform.
• Implement requirements of the API layer like security, custom analytics, throttling, caching, logging, request and response modifications etc.
• Maintain programming standards and ensure the usage of the pattern / template for API Proxy.
• Conduct code reviews and coach developers.
• Ensure proper approach on traffic control and API security.
• Create custom policies in Java, JavaScript, Node JS, Python etc. in API management platform.
• Standardize the CI/CD setup for API management tools and automated deployment.
• Maintain the SLA, health and well-being of the API platform infrastructure.
• Automation of API testing.
• Strong application design and development experience in a cloud environment, including coding REST services and API such as: Java, JSON, Python.
• Strong experience in setting up CICD for APIs code,spec, testcases with quality checks using GIT, BitBucket, Jenkins, Azure/Acquia DevOps pipeline.
• Experience with iterative and incremental development on product-focused teams practicing code reviews.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to effectively communicate and translate feedback, needs and solutions.
• Ability to lead in an Agile environment.
• Experience in production support that has high visibility/SLA's.
• Strong teamwork focus and the ability to foster collaboration within and across teams.
• Creative problem-solving skills that deliver elegant solutions to complex issues.

• Undertake quality assurance and testing for functionalities developed.
• Responsible to maintain appropriate documentation with code.
• Responsible to support other application teams in working and off hours.
• Should uderstand API security patterns for api authentication and authorizations.
• Should have experience developing java springboot microservice development.
• Should understand web technology, have experience working with and troubleshooting SOAP and REST APIs, be a fast learner andnot afraid of complexity or working on various projects.
• Experience with designing, developing and maintaining within an Apigee SaaS/Hybrid environment.

• Ability to communicate technical requirements to all levels of expertise.
• Proficient in establishing and maintaining good working relationships.
• Knowledge and understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC).
• Proficient with integrating complex and/or existing systems.
• Knowledge of programming languages (e.g. JavaScript, C, Python, etc.).
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Knowledge of cloud technologies (e.g. AWS, Azure).
• Knowledge of database technologies (e.g. cloud, SQL, Oracle, Mongo DB, PostgreSQL, etc.).
• Fundamental knowledge of software engineers’ best practices, agile methodologies, CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of test-first practices including Test-Driven Development (TDD) for unit tests and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) for automated acceptance tests.
• Strong experience with Deployment/Continuous Integration/ Continuous Testing/ Continuous Delivery processes and tools and have expertise in CI/CD tools and framework.
• Knowledge of Code quality and promotion practices.
• Must be able to effectively work in a fast-paced environment with frequently changing priorities, deadlines, and workloads that can be variable for long periods of time. Must be able to meet established deadlines and handle multiple customer service demands from internal and external customers, within set expectations for service excellence. Must be able to effectively communicate and provide positive customer service to every internal and external customer, including customers who may be demanding or otherwise challenging.