Job Title: API Architect
Work Location: Columbus OH
Duration: Longterm
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design and development of new APIs that integrate and enhance existing services.
- Analyze the current API landscape and Statements of Record (SoRs) to determine the scope and depth of new APIs to be built.
- Enforce engineering rigor to ensure high-quality deliverables and scalable system design.
- Collaborate with Product teams to define requirements and coordinate with offshore teams for execution.
- Apply architecture design patterns to build scalable secure and maintainable API solutions.
- Drive testing best practices using BDD frameworks to ensure reliability and performance.
- Leverage cloud-native technologies with a focus on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to deliver modern API solutions.
Required Skills & Experience
- Spring Boot: Advanced (3 years of hands-on project experience).
- : Advanced (3 years of hands-on project experience).
- Architecture Design Patterns: Advanced (3 years of proven experience).
- BDD Testing (Cucumber JBehave): Advanced (3 years of hands-on experience).
- GCP (Google Cloud Platform): Intermediate (1 year of project experience).
- Strong understanding of RESTful APIs microservices architecture and API gateways.
- Excellent problem-solving communication and collaboration skills.