Senior API Management (APIM) Engineer Lead

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Role name: Senior API Management (APIM) Engineer / Lead
Work site: Columbus OH or Nashville TN

Job Summary
The Senior APIM Engineer / Lead is responsible for designing implementing governing and scaling enterprise API platforms. This role combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership ensuring APIs are secure performant reusable and aligned with business and integration strategies. The role often partners closely with architecture security DevOps and application teams.
Job location: Columbus OH or Nashville TN (both locations would be for on site work)

Key Responsibilities
API Platform Engineering
Design implement and operate enterprise API platforms (e.g. Azure APIM Apigee Mulesoft Kong AWS API Gateway).
Develop and enforce API standards patterns and best practices (REST GraphQL async/event-driven APIs).
Configure API gateways for routing policies throttling caching transformations and versioning.
Implement API lifecycle management from design through retirement.
Security & Compliance
Implement API security controls including OAuth 2.0 OpenID Connect JWT mTLS IP filtering and rate limiting.
Partner with security teams to ensure compliance with enterprise security regulatory and data protection requirements.
Support secrets management and key rotation using enterprise tools.
DevOps & Automation
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for API deployments using tools such as GitHub Actions Azure DevOps Jenkins or GitLab.
Automate API provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform ARM CloudFormation etc.).
Enable monitoring logging and alerting using tools like App Insights Splunk Datadog New Relic or cloud-native services.
Integration & Application Enablement
Support integration of APIs with internal applications third-party partners and SaaS platforms.
Optimize API performance resiliency and scalability for high-volume workloads.
Troubleshoot complex API networking and integration issues across environments.
Technical Leadership
Serve as technical lead for API initiatives and platform modernization efforts.
Mentor junior engineers and review API designs and implementations.
Collaborate with enterprise and solution architects to align APIs to domain and business capabilities.
Promote API-first and product-oriented API thinking across teams.

Required Qualifications
Technical Skills
7 years of experience in software engineering or integration with 3 years focused on API management platforms.
Strong understanding of RESTful API design and HTTP concepts.
Hands-on experience with API gateways such as Azure APIM Apigee Mulesoft Kong or AWS API Gateway.
Experience with authentication and authorization mechanisms (OAuth 2.0 OIDC JWT).
Proficiency with at least one programming or scripting language (e.g. Java C# JavaScript Python).
Experience with cloud platforms (Azure AWS or GCP).
Solid understanding of networking concepts (DNS TLS load balancing).
DevOps & Tooling
Experience building CI/CD pipelines and release automation.
Infrastructure-as-Code experience (Terraform ARM Bicep CloudFormation).
Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker Kubernetes) is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications
Experience with event-driven and async APIs (Kafka Event Grid SNS/SQS).
Knowledge of API product management concepts and API monetization (if applicable).
Cloud certifications (e.g. Azure Solutions Architect AWS Solutions Architect).
Experience supporting highly regulated environments (financial services healthcare etc.).

Soft Skills
Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
Comfortable leading technical discussions and influencing architecture decisions.
Adept at balancing hands-on delivery with strategic oversight.

Thanks & Regards.

Isaac Rajiv

Kutir Corporation

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