Application Architect (API Development)

Our Enterprise Banking Integration API Development team within our API Solutions organization provides enterprise service development and Tier 2 support. We work closely with our business partners in developing new APIs enhancing existing ones and building enterprise services for our different line of business. At UMB we have over a century of experience and we constantly push the boundaries using the latest technologies and processes to bring the best products to our customers and partners.

As an Application Architect you will spearhead development activities from the beginning of a project design phase to seeing it implemented into production. You will also work to design APIs guide development teams review code and give guidance to testing teams. This is a subset of the overall responsibilities which will include multiple initiatives as assigned by IT leadership.

This role is hybrid (Mon through Thu on-site / Fri remote) at the UMB Technology & Operations Center located in downtown Kansas City MO.

How youll spend your time:

• Collaborate with business and technical teams to understand and influence current and future state strategies.
• Collaborate with the business and technical teams create solutions that fulfill the business requirements incorporating UMB and industry strategies patterns standards and technologies and then review solutions with stakeholders for alignment.
• Design and develop new APIs including enhancing existing APIs to meet business needs.
• Lead teams in the integration strategy and design at the project domain and enterprise levels.
• Participate in the creation and maintenance of technology roadmaps and domain level portfolio diagrams.
• Document patterns for reuse across the enterprise.
• Mentor IT and Business teams on new technologies and patterns.
• Stay current with modern technology patterns and trends.

Were excited to talk if you have:

• At least 7 years of enterprise solutions and/or API architecture experience.
• Strong experience with C#/.NET back-end development including MVC architecture REST API development and Entity framework
• Experience developing or supporting applications in AWS.
• Built swagger definition files and UML diagrams from requirements.
• Microservice Architecture implementation experience.
• In-depth API Modeling experience.
• Experience implementing APIs security patterns using JWT tokens oAuth2.

Bonus Points if you have:

• Any of the following preferred experience:
  • IBM technologies including Datapower IIB/ACE APIC ITX MQ
  • Kafka
  • Experience using AI-Assisted development tools to accelerate development documentation or API scaffolding
  • Using monitoring tools and configuring alerting
  • Experience in configuring and designing APIs utilizing one of the API platforms such as AWS API gateway IBM API connect Google Apigee or MuleSofts Anypoint
  • API testing tools such as Postman
  • Security patterns
  • Public cloud platforms and associated cloud services
  • Event-driven architecture
  • DevOps patterns and tooling
  • Container management platforms and configuration
  • Data modeling
  • Network fundamentals
  • Financial systems integration and/or implementation

Applicants must have legal authority to work in the United States. Work Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Compensation Range:

The posted compensation range on this listing represents UMBs standard for this role but the actual compensation may vary by geographic location experience level and other job-related addition this range does not encompass the full earning potential for this role. Please see the description of benefits included with this job posting for additional information

UMB offers competitive and varied benefits to eligible associates such as Paid Time Off; a 401(k) matching program; annual incentive pay; paid holidays; a comprehensive company sponsored benefit plan including medical dental vision and other insurance coverage; health savings flexible spending and dependent care accounts; adoption assistance; an employee assistance program; fitness reimbursement; tuition reimbursement; an associate wellbeing program; an associate emergency fund; and various associate banking benefits. Benefit offerings and eligibility requirements vary.

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