Senior API Architect – API Strategy, Security, Governance & Integration

Experience Required: 10 Years

Work Arrangement: Hybrid – Minimum 3 Days per Week in Office

Role Overview

Experienced API Architect to define and drive API strategy, design scalable integration solutions, and establish best practices for API development across the enterprise. Provide technical leadership to ensure secure, reusable, and high-performing API ecosystems.

Key Responsibilities

- Define API architecture standards, design patterns, and best practices
- Design scalable, secure, and reusable APIs and integration frameworks
- Lead the adoption of microservices and API-led connectivity strategies
- Guide development teams on API design, governance, and implementation
- Establish API lifecycle management, versioning, and documentation standards
- Ensure API security using OAuth2, JWT, encryption, and threat protection
- Evaluate and implement API management platforms such as Azure API Management
- Collaborate with enterprise architects, Dev Ops, and product teams
- Review and approve solution designs to align with enterprise architecture
- Drive performance optimization, monitoring, and reliability improvements

Required Qualifications





- 7+ years of experience in API design, integration, or backend architecture
- Robust expertise in API architecture, RESTful services, and microservices
- Proficiency in Java, .NET, or Node.js ecosystems
- Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred)
- Deep understanding of API security standards including OAuth2, OpenID Connect, and JWT
- Experience with API gateways and API management platforms
- Strong knowledge of CI/CD, Dev Ops, and containerization technologies including Docker and Kubernetes
- Excellent stakeholder communication and technical leadership skills

Nice-to-Have Skills

- Experience in financial services or insurance domain
- Exposure to event-driven architecture including Kafka and messaging systems
- Knowledge of TOGAF or other enterprise architecture frameworks

Essential Skills

- API Architecture
- REST APIs
- Microservices
- API Governance
- API Lifecycle Management
- API Security
- OAuth2 / OpenID Connect / JWT
- Azure API Management
- Java / .NET / Node.js
- CI/CD
- Docker and Kubernetes
- Enterprise Architecture

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📌 Senior API Architect – API Strategy, Security, Governance & Integration (Toronto)
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