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
Robust 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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