AZURE API LEAD DEVELOPER (Remote)

API Lead Developer

Job Overview:

As an API developer for a very large client, you will be filling the role of a hands-on Azure API Developer. we are looking for someone who has the necessary technical expertise to build and maintain sustainable API Solutions to support identified needs and expectations from the client.

Delivery Responsibilities

Implement an API architecture using Azure API Management, including security, API Gateway, Analytics, and API Services

Design reusable assets, components, standards, frameworks, and processes to support and facilitate API and integration projects

Conduct functional, regression, and load testing on API’s

Gather requirements and defining the strategy for application integration

Develop using the following types of Integration protocols/principles: SOAP and Web services stack, REST APIs, RESTful, RPC/RFC

Analyze, design, and coordinate the development of major components of the APIs including hands on implementation, testing, review, build automation, and documentation

Work with DevOps team to package release components to deploy into higher environment

Required Qualifications

Expert Hands-on experience in the following:

Technologies such as Spring Boot, Microservices, API Management & Gateway, Event Streaming, Cloud-Native Patterns, Observability & Performance optimizations

Data modelling, Master and Operational Data Stores, Data ingestion & distribution patterns, ETL / ELT technologies, Relational and Non-Relational DB's, DB Optimization patterns

At least 5+ years of experience with Azure APIM

At least 8+ years’ experience in Azure SaaS and PaaS

At least 8+ years’ experience in API Management including technologies such as Mulesoft and Apigee

At least last 5 years in consulting with the latest implementation on Azure SaaS services

At least 5+ years in MS SQL / MySQL development including data modeling, concurrency, stored procedure development and tuning

Excellent communication skills with a demonstrated ability to engage, influence, and encourage partners and stakeholders to drive collaboration and alignment

High degree of organization, individual initiative, results and solution oriented, and personal accountability and resiliency

Should be a self-starter and team player, capable of working with a team of architects, co-developers, and business analysts

Preferred Qualifications:

Ability to work as a collaborative team, mentoring and training the junior team members

Working knowledge on building and working on/around data integration / engineering / Orchestration

Position requires expert knowledge across multiple platforms, integration patterns, processes, data/domain models, and architectures.

Candidates must demonstrate an understanding of the following disciplines: enterprise architecture, business architecture, information architecture, application architecture, and integration architecture.

Ability to focus on business solutions and understand how to achieve them according to the given timeframes and resources.

Recognized as an expert/thought leader. Anticipates and solves highly complex problems with a broad impact on a business area.

Experience with Agile Methodology / Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).

Outstanding oral and written communication skills including formal presentations for all levels of management combined with strong collaboration/influencing.

Preferred Education/Skills:

Prefer Master’s degree

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science with a minimum of 12+ years relevant experience or equivalent.