API Platform Engineer

Dicetek LLC; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Dicetek LLC in Abu Dhabi is seeking an experienced API Management Lead with 6-10+ years in banking. You will oversee API gateways, developer portals and digital transformation initiatives, incorporating OAuth/OIDC, mTLS, JWT, OpenAPI and policy controls across platforms.

The role requires hands-on experience with Kong, Apigee, Azure API Management, Kubernetes/OpenShift and CI/CD, plus IaC and AI-assisted tooling for engineering and operations.

Qualifications

• 6-10+ years in banking API management or related field.
• Experience with major core banking or digital transformations.
• Hands-on with API gateways, developer portals and policy controls.

Responsibilities

• Administer API gateways and developer portals; onboard and publish modular banking APIs; implement OAuth 2.0, OIDC, mTLS, JWT and policy controls; manage API versions, products, subscriptions and lifecycle; implement observability, analytics, throttling and monetisation controls where applicable; automate platform configuration; use AI-assisted engineering for policy generation, troubleshooting, documentation and operational analysis

Skills

API gateway

OpenAPI

OAuth/OIDC

Kong

Apigee

Kubernetes/OpenShift

CI/CD

IaC

AsyncAPI

JWT

Tools

Azure API Management

Job description

Required Experience

6-10+ years in banking API management; experience in a major core banking or digital banking transformation; working knowledge of BIAN APIs and banking service domains; hands-on experience with Kong, Apigee, Azure API Management or equivalent; knowledge of OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, OAuth, OIDC, Kubernetes/OpenShift, Git, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code and approved AI engineering tools.

Required Experience

6-10+ years in banking API management; experience in a major core banking or digital banking transformation; working knowledge of BIAN APIs and banking service domains; hands-on experience with Kong, Apigee, Azure API Management or equivalent; knowledge of OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, OAuth, OIDC, Kubernetes/OpenShift, Git, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code and approved AI engineering tools.

Key Responsibility

Administer API gateways and developer portals; onboard and publish modular banking APIs; implement OAuth 2.0, OIDC, mTLS, JWT and policy controls; manage API versions, products, subscriptions and lifecycle; implement observability, analytics, throttling and monetisation controls where applicable; automate platform configuration; use AI-assisted engineering for policy generation, troubleshooting, documentation and operational analysis