Senior API Management and Integration Engineer

DiceTek UAE; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Dicetek LLC seeks a Senior API Management and Integration Engineer in Abu Dhabi, UAE, to lead enterprise API management across core banking and digital banking ecosystems. You will administer API gateways, manage developer portals, and enable secure, reusable APIs in complex banking environments.

The role emphasizes API security, lifecycle management, platform automation, and collaboration with API engineering, integration, and platform operations teams. On-site work is required.

Qualifications

• 6–10 years in banking API management.
• Experience in core or digital banking transformations.
• Hands-on with API gateways and developer portals.
• Knowledge of API security policies and IAM.
• Familiarity with CI/CD and IaC.

Responsibilities

• Administer API gateways and developer portals.
• Publish modular banking APIs and manage lifecycle.
• Ensure API security with OAuth 2.0, OIDC, mTLS, and JWT.
• Coordinate API onboarding, publishing and documentation.
• Monitor API observability, analytics and throttling.
• Automate platform configuration and IaC practices.
• Work with Kubernetes/OpenShift in cloud environments.

Skills

API gateways

Developer portals

CI/CD/DevOps

AI-assisted engineering

Banking domain knowledge

Tools

Kong API Gateway

Google Apigee

Azure API Management

Job description

Senior API Management and Integration Engineer Job Snapshot - Role: Senior API Management and Integration Engineer - Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Industry: Banking - Function: Systems Implementation/Integration - Experience: 6-10 years in banking API management - Job Type: Full Time - Work Arrangement: On-site Position Overview Dicetek LLC is seeking an experienced Senior API Management and Integration Engineer to support enterprise API management and integration initiatives in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The role focuses on administering API gateways, managing developer portals and enabling secure, reusable banking APIs across core banking and digital banking environments. The successful candidate will bring substantial experience in banking API management, including involvement in a major core banking or digital banking transformation. The position requires practical knowledge of Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN) APIs, banking service domains, API security standards and enterprise API management platforms. Working across API engineering, integration and platform operations, the engineer will manage API publishing, security policies, versioning, subscriptions, lifecycle controls and operational monitoring. The role also involves automating API platform configuration and using approved AI-assisted engineering tools to improve policy development, troubleshooting, documentation and operational analysis.

Job Details

• Country: United Arab Emirates
• City: Abu Dhabi
• Industry: Banking
• Function: Systems Implementation/Integration
• Salary: Not disclosed
• Gender: No Preference
• Candidate Nationality: Not specified
• Job Type: Full Time
• Work Arrangement: On-site

Key Responsibilities

API Gateway and Platform Administration

• Administer enterprise API gateways supporting banking applications and digital services.
• Configure and maintain API management platform capabilities.
• Manage developer portals used for API discovery, onboarding and consumption.
• Support the onboarding and publication of modular banking APIs.
• Maintain API gateway configurations and operational policies.
• Troubleshoot API gateway configuration and integration issues.
• Support consistent API management practices across relevant banking platforms.

Banking API Integration

• Enable secure integration between core banking, digital banking and related enterprise services.
• Apply knowledge of BIAN APIs and banking service domains to modular API delivery.
• Support API management requirements associated with core banking and digital banking transformation.
• Coordinate API onboarding and publishing activities.
• Maintain API specifications and relevant integration documentation.
• Support API interoperability through established interface standards.

API Security and Access Controls

• Implement OAuth 2.0 authentication and authorisation controls.
• Configure OpenID Connect (OIDC) integration requirements.
• Apply mutual Transport Layer Security (mTLS) for secure API communications.
• Implement JSON Web Token (JWT) validation and related access controls.
• Configure API gateway security policies according to approved requirements.
• Support secure access to banking APIs and associated services.
• Troubleshoot authentication, authorisation and policy enforcement issues.

API Product and Lifecycle Management

• Manage API versions throughout their operational lifecycle.
• Configure and maintain API products and subscriptions.
• Support controlled API publishing and lifecycle activities.
• Maintain appropriate API management configurations and documentation.
• Coordinate API lifecycle changes with relevant platform and integration stakeholders.
• Support consistent management of API consumption and access arrangements.

API Observability and Analytics

• Implement observability capabilities for API services.
• Configure API monitoring and analytics controls.
• Support visibility into API traffic, usage and operational performance.
• Implement throttling controls to manage API consumption.
• Support API monetisation controls where applicable.
• Analyse operational information to identify API platform issues.
• Use monitoring and analytics findings to support troubleshooting and platform improvement.

Platform Automation and DevOps

• Automate API platform configuration activities.
• Apply Infrastructure as Code practices to relevant platform configurations.
• Use Git for source and configuration version control.
• Support CI/CD processes for API management changes.
• Work with Kubernetes and OpenShift environments where required.
• Maintain repeatable and controlled configuration practices.
• Support reliable implementation of approved API gateway and policy changes.

AI-Assisted API Engineering

• Use approved AI engineering tools to support API policy generation.
• Apply AI-assisted techniques to investigate API management and integration issues.
• Support technical documentation activities using approved AI tools.
• Use AI-assisted analysis to review relevant API operational information.
• Ensure AI-assisted engineering activities remain within approved enterprise tooling and control requirements.
• Review AI-generated engineering outputs before operational use.

Required Experience

• 6-10 years of experience in banking API management.
• Experience participating in a major core banking or digital banking transformation.
• Working knowledge of BIAN APIs and banking service domains.
• Hands-on experience with Kong, Google Apigee, Azure API Management or an equivalent enterprise API management platform.
• Experience administering API gateways and developer portals.
• Practical knowledge of API authentication, authorisation and security policies.
• Experience managing API versions, products, subscriptions and lifecycle activities.
• Understanding of API observability, analytics and throttling.
• Knowledge of platform automation, CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code.
• Familiarity with approved AI‑assisted engineering tools and their application to API engineering activities.

Required Technical Skills

API Management Platforms

• Kong API Gateway.
• Google Apigee.
• Microsoft Azure API Management.
• Equivalent enterprise API gateway technologies.
• Developer portal administration.
• API onboarding and publishing.
• API product and subscription management.
• API lifecycle administration.

API Standards and Banking Architecture

• BIAN APIs and banking service domains.
• OpenAPI specifications.
• AsyncAPI specifications.
• Modular banking API integration.
• Core banking and digital banking integration requirements.

API Security

• OAuth 2.0.
• OpenID Connect.
• Mutual TLS.
• JSON Web Tokens.
• API authentication and authorisation.
• Gateway policy configuration.
• API access and security controls.

Cloud and DevOps Engineering

• Kubernetes.
• OpenShift.
• Git.
• Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery.
• Infrastructure as Code.
• Automated API platform configuration.
• Configuration version control.

API Operations

• API observability.
• API analytics.
• Traffic throttling.
• API usage monitoring.
• API monetisation controls where applicable.
• Gateway troubleshooting.
• Operational performance analysis.

AI-Assisted Engineering

• AI‑assist

Banking Domain Knowledge

• Core banking integration.
• Digital banking transformation.
• Banking service domains.
• BIAN-aligned API concepts.
• Secure API consumption.
• Modular API architecture.
• Enterprise integration and API lifecycle requirements.

Expected Deliverables

API Platform Operations

• Administered and maintained API gateway configurations.
• Operational developer portal capabilities.
• Onboarded and published banking APIs.
• Documented API platform configurations.

API Security and Lifecycle

• Implemented authentication and authorisation policies.
• Configured API security controls.
• Maintained API versions, products and subscriptions.
• Managed API lifecycle configurations.

Monitoring and Automation

• API observability and analytics configurations.
• Throttling and applicable monetisation controls.
• Automated platform configuration processes.
• Version-controlled API management changes.
• Supporting technical and operational documentation.

AI-Assisted Engineering

• AI-assisted policy development outputs.
• Technical troubleshooting findings.
• Updated API engineering documentation.
• Operational analysis supporting API platform improvement.

Professional Competencies

• Strong technical understanding of enterprise API management.
• Ability to administer and troubleshoot API gateways.
• Practical knowledge of banking integration requirements.
• Strong understanding of API security and access controls.
• Ability to manage API lifecycle and platform configuration activities.
• Analytical problem-solving and technical troubleshooting skills.
• Familiarity with automation and DevOps engineering practices.
• Ability to apply approved AI engineering tools responsibly.
• Effective technical documentation and communication skills.

Role Expectations

The Senior API Management and Integration Engineer will support secure and reliable API delivery across enterprise banking environments. The successful candidate will combine hands‑on API gateway administration with banking integration knowledge, security policy implementation, API lifecycle management and platform automation. The position requires experience with enterprise API management technologies and a practical understanding of BIAN, OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, OAuth 2.0, OIDC and modern cloud engineering practices. A central objective is to enable controlled, observable and reusable banking APIs while supporting the integration and transformation needs of core banking and digital banking platforms.