API Platform Architect & Standards Leader

World Economic Forum; Genf; On-site; CHF 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

World Economic Forum is building world-leading digital collaboration platforms and data tools. We are seeking a Practice Engineer to lead the API platform craft across product streams, setting standards and staying hands-on in real engineering work.

The successful candidate will own API design standards (REST/GraphQL/Event-Driven), OpenAPI documentation, versioning, and the API gateway; collaborate with IT, security teams, and fellow Practice Engineers to ensure stability and architectural

Qualifications

• University-level education in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field.
• Demonstrated API design and governance expertise across REST, GraphQL, gRPC or event-driven architectures.
• Experience setting technical standards and driving adoption across multiple teams.
• Strong knowledge of OpenAPI/schema-first design and versioning/deprecation practices.
• Proficiency in at least one major API/web development language/framework (Node.js, Python, Ruby on Rails, Go).

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain platform craft standards and ensure architectural coherence across product teams.
• Own API design standards, OpenAPI docs, versioning, deprecation, API gateway, and service catalog.
• Surface cross-cutting technical debt and drive its resolution.
• Run platform rituals: office hours, demos, RFC reviews; coach engineers.
• Participate in hiring as the technical-bar interviewer with Engineering Managers.
• Own deployment processes and CI/CD tooling; document infrastructure specs and ensure security.

Skills

API design & governance

Architectural leadership

Technical standards

CI/CD tooling

English communication

Education

CS/Engineering degree

Tools

OpenAPI

API gateways

Job description

World Economic Forum is building world-leading digital collaboration platforms and data tools. We are seeking a Practice Engineer to lead the API platform craft across product streams, setting standards and staying hands-on in real engineering work.

The successful candidate will own API design standards (REST/GraphQL/Event-Driven), OpenAPI documentation, versioning, and the API gateway; collaborate with IT, security teams, and fellow Practice Engineers to ensure stability and architectural