Senior Software Engineer

First American (India); India; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

None

Job summary

First American (India) seeks a senior platform engineer to lead API management and enterprise integration using APIM and Kafka, spanning governance, security, and developer enablement.

You will build self-service platforms, implement IaC with Terraform/CloudFormation, apply GitOps with Argo CD/Flux, and drive CI/CD pipelines across AWS/Azure/GCP.

Candidates should have 15 years of formal IT education and hands-on experience in containers, cloud-native services, and observability.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of formal education in CS/IT.
• Proven experience in API management and enterprise integration.
• Strong DevEx and platform engineering mindset.
• Hands-on with IaC, GitOps, CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support enterprise API and event-driven integration solutions using API Management platforms and Apache Kafka.
• Manage the API lifecycle including governance, security, versioning, publishing, monitoring, and developer enablement.
• Build and operate Kafka-based integration platforms for migration, streaming, and real-time data processing.
• Implement cloud-native and platform engineering practices using Kubernetes, Docker, IaC, and GitOps.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks to improve deployment efficiency and reliability.
• Ensure platform security, observability, and reliability per enterprise standards.
• Collaborate with architecture, DevOps, middleware, QA, and business teams to drive scalable integration and AI-driven automation.

Skills

API Management

Kafka

Event-driven

GitOps

IaC

Terraform

CloudFormation

Argo CD

Flux

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Security

OAuth 2.0

OIDC

mTLS

Observability

Education

Graduate / Postgraduate in CS/IT

Tools

Confluent Platform

Apache Kafka

Kafka Connect

Schema Registry

ksqlDB

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Terraform

CloudFormation

Argo CD

Flux

Job description

• Strong expertise in API Management (APIM) (Preferably Tyk, APIGEE, Layer7 etc.), including API lifecycle management, governance, security, policy enforcement, versioning, developer portals, and API product management.
• Understanding of API and messaging security, including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), JWT, mTLS, secrets management, and access control.
• Hands-on experience with the Confluent Platform / Apache Kafka, including event-driven architecture, Kafka brokers, topics, producers, consumers, Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, ksqlDB, stream processing, and platform administration.
• Experience building and maintaining enterprise integration platforms, enabling scalable, secure, resilient, and reusable integration capabilities across applications.
• Strong Platform Engineering mindset with experience building self-service platforms, improving developer experience (DevEx), platform automation, standardization, and operational excellence.
• Hands-on experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation for automated infrastructure provisioning and lifecycle management.
• Strong understanding of GitOps practices using tools such as Argo CD or Flux for declarative deployments, configuration management, and continuous delivery.
• Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.
• Experience deploying and managing containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes/OpenShift.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and cloud-native integration services.
• Experience implementing observability for APIs and integration platforms using monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting tools.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise integration patterns, asynchronous messaging, event-driven architecture, and microservices.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate across architecture, application, and platform teams to drive enterprise integration best practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support enterprise API and event-driven integration solutions using API Management platforms and Apache Kafka.
• Manage the API lifecycle, including design, governance, security, versioning, publishing, monitoring, and developer enablement.
• Build and operate Kafka-based integration platforms, supporting application migration, event streaming, and real-time data processing.
• Implement cloud-native and platform engineering practices using Kubernetes, Docker, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation), and GitOps.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks to improve deployment efficiency, reliability, and operational excellence.
• Ensure platform security, observability, and reliability through monitoring, logging, tracing, incident management, and adherence to enterprise security standards.
• Collaborate with architecture, DevOps, middleware, QA, and business teams to deliver scalable integration solutions, provide operational support, and drive continuous improvement initiatives, including AI-driven automation opportunities.

Educational Qualification and Experience

• Minimum of 15 years of formal education - Graduate / Postgraduate in Computer Science / Information Technology.