API Senior Developer

Emdad Al Khebrat; Jeddah, Makkah Al Mukarramah; On-site; SAR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Jeddah seeks a skilled API Manager to manage the full lifecycle of API management across enterprise platforms. The ideal candidate will work closely with various teams to ensure API strategies align with business goals, maintaining compliance and performance throughout the process.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience with API Management platforms, preferably WSO2 APIM.
• Strong expertise in Swagger/OpenAPI specs and API documentation best practices.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and API security enforcement.

Responsibilities

• Manage lifecycle of APIs using WSO2 API Manager or equivalent.
• Create and maintain Swagger/OpenAPI documentation for all APIs.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to govern APIs from development to production.

Skills

API Management

Swagger/OpenAPI

RESTful APIs

SOAP APIs

Documentation

CI/CD

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

WSO2 API Manager

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

Git

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and organized API Manager to oversee the full lifecycle of API management across our enterprise platforms. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with WSO2 API Manager, Swagger/OpenAPI, and will work closely with architecture, development, integration, and security teams to ensure API strategies are aligned with business objectives, while maintaining compliance, performance, and developer experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the design, development, deployment, and monitoring of APIs using WSO2 API Manager or equivalent platforms.
• Create and maintain Swagger/OpenAPI documentation for all internal and external APIs.
• Ensure consistency in API standards, naming conventions, and versioning across services.
• Collaborate with integration, backend, and DevOps teams to govern APIs from development to production.
• Define and implement API publishing workflows, access control, throttling, monetization, and analytics policies.
• Lead the creation of developer portal content including sample requests, error codes, SDKs, and how-to guides.
• Review and validate API definitions, schemas, and transformation logic (JSON, XML).
• Monitor API usage, performance, error rates, and SLA compliance using dashboards and analytics tools.
• Support developers in API onboarding and ensure comprehensive documentation and change logs are maintained.
• Conduct audits and ensure compliance with internal security standards (OAuth2, JWT, rate limiting, CORS).

• Required Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 3+ years of experience working with API Management platforms, preferably WSO2 APIM (v4.x or later).
• Strong expertise in Swagger/OpenAPI specifications, API mocking, and documentation best practices.
• Proficient in RESTful and SOAP APIs, HTTP methods, status codes, and authentication mechanisms.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and integration tools (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Git).
• Experience in working with security teams to enforce API policies and access governance.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.

Preferred Skills

• Hands-on experience with API Gateway customization, VHost setup, and multi-tenancy in WSO2.
• Familiarity with DevPortal customization, subscriber roles, and lifecycle extensions.
• Experience with API analytics, Fastly, ELK, or other logging and observability tools.
• Exposure to Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud deployments (OCI, Azure, GCP).
• Knowledge of business use cases for API monetization, sandbox environments, and rate plans.