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.