Open Banking API Engineer - IBM APIC Expert

Codeninja; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

CodeNinja is seeking a Backend Resource to design, develop and support Open Banking API infrastructure for Jeel, working on secure, scalable APIs aligned with enterprise standards. This role requires hands-on API development and potential transition to Production for ongoing support.

You will have deep IBM API Connect and DataPower expertise, strong Java and microservices experience, and prior banking/fintech delivery background. Onsite work is required.

Qualifications

• 4-6 years of hands-on experience in API development and management.
• Strong hands-on expertise with IBM API Connect (APIC) and IBM DataPower Gateway.
• Proficiency in Java, RESTful APIs, and microservices architecture.
• Experience with Oracle, MySQL, or PostgreSQL databases and SQL.
• Working knowledge of OAuth 2.0, JWT, JSON/XML, and REST/SOAP integration.
• Prior experience delivering solutions within banking or financial services.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and publish APIs on IBM API Connect aligned with enterprise standards and security policies.
• Configure API gateways, policies and DataPower for secure high-performance API traffic management.
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs and microservices to support integration and consumer requirements.
• Optimize API performance, reliability and throughput across backend and integration layers.
• Collaborate with business, QA and technical teams during requirement gathering, testing and production deployments.
• Automate build, test and deployment pipelines using CI/CD tools to ensure operational stability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve API integration and production issues across the backend stack.
• Prepare technical documentation, API specifications and deployment runbooks for the platform.

Skills

Java

RESTful APIs

Microservices

OAuth 2.0

JWT

JSON/XML

SOAP integration

API design

Tools

IBM API Connect

IBM DataPower Gateway

Oracle

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

Git

CI/CD

Job description

CodeNinja is seeking a Backend Resource to design, develop and support Open Banking API infrastructure for Jeel, working on secure, scalable APIs aligned with enterprise standards. This role requires hands-on API development and potential transition to Production for ongoing support.

You will have deep IBM API Connect and DataPower expertise, strong Java and microservices experience, and prior banking/fintech delivery background. Onsite work is required.