Lead Engineer/Architect - API Management Platform

Intercontinental Exchange; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the financial sector is seeking an API Management Expert to guide its API Gateway development and integration solutions. The ideal candidate will possess deep technical knowledge in API security and design principles, along with strong collaboration skills. This role involves working with various teams to ensure that API services align with the company's technological vision while innovating for efficiency and security.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience required.
• Understanding of API security best practices essential.
• Experience with APIs, application architecture, and desirable programming skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams to create API integration solutions.
• Define API Gateway strategy and best practices.
• Design and implement integration solutions using API technologies.

Skills

API Security best practices

Application architecture

API design principles

Programming languages

Source code management

Container-based technologies

Relational database technologies

Nonrelational database technologies

Communication skills

Agile principles

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Information Systems

Tools

Apigee

AWS

Postman

Splunk

Azure DevOps

Job description

Overview

Job Purpose

Serves as a hands-on/technical expert guiding the API Management team and organization on best practices for API Gateway development, security, and observability. In this role, you will design and develop solutions for integrating UI, backend APIs, and cloud components using API Gateway and related technologies. Continuously works with development, infrastructure, networking, and information security teams to implement enterprise solutions. Finds opportunities to innovate and integrate with urgency and efficiency. May need to recommend new and enhanced technical integrations to executives.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and stakeholders to understand requirements to create robust API integration solutions
• Define API Gateway strategy, standards, and best practices
• Design and implement integration solutions using API Gateway and other related technologies
• Assists in resolving support problems as necessary
• Ensures ICE's technology vision and direction is observed in existing and proposed architectures
• Researches and acquires knowledge in emerging technologies and apply knowledge to proposed business solutions
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or the equivalent combination of education, training, or work experience
• Understanding of API Security best practices (OAuth, JWT, etc.) and secure API development
• Application architecture experience delivering scalable, resilient, secure solutions
• Knowledge of API design principles (REST, Webhooks, GraphQL, etc.)
• Knowledge of API Gateway technologies (Apigee, AWS, etc.)
• Proficiency in a least one programming language (Java, Python, JavaScript, etc.)
• Proficiency with source code management including CI/CD pipelines
• Understanding and experience with a container-based technologies such as docker
• Experience with relational database technologies such as MS SQL, Oracle, Aurora, MySQL, or others
• Experience with nonrelational database technologies such as Dynamo, Mongo, or Redis
• Excellent analytical, decision-making, problem-solving, team, and time management skills
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills to technical and non-technical audiences of various levels in the organization (e.g., executive, management, individual contributors)
• Ability to persuade and influence others on the best approach to take
• Ability to estimate work effort for project sub-plans or small projects and ensure the project is successfully completed
• Positive outlook, strong work ethic, and responsive to internal and external customers and contacts
• Ability and willingness to act in the role of teacher, mentor and coach
• A thorough understanding of design patterns and their application
• Ability to define, communicate a shared architectural vision to ensure developed system is fit for its intended purpose
• Familiarity working in a Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) leveraging an Agile principles
• Willingness to act as a servant architectural leader to an agile team
• Experience with API testing tools (Postman, ReadyAPI, Pact, etc.)
• Proficiency with Splunk

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Apigee (Hybrid, X, Edge)
• Experience with OCP and Java
• Familiarity with OpenAPI/Swagger
• Knowledge of observability tools (AppDynamics, Honeycomb, etc.)
• Familiarity with strangler approaches to decompose monolith-based applications
• Experience with Azure DevOps and Python
• Experience working with AWS Technologies, such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, etc.
• Knowledge of financial services or mortgage industry

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics.

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