Senior API Engineer, Core Banking Foundations

Navy Federal Credit Union; Winchester (VA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Navy Federal Credit Union is seeking an ETS Principal Engineer to design, modernize, and scale API and integration capabilities across the core banking ecosystem. You will collaborate with engineering, architecture, testing, security, and operations to deliver secure, scalable services and automated delivery pipelines.

Ideal candidates bring 15+ years in software/api/cloud engineering, proficiency with OCI, API management, and CI/CD, plus strong leadership and mentoring skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering or equivalent.
• 15+ years of software/API/Cloud engineering experience.
• Experience with API management platforms such as OCI API Gateway or MuleSoft.
• RESTful APIs and enterprise integration design experience.
• CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation using Azure DevOps or GitHub.
• Automated testing with Postman/Newman.
• Scripting in Python or PowerShell.
• OCI knowledge and cloud-native deployment.
• Experience with event-driven architectures and distributed systems.
• Observability, monitoring, and operational support practices.
• Strong leadership and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support enterprise API and integration solutions.
• Define API standards, governance, and reusable frameworks across Core Banking.
• Lead cloud-native integration design using OCI and modern API management.
• Architect and implement CI/CD pipelines for API and integration services.
• Build automated API regression, functional, and integration tests using Postman.
• Develop automation using Python, PowerShell, or similar languages.
• Partner with teams to deliver secure, resilient integration services.
• Drive DevSecOps adoption with automated testing, security scanning, and compliance controls.
• Lead investigations and resolve complex production API issues.
• Establish monitoring, observability, and operational health metrics.

Skills

API engineering

Cloud integration

CI/CD

DevSecOps

OCI

Postman testing

Python

PowerShell

Scripting

Security testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field

Tools

OCI API Gateway

MuleSoft

Azure DevOps

GitHub

Postman

Newman

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Navy Federal Credit Union is seeking an ETS Principal Engineer to design, modernize, and scale API and integration capabilities across the core banking ecosystem. You will collaborate with engineering, architecture, testing, security, and operations to deliver secure, scalable services and automated delivery pipelines.

Ideal candidates bring 15+ years in software/api/cloud engineering, proficiency with OCI, API management, and CI/CD, plus strong leadership and mentoring skills.