Senior API Integration Engineer — Hybrid, Secure APIs

Vito Solutions; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 700 000 - 900 000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm in Cape Town seeks a Senior API Integration Engineer to design and implement high-performance APIs and integration services. Responsibilities include ensuring platform reliability, managing infrastructure, and supporting CI/CD pipelines. The ideal candidate will have over 6 years of experience in integration engineering, strong analytical skills, and be familiar with various programming languages. This role operates in a hybrid model and offers a 12-month contract with potential for extension.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6+ years in Integration Engineering or Development.
• Proven experience designing, building and operating APIs.
• Hands-on experience with API gateways and integration platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement integration solutions using modern API standards.
• Manage platform infrastructure and perform root-cause analysis.
• Contribute to documentation and mentor team members.

Skills

Strong analytical and debugging skills across distributed systems.

Ability to manage multiple workstreams independently.

Deep understanding of REST, SOAP, event-driven architectures.

Strong stakeholder communication and collaboration skills.

Expertise in integration platform security.

Ability to create and maintain technical documentation.

Experience mentoring junior engineers.

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Computer Science, IT, Engineering or related field.

Cloud certification (AWS, Azure, GCP) beneficial.

Tools

Cloud Functions

Kubernetes

RabbitMQ

Kafka

Docker

Job description

A consulting firm in Cape Town seeks a Senior API Integration Engineer to design and implement high-performance APIs and integration services. Responsibilities include ensuring platform reliability, managing infrastructure, and supporting CI/CD pipelines. The ideal candidate will have over 6 years of experience in integration engineering, strong analytical skills, and be familiar with various programming languages. This role operates in a hybrid model and offers a 12-month contract with potential for extension.