API Designer

Hi Hope you're doing great, This is Nishanth from Flexon Technologies, and I have a suitable role for you so please go through it and let me know your thoughts. Job Title: API Designer Location: Jersey City, NJ (Onsite) Duration: Long Term Contract Candidate Must be Local to Jersey City NJ, Tampa FL, Chicago IL & Palo Alto CA. Key Responsibilities: • Design RESTful, gRPC, and event-driven APIs following industry best practices. • Create and maintain comprehensive API documentation and usage guides. • Gather requirements with product, engineering, and architecture teams and translate them into API specifications. • Define and enforce API design standards, style guides, and governance processes. • Build API prototypes and mock servers to validate designs and collect feedback early. • Implement features that enhance developer experience, including versioning, error handling, and discoverability. • Support the full API lifecycle, handling versioning, deprecation, and backward compatibility. • Collaborate with QA and development teams to ensure performance, security, and reliability standards are met. • Stay current with API trends, tools, and technologies and drive continuous improvement in API design practices. Required Qualifications: • 10+ years of applied experience in software engineering with a focus on APIs. • Strong knowledge of REST, gRPC, and event-driven paradigms. • Proficiency with specification tools such as OpenAPI/Swagger, RAML, AsyncAPI, and Postman. • Experience with API gateways, management platforms, and developer portals. • Familiarity with security best practices including OAuth2, JWT, and API keys. • Excellent communication and documentation abilities. • Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments. Preferred Qualifications: • Experience with AWS, especially EKS. • Knowledge of microservices and domain-driven architecture. • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated API testing. • Contributions to open-source API tools or standards.