API Lead/API Designer

API Architect Responsibilities Jersey City 14+ Years Experience • API Design: Design RESTful, GRPC, and/or event-driven APIs using best practices and industry standards (e.g., OpenAPI/Swagger, • Documentation: Create and maintain clear, comprehensive API documentation and usage guides. • Collaboration: Work with product, engineering, and Architect teams to gather requirements and translate them into API specificatio • Standards & Governance: Define and enforce API design standards, style guides, and governance processes. Prototyping: Build API prototypes and mock servers to validate designs and facilitate early feedback. • Developer Experience: Advocate for and implement features that improve the developer experience, such as versioning, error handlir • Lifecycle Management: Support the full API lifecycle, including versioning, deprecation, and backward compatibility. • Quality Assurance: Collaborate with QA and development teams to ensure APIs are well-tested and meet performance, security, and • Continuous Improvement: Stay up-to-date with API trends, tools, and technologies, and drive continuous improvement in API design p Required Skills & Qualifications Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts, with 10+ years of applied experience • Strong understanding of REST, GRPC, and/or event-driven API paradigms • Proficiency with API specification tools (OpenAPl/Swagger, RAML, AsyncAPI, Postman, etc.) • Experience with API gateways, management platforms, and developer portals • Excellent communication and documentation skills • Familiarity with security best practices (OAuth2, JWT, AP keys, etc.) • Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments Preferred Qualifications • Experience with AWS (EKS) Knowledge of Micro Services & Domain Driven architecture Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated API testing Jersey city, NJ 14+