We are looking for a highly skilled Technical Lead to lead the API Engineering and Integration practice. The individual will be responsible for designing, building, governing, and scaling enterprise APIs that power digital channels, partner ecosystems, fintech integrations, customer journeys, and internal applications.
The ideal candidate should possess deep technical expertise in API architecture, microservices, cloud-native development, enterprise integration, DevSecOps, and distributed systems, along with strong leadership capabilities to drive engineering excellence across internal teams and implementation partners.
Key Responsibilities
API Strategy & Architecture
- Define enterprise API architecture, standards, and best practices.
- Design scalable REST and event-driven APIs.
- Build reusable API frameworks and integration patterns.
- Drive API-first architecture across Digital & Data initiatives.
- Define versioning, lifecycle management, and API governance.
Engineering Leadership
- Lead a team of API developers and integration engineers.
- Review architecture and code to ensure high engineering quality.
- Establish coding standards and engineering best practices.
- Mentor engineers and conduct technical design reviews.
- Build reusable components and accelerators.
Integration Management
Lead Integrations Across
- Mobile applications
- CRM platforms
- Loan Origination Systems
- Loan Management Systems
- Partner APIs
- Fintech ecosystems
- Payment gateways
- Credit bureaus
- Authentication services
- Notification platforms
- Internal enterprise applications
Platform Ownership
Own Enterprise Integration Platforms Including
- API Gateway
- ESB/iPaaS
- Authentication and Identity Integration
- API Monitoring
- API Analytics
- Developer Portal
Security
- OAuth2
- JWT
- OpenID Connect
- mTLS
- API Security
- Rate Limiting
- Threat Protection
- Encryption
- Secrets Management
- Vulnerability remediation
Performance & Reliability
- Design APIs handling millions of transactions.
- Performance tuning.
- High availability architecture.
- Disaster Recovery planning.
- Capacity planning.
- Monitoring and observability.
- Incident troubleshooting.
DevOps & Automation
- CI/CD pipelines
- Containerization
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Infrastructure as Code
- Automated testing
- Release management
Vendor & Stakeholder Management
- Drive multiple implementation partners.
- Conduct architecture reviews.
- Review vendor deliverables.
- Manage technical risks.
- Collaborate with Infrastructure, Security, Business, and Product teams.
