API Architect
Job in
Buffalo, Erie County, New York, 14266, USA
Listed on 2026-02-28
Listing for:
Galent
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-02-28
Job specializations:
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Software Development
Cloud Engineer - Software, Backend Developer, DevOps, Full Stack Developer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Overview
The API Architect is expected to demonstrate deep, hands-on engineering proficiency across the full API lifecycle. Key engineering capabilities include:
API Design & Development- Design, build, and maintain enterprise-scale REST, Graph
QL, XML and event-driven (Async
API) APIs. - Define and enforce API contracts, schemas, and versioning strategies across product teams.
- Champion API-first development practices and developer experience (DX) across the organization.
- Lead proof-of-concept (PoC) implementations for new API patterns and emerging integration paradigms.
- Architect integration patterns using enterprise message brokers (Kafka, Rabbit
MQ), and API gateways (Kong, AWS API Gateway, Mule Soft etc). - Design and govern event-driven and microservices architectures within a banking context.
- Architect cloud-native API solutions on AWS.
- Champion CI/CD pipelines for API deployment (Git Hub Actions, Jenkins, Nexus, Maven, Sonar).
- Ensure API observability through distributed tracing, structured logging, and APM tooling (Splunk, App Dynamics, Prometheus).
- 10+ years of progressive software engineering experience, with at least 3+ years in a dedicated API architecture role.
- Expert-level knowledge of RESTful API principles, OpenAPI / Swagger 3.x specification, and JSON:
API standards. - Strong proficiency in programming languages & framework:
Java, Springboot, Kotlin, Python, Node.js, Linux - Proven experience with API gateway configuration, rate limiting, throttling, caching, and traffic management policies.
- Hands-on experience with SOA, microservices, and domain-driven design (DDD) architecture patterns.
- Experience with OAuth 2.0, SAML, JWT for API authentication and authorization.
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