API Designer : Jersey City, NJ / Tampa, FL (Hybrid) : Onsite : Full Time Permanent

Job Role : API Designer

Location : Jersey City, NJ / Tampa, FL

Job Type : Full time Permanent

Salary : CAD $130K /Year Base

Experience : 8 - 12 years of experience

Roles & Responsibilities:

Skills required :

· 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 (OpenAPI/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, API keys, etc.)

Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments

Please note the Job Description for API Designer:

As an API Designer, you will be responsible for designing, documenting, and evolving robust, scalable, and user-friendly APIs. As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at within Commercial and Investment Banking team, you will play a key role in an agile team dedicated to building, enhancing, and delivering trusted, market-leading technology products. You will leverage your deep technical expertise and problem-solving skills to address complex challenges across multiple technologies and applications, driving significant business impact through your contributions.

Key Responsibilities

· API Design: Design RESTful, GRPC, and/or event-driven APIs using best practices and industry standards (e.g., OpenAPI/Swagger, AsyncAPI).

· 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 specifications.

· 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 handling, and discoverability.

· 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 reliability standards.

· Continuous Improvement: Stay up-to-date with API trends, tools, and technologies, and drive continuous improvement in API design practices.

· Preferred Qualifications

· Experience with AWS (EKS)

· Knowledge of Micro Services & Domain Driven architecture · Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated API testing

· Contributions to open-source API tools or standards