Lead- API Engineer

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Skills you'll use

What you'll do

• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to the API engineering team
• Lead the design, implementation, and evolution of API architecture and backend services
• Champion API-first development, ensuring clear contracts and comprehensive documentation (OpenAPI/Swagger)
• Lead the implementations of APIs conforming to all NFRs including security, scalability, and performance.
• Ensure robust authentication, authorization, and data protection for all endpoints
• Drive adoption of best practices in API design, versioning, and integration
• Optimize API performance for low-latency, high-frequency interactions
• Oversee observability, monitoring, and alerting for all APIs and backend services
• Collaborate closely with product, UI, and runtime teams to deliver integrated solutions
• Collaborate with the SDET to ensure comprehensive test coverage and effective test data creation

Who can apply

• Collaborate closely with product, UI, and runtime teams to deliver integrated solutions
• Collaborate with the SDET to ensure comprehensive test coverage and effective test data creation
• Lead the adoption of modern API tools, frameworks, and best practices
• Ensure engineering rigor, code quality, and documentation standards are met
• Facilitate clear communication, knowledge sharing, and effective documentation within the team
• Support team growth through coaching, feedback, and skills development
• Proven experience leading API engineering teams and delivering complex API projects
• Deep expertise in API architecture, design, and implementation (RESTful, GraphQL, gRPC etc.)

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