Planet PCI Infotech - Senior Engineer - API Integration & Implementation (5-10 yrs)

Role : Senior Engineer - APIs and Integration

About the Role :

As a Senior API Engineer, you will play a key role in developing and enhancing cutting-edge application integrations within an agile delivery team. You will leverage your expertise to design, implement, and manage API solutions that connect a variety of systems and services seamlessly.

Responsibilities :

- End-to-End API Integration : Own the full lifecycle of API development, from design and implementation to deployment and maintenance, ensuring robust and secure integrations across diverse systems.

- API Design & Documentation : Analyze data, workflows, system interfaces, and software to create detailed API specifications and design documents. Establish and enforce API management best practices and standards.

- API Security & Integration : Build secure, scalable integration APIs to interface with a wide range of systems and services, ensuring compliance with industry standards.

- CI/CD Implementation : Set up and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines using tools like GitLab, Harness, and deploy to AWS EKS or serverless environments.

- System Gap Analysis : Identify gaps between current systems and desired end-state solutions, and develop actionable roadmaps to bridge these gaps.

- Software Development Lifecycle : Design, develop, and enhance software solutions. Perform unit testing, code reviews, performance testing, and documentation. Ensure code quality and maintainability.

- Project Ownership & Mentorship : Take ownership of moderately complex projects, ensuring they are completed on time and within scope. Mentor junior engineers and foster a collaborative environment.

- Agile Methodology : Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment, delivering timely, high-quality solutions.

Qualifications :

- 5+ years of hands-on experience in API development, with a deep understanding of API design and implementation.

- Expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and API management platforms such as APIGEE, with a solid understanding of web service protocols and API gateways.

- Extensive experience working with AWS technologies, including ECS/EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, Terraform, Step Functions, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, CloudWatch, Dynatrace, ALB, NLB, DynamoDB, Aurora RDS, MongoDB, Redis, Memcached, AWS Secrets Manager, and Kafka.

- Strong familiarity with authentication/authorization protocols such as OAuth, SSO/SAML.

- Proficiency in build tools (Maven, Gradle) and unit testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito).

- Foundational experience with service orchestration, messaging technologies, and microservices architectures.

- Solid understanding of OpenAPI Specifications (Swagger) and API interface design.

- Exposure to SOAP and traditional web services is a plus.

- Experience with API gateway features such as rate limiting, spike arrest, and quotas.

Preferred Qualifications :

- Experience in the telecommunications industry, specifically with provisioning APIs or TMF APIs, is a strong plus.