API Platform & Integration Engineer

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Administer and manage API gateways and developer portals.
• Onboard, configure, and publish modular banking APIs aligned with BIAN standards.
• Implement API security using OAuth 2.0, OIDC, mTLS, JWT, and access policies.
• Manage API versions, products, subscriptions, policies, and the complete API lifecycle.
• Implement monitoring, observability, analytics, throttling, and monetisation controls where applicable.
• Automate platform configuration and deployment using CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Troubleshoot API integration, connectivity, performance, and security issues.
• Maintain API policies, technical documentation, and operational procedures.
• Use approved AI-assisted engineering tools for policy generation, troubleshooting, documentation, and operational analysis.
• Collaborate with architecture, development, security, and infrastructure teams to maintain reliable and secure API services.
• Support open banking initiatives and API integrations across digital banking channels, branches, contact centres, and external partners.

Required skills and qualifications

• 6–10+ years of experience in banking API management or enterprise API platform engineering.
• Experience in core banking or digital banking transformation.
• Working knowledge of BIAN APIs and banking service domains.
• Hands-on experience with Kong, Apigee, or Azure API Management.
• Strong knowledge of OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, and JWT.
• Knowledge of mTLS, API security, and access control policies.
• Experience with Kubernetes or OpenShift; working knowledge of Git, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code.
• Experience in API lifecycle management, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with approved AI engineering tools; strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Preferred skills

• Experience in open banking or open finance platforms is preferred.
• Knowledge of BIAN architecture and banking integration patterns is preferred.
• Relevant certifications in API management, cloud platforms, or security are preferred.