API Gateway Specialist

As a pioneer for digital transformation GFT develops sustainable solutions across new technologies. GFT clients gain easy and safe access to scalable IT-applications and innovative business models.

At GFT we have an extensive experience on Open API governance, conducted by a Global Open API Practice. This practice is responsible for support, align and develop common assets at a global level. We have an open position for an API Gateway specialist, a senior engineer with seasoned experience on solving cross-cutting-concerns at large organisations. We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic person willing to grow in a multi-cultural, motivating and challenging environment.

Your main responsibilities will be:

• Act as an API Governance Expert
• Manage Apigee, API Connect or other API Gateways in order to provide for our APIs providers some security, rate limiting, quotas, analytics...
• Implement approaches as declarative programming (everithing as code), software to process and reporting engagement, query language APIs (GraphQL), and modern arhitectural patterns like CQRS / ES.
• Data architecture, API design, AsyncAPIs and implementation.
• Solution design and technology stack selection.
• Solution development and technical team supervision.
• Analyze and document the enterprise and technology environment.
• Software architecture design and guidance.
• Enterprise architecture and integration patterns.

Skills will help you succeed:

• Computer Science diploma, 10+ years of relevant work experience.
• Experience designing and building business/technical services using API Gateways and supporting them in production environments.
• Experience designing relational data models, building microservices and dealing with sync/async integration technologies.
• Deep understanding of modern software development lifecycles, versioning, and deployment.
• REST design principles, GraphQL design principles and cross-cutting-concerns patterns.
• Fluency in English (at least B2 level)

Soft Skills:

• Team worker: ability to work with teams distributed geographically in different locations
• Proactive, motivated and willing to consolidate and develop a professional career
• Advisory and consultancy skills.
• Analytical, logical and critical thinking.
• Solid problem-solving skills: ability to identify problems and suggest mitigating and contingency actions
• Ability to deal with ambiguous situations
• Committed and positive.

Our offer:

• Competitive salary
• Restaurant tickets and life insurance for every employee

• The possibility of Working from Home in a hybrid model or full remote

• Flexible compensation plan, according to your needs
• Customized plan for professional development and training program
• Technical certifications
• Subsidized English / German / Spanish courses        
• Flexible working hours and short Fridays
• Program to improve and promote a healthy lifestyle at work: a sports program and fresh fruit in the offices
• International work culture
• Discount with Gympass

At GFT we consider diversity as one of our main pillars and we foster an inclusive work environment based on cooperation and mutual respect.  We offer equal opportunities for everyone regardless of race, cultural background, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or religious beliefs.

 Join our Global Team!