API Engineer - 79401
API Sr. Engineer
GFT Group New York, New York, United States
Location: Remote - EST / CT Timezones
The new GFT API Sr. Engineer will be responsible for driving, tooling, and continuous integration to improve API quality reducing validation time as well as releasing new software solutions.
Required Skills/Experience
2 years’ minimum experience with banking sector clients - Mandatory;
Excellent skills on API design, behavior and data componentization
Extensive experience on API lifecycle automation
Experience with API Gateway, AWS, Rest API, OAuth, Microservices,
Deep knowledge on API security and API testing
Excellent coding skills in Java and shell scripting
Must possess strong oral and written communication skill because this person is expected to collaborate and consult with other engineers as well as organizational experts in various fields both inside and outside the organization.
Nice to Have:
Certifications on relevant API Gateways or Amazon Web Services
Excellent coding skills in multiple languages, including Python, Java, JavaScript, Scala, Angular, shell scripting and Node.js
Experience managing extensive and complex API portfolios
Experience with both web and cloud integration APIs, platform independent, must be adaptable to our needs and able to run in any third-party application.
Experience with messaging preferably Kafka, Card Vault, Core Banking System experience, process and systems API creation and management
Experienced in data and server security management to protect large infrastructure
Good knowledge of BIAN framework
What we can do for you:
- Competitive Base Salary Based on Experience plus metric based performance bonus
- Competitive Benefits
- Excellent Company Culture with Individual Development Plans to map out your career growth
- Professional Development Training
- An opportunity to work in a global environment
- Open door policy with management
- Opportunity to work in a global environment with diverse teams built with colleagues from around the world
- Opportunity to work with technology industry leaders in the financial services environment
- Opportunity to work for big name clients in capital markets and industry
Diversity & Inclusion Statement:
At GFT we are committed to cultivating, fostering, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. We want to attract, recruit, develop and retain the most talented employees, regardless of their background. We are guided by our values in everything we do, and recognize that being a diverse and inclusive employer helps us fulfil our social responsibility to make a difference.