API Software Engineer

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What you’ll do

As an API Software Engineer Specialist – IoT Digital Engineering, you will be responsible for the design, development, deployment, and lifecycle management of APIs and API gateway solutions—primarily focused on Google Apigee. This is a key technical role contributing directly to the performance, scalability, and security of digital products and services. Your work will significantly influence both internal integration strategies and external API exposure, impacting the customer experience and product delivery timelines.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams—product owners, architecture, backend / frontend developers, QA, and operations—to ensure the consistent and high-quality delivery of API-first solutions. The role requires strong ownership and leadership to act as a technical guide and decision-maker on API-related matters, from concept to production.

Main Responsibilities :

• Design and implement secure, scalable, and performant APIs in line with enterprise standards and integration needs.
• Lead and support the definition of API contracts (OpenAPI specifications), versioning strategies, and lifecycle governance.
• Manage API Gateway configurations (primarily Apigee), including proxy policies, rate limiting, authentication, and developer portal setup.
• Collaborate with teams to build automation pipelines for API deployment and CI / CD integration.
• Troubleshoot production issues across services and APIs, conduct root cause analysis, and implement permanent fixes.
• Document integration patterns, technical designs, and best practices related to API development and management.
• Actively contribute to improving the developer experience by advocating for consistent design patterns, reusable components, and quality-first development culture.
• Work closely with architecture teams to align on RESTful practices, event-driven patterns, and microservices integration.
• Identify opportunities to improve scalability, observability, and performance across API layers and gateway setups.

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