Job Title: API Architect

Location: Buffalo, New York (Hybrid 3 days on-site / 2 days remote)

Experience: 10 15+ Years

Department: Enterprise Technology Division

Employment Type: Contract (6+ Months)

Domain Needed: Banking/Financial

About the Role:

We are looking for a highly experienced API Architect to lead the design, governance, and evolution of enterprise-scale API ecosystems supporting banking and financial services platforms. This role is critical to driving digital transformation through secure, scalable, and standards-driven API architectures for mission-critical systems.

This position requires deep technical expertise, strong architectural vision, and the ability to collaborate across engineering, operations, security, and business teams.

Key Responsibilities:

API Design & Architecture

• Design and govern REST, GraphQL, XML, and event-driven (AsyncAPI) architectures
• Define API contracts, schemas, versioning, and lifecycle standards
• Drive API-first development and developer experience (DX) initiatives
• Lead PoCs and architectural patterns for modern integration strategies

Integration & Microservices

• Architect API & messaging patterns using Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.
• Design scalable microservices and event-driven architectures
• Configure and optimize API gateways (AWS API Gateway, Kong, MuleSoft, etc.)

Cloud & DevOps

• Architect cloud-native API solutions on AWS
• Enable CI/CD pipelines using GitHub, Jenkins, Nexus, Maven, Sonar
• Implement observability using Splunk, AppDynamics, Prometheus

Governance & Security

• Establish API governance frameworks & best practices
• Enforce security models using OAuth 2.0, JWT, SAML
• Ensure compliance with regulatory & security standards

Required Technical Skills:

Programming & Platforms

• Java, Spring Boot, Kotlin, Node.js, Python, Linux

Integration & API Standards

• REST, JSON, XML, OpenAPI / Swagger 3.x

API Security

• OAuth 2.0, JWT, SAML

Cloud & Infrastructure

• AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Containerization
• API Gateway technologies (AWS / Kong / MuleSoft)

Testing & Quality

• JUnit, Postman, Insomnia, JMeter

Observability & Monitoring

• Splunk, AppDynamics, Prometheus

CI/CD & DevOps

• GitHub, Jenkins, Nexus, Maven, Sonar