Senior API Manager

Boost IT is made up of people who are motivated to improve the world and who are passionate about technology. Our vision focuses on the skill to bring people together around complex problem solving for our clients creating sophisticated solutions.

People are our most important asset and the reason for our business. We are proud of our strong culture that challenges the status quo and always searches for the best solution for our clients.

We believe technology can lead to a positive change in society connect and inspire and ultimately lead to a better future.

Tasks

• Analyze design build test and deploy API Management and Microservices solutions based on business and technical requirements.
• Assume technical leadership role and work with Solution Architects to design amazing solutions; participate in the definition of the roadmap of the solutions.
• Foster Software Engineering best practices across multiple stakeholders.
• Participate in the definition and continuous improvement of Software Development Principles and Practices as well as ensuring they are understood and followed across projects and stakeholders.
• Mentor and lead team members towards a lean culture that values continuous improvement.
• Contribute to the Software Engineering community to ensure a motivated and collaborative ecosystem.
• Promote business continuity by supporting proposals and hiring activities.

Requirements

• 5 years of experience designing and developing Microservices and API Management solutions.
• Experience developing Java software (mandatory experience with Java 8 and latest versions).
• Experience developing API Management technologies:
• Google Apigee (mandatory)
• Kong Gateway (optional)
• AWS API Gateway (optional)
• Strong understanding of objectoriented programming and Microservice architecture design patterns.
• Indepth knowledge in defining Digital Experience/Engagement architectures.
• Experience in designing and developing APIbased and Eventbased solutions for scalable distributed systems.
• Experience in security standards e.g.: HTTPS TLS OAuth OIDC SAML JWT CORS etc.
• Experience with Caching strategies.
• Experience with Traffic Management strategies.
• Experience in defining and implementing API monetization models.
• Experience in modeling APIs with OpenAPI specifications (Swagger).
• Experience in configuring and maintaining API Developer Portals.
• Experience in defining API Governance processes.
• Indepth understanding of transmission protocols (e.g.: HTTP WebSocket TCP UDP ) and communication standards (e.g.: REST SOAP GraphQL gRPC ).
• Strong knowledge regarding cloud (AWS Azure GCP) and containerized solutions (Docker Kubernetes).
• Indepth understanding of product deployment topologies (SaaS onprem hybrid).
• Experience in TMFORUM Open framework.
• Experience in Telco Business area (BSS OSS).
• Experience in Agile delivery methodologies (Scrum Kanban etc).
• Ability to adapt to different contexts and stakeholders.
• Openmindedness to implement innovative ideas (own ideas or from others).
• Teamwork skills but also a sense of autonomy.
• Motivation for international projects.