API Platform Engineer

About the role

We are seeking an experienced API Platform Engineer to manage and operate enterprise API platforms that support digital banking and financial services. The role focuses on secure, reusable banking capabilities across digital channels and partner integrations.

Key responsibilities

• Administer API gateways and developer portals, onboarding and publishing modular banking APIs aligned with BIAN standards.
• Implement security mechanisms such as OAuth 2.0, OIDC, mTLS, JWT and access policies.
• Manage API versions, products, subscriptions, policies and the full API lifecycle.
• Provide monitoring, observability, analytics, throttling and monetisation controls.
• Automate platform configuration and deployment via CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure‑as‑code.
• Troubleshoot integration, connectivity, performance and security issues.
• Maintain technical documentation, policies and operational procedures.
• Collaborate with architecture, development, security and infrastructure teams.
• Support open banking initiatives across channels, branches, contact centres and external partners.

Required profile

• 6–10+ years of experience in banking API management or enterprise API platform engineering.
• Hands‑on experience with Kong, Apigee or Azure API Management.
• Working knowledge of BIAN APIs, OpenAPI, AsyncAPI and banking service domains.
• Experience with Kubernetes or OpenShift and Git‑based CI/CD pipelines.

Required skills

• Kong, Apigee, Azure API Management
• OpenAPI, AsyncAPI
• OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT, mTLS
• Kubernetes, OpenShift
• Git, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code
• API lifecycle management, monitoring and troubleshooting
• AI‑assisted engineering tools