Position Title: API Solution Director
Location: BDO Tower, Ortigas, Pasig City
Work arrangements: Morning Shift, 5x RTO
Position Overview:
As an API Solution Director, you will be responsible for delivering effective solution designs within the Open Banking Center of Excellence (COE). You will take the lead in designing end-to-end API solutions to meet business needs, ensuring alignment with strategic architecture principles and industry best practices. This role requires a highly experienced individual who can independently deliver design artifacts, engage stakeholders, and oversee technical implementation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Solution Design and Delivery:
- Design and deliver end-to-end API solutions to meet business needs.
- Take ownership of API design and API security within the Open Banking COE.
- Best Practices and Standards:
- Define and adopt best practices in API design, leveraging industry standards.
- Highlight areas of improvement and implement industry best practices.
- Stakeholder Engagement:
- Engage stakeholders in workshops to align on desired outcomes.
- Present solutions to the Customer's Architecture Review Board when necessary.
- Project Contribution:
- Contribute to solution planning, including estimation processes and risk identification.
- Collaborate with the delivery lead to break down solutions into iterative deliverables for sprints.
- Technical Leadership:
- Review designs and code produced by technical teams to ensure alignment with solution design.
- Provide expertise in handling requirements and change requests to maintain fit-for-purpose solutions.
Required Skills and Experience:
- Extensive experience as a solution architect in large-scale API integration projects and programs.
- Expertise in REST API design principles, including creating Swagger/RAML definitions.
- Strong knowledge of API security standards (e.g., mutual authentication, OAuth, OIDC).
- Proficiency with industry-standard API management platforms (e.g., MuleSoft, Apigee, Kong, AWS API Gateway).
- Experience in modeling, building, and deploying large-scale distributed microservices using Java and Spring Boot.
- Deep understanding of cross-cutting concerns such as observability, logging, monitoring, and error handling.
- Familiarity with industry-standard solutions like Splunk or ELK.
- Proficiency in public cloud platforms (AWS preferred).
- Knowledge of Enterprise Integration Patterns and tools like Kafka is highly advantageous.
- Experience with DevOps solutions (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab, AWS CodePipeline).
- Financial services experience is a plus.
Key Competencies:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
- Ability to lead and take ownership of complex deliveries.
- Highly collaborative and adept at working in dynamic environments.
Why Join Us:
- Work on transformative API solutions in the Open Banking domain.
- Collaborate with a highly skilled team of technology experts.
- Opportunity for professional growth and career advancement.
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
Application Process: If you meet the qualifications and are excited to contribute to large-scale API integration projects, please submit your resume detailing your experience and expertise.
JWay Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.