Overview:
An API developer is responsible to rapidly develop, test and deploy APIs, services and their supporting assets within the API life cycle.

Manage and adminster Kong and API Gaeway accross various environments.

**Responsibilities**:
**4**

**Key Responsibilities**

**4.1**

**Functional Responsibilities**
- Active participation during the process of identifying components of the technical solution along with lead/manger.
- Effectively collaborates with Quality Assurance Testing and Projects Teams during testing phases.
- Contributes original and resourceful ideas in brainstorming sessions.
- Promotes cooperation and commitment within a team to achieve goals and deliverables.
- Builds constructive working relationships characterized by a high level of acceptance, cooperation, and mutual respect.

**4.2**

**Core Responsibilities**
- Responsible for developing API swagger and xslt from API define and mapping specifications
- Responsible for creating API assembly using built-in and user defined policies.
- Responsible for implementing various user defined policies.
- Responsible for following standards and practices during SDLC.
- Responsible to implement RESTful APIs for various message formats like JSONs, XMLs, files.
- Responsible for implementing security aspects into the APIs.
- Responsible for implementing API Manager extensions.
- Responsible to create plans, products and publish products to developer portal.
- Responsible for configuring and publishing APIs using command line
- Responsible for installing developer toolkit on desktop
- Responsible for documenting the release steps for deploying an API to different environments in a Release Document.
- Responsible to analyze logs to identify problems within the IBM API Connect Cloud
- Responsible for analyze issues within the developer toolkit on desktop
- Responsible for customizing API details screen on Developer Portal for each API developed by the developer
- Responsible for implementing and maintain latest security standards to protect APIs. : Oauth, JWT, JWS and JWE
- Responsible to understand and undertake POC/research on latest open source technologies.

**5**

**Problem solving and Complexity**
- Required to undertake research on technology issues that will better serve the Bank.
- Required to do POC in the latest open source technologies using IBM Bluemix and node js
- Expected to understand the latest releases and suggest improvements.
- Expected to recommend suggestions to improve API components reliability, performance and scalability.
- Help in solving production issues and performance issues.

Essential skills:
Experience in KONG API Gateway development is mandatory.

Experience in microservices development and deployment.

Desired Skills:
KONG API Adminstration knowledge is added advantage.