Title:  Apigee Developer _ Technical Lead

Area(s) of responsibility

•    Design, develop, and implement API proxies and microservices using APIGEE X and Python frameworks (Flask preferred). Participate in architectural reviews and maintain best practices.
•    Develop microservices using Python following codding best practices, containerize and deploy services on GKE; contribute to CI/CD pipelines and artifact governance.
•    Understand application functionality & drive discussion with business to understand the functional requirement.
•    Integrate microservices with cloud provided services (GCP Machine Translation, GCP Document AI).
•    Ensure API security, scalability, and performance; enforce API contracts, versioning, and interoperability.
•    Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define API specifications and ensure seamless integration.
•    Monitor, troubleshoot (debugging), and optimize API performance; implement analytics and reporting.

Required Qualifications
•    More than 7 years of experience in IT industry as a developer, Tech lead.
•    Strong expertise in APIGEE (preferably APIGEE X) platform. 
•    Understanding of APIGEE API lifecycle management and monetization.
•    Strong hands-on experience in Python and RESTful API development Unit testing, performance testing.
•    Familiarity with API security protocols (OAuth2, JWT), IAM, and governance.
•    Skilled to write complicated SQL queries. Experience with cloud databases (Cloud SQL (MySQL or PostgreSQL), BigQuery) and integrating with data stores/analytics layers.
•    Hands-on experience with deployment on Kubernetes/GKE, Docker, and CI/CD tools (Jenkins).
•    Excellent problem-solving and communication skills are must.
•    Good communication to interact with business & other stockholders.  

Good To Have: 
•    Awareness of SDLC, compliance, and traceability requirements. Exposure to regulated domains (pharma, GxP) is a plus.
•    Experience with API testing tools (Postman, Swagger).