API Architect

Job Role: API Architect
Location: Hopkins, MN (Hybrid)
Duration: 6 Months with possible extension
Hybrid, 3 days onsite at Hopkins location

Summary of the Project: Development of Corporate Trust Account Opening applications.
Responsibilities: Design, develop and test the application. Coordinate with multiple stakeholders to complete the user stories
Skills/Technologies required: Java full stack and IBM BAW with 8 years of experience

Job Description
Implement and deploy API solutions while demonstrating expertise in a number of areas including cloud computing, API design and development, Public and Private API design and development, cloud messaging, ground-to-cloud connectivity, highly scalable distributed systems. Supports projects and design recommendations that span the entire infrastructure. Contributes to creating strategy and evolvable systems, including guidelines, standards, and policies.

• Collaborates with business leaders to help define business strategy and align creative information technology systems architecture to support the strategy. This requires a high degree of interaction with business and operations units to understand the functional needs of the system users as well as the various technology teams, both within and outside of Bank.
• ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
• Creates design principles and prepares technical and infrastructure architecture deliverables that meet business requirements and customer needs. Work is conducted in accordance to standards and methodologies and is consistent with the target business architecture strategy
• Participates in product design recommendations that span the entire infrastructure framework.
• Manage and prioritize the product and feature backlog for your products and APIs
• Lead the API/Micro-Services solution development and delivery, including hands on development
• Responsible for program design, coding, testing, debugging, documentation and preparing detailed specifications from which complex programs will be written.
• Provide application support, which includes problem research, analysis, resolution, and on-call support
• Work with QA/Testing groups to resolve issues and to ensure software quality
• Meet with clients to understand their needs and offer consulting services to internal groups.
• Develop and maintain APIs
• for multiple lines of business within an efficient Agile SDLC and act as an advocate for the API platform
• Builds technical relationships with business, operations, and technical teams and leads design efforts that provides innovative solutions and complex architectures
• Work cross-functionally with various Architects, Engineers, and Product owners across multiple teams in a rapidly evolving environment to translate business needs into API interface and functional requirements