Client: T-Mobile

Job Title: API CFE Lead & API Platform Lead

Role: Hybrid (3 days on site, 2 days remote)

Location: Seattle, WA

Employment: C2C/ W2/ 1099

Job details:

• This is primarily a lead role, helping drive technical initiative forward with teams, given broad guidance and support.
• Need to have solid foundations in API exposure space. 
• API life-cycle management (API design best practices, discovery, inventory management, governance) 
• API Provider and Consumer journey
• REST fundamentals.
• API Security (AuthN, AuthZ, OpenID/OAuth 2.0/POP/PKCE etc) & OWASP 
• OAS fundamentals too - API documentation, Error code's etc
• GraphQL is a plus.
• Must: Be able to write production quality code in Java / Open-Source technologies. Python is good to have, exposure to building sdks is strongly desired.
• Must: have good hands-on experience on Microservices architecture, Kafka/Message Broker, and Event Driven Architecture.
• Must: have good hands-on experience on Database technologies (SQL & NoSQL) and design expertise on database modeling etc
• Be able to take direction from tech leads and drive across teams (once teams are aligned) with minimal guidance. This is key, to not require too much granular guidance.
• Doesn't need to have telecom background, need to be able to pick up new concepts quickly
• Hands on Exposure to API Gateways is a strong plus (not a must-to have requirement) as is prior experience with API exposure to customers.