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.