Must-Have Skills

- Strong experience in designing and developing RESTful APIs using OpenAPI/Swagger specifications.
- Proficient in API-first development practices with a focus on scalability, reusability, and clean architecture.
- Hands-on experience deploying APIs on OpenShift or Kubernetes platforms.
- Deep understanding of API security protocols, including OAuth2, JWT (JSON Web Tokens), and mutual TLS (mTLS).
- Proficient in one or more backend programming languages (e.g., Java, Python, Node.js, Go) used to build APIs.
- Solid knowledge of HTTP, REST, and microservices principles.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines for automated API deployment.

Positive-to-Have Skills

- Experience with API gateways (e.g., Apigee, Kong, AWS API Gateway, or 3scale).
- Familiarity with event-driven APIs (e.g., Webhooks, Kafka-based patterns).
- Experience with API versioning and lifecycle management.
- Knowledge of rate limiting, throttling, and caching strategies for APIs.
- Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS) and serverless API implementations.
- Understanding of OpenID Connect, SAML, and other federated identity protocols.
- Familiarity with observability tools (e.g., Grafana, ELK Stack).

📌 Assistant Manager-Application Development-Applications Development Engineering (Secunderabad)
🏢 EXL
📍 Secunderabad