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Senior Api Platform Architect
 Tata Consultancy Services | |
$100,000 - $125,000
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sick time, 401(k)
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 United States, New Jersey, Jersey City | |
 Oct 28, 2026 | |
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Job Description
Must Have Technical/Functional Skills * 12+ years of experience in software architecture, API platform engineering, and enterprise application development. * Strong experience designing and building enterprise API platforms and reusable API frameworks from scratch. * Hands-on expertise in Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, JSON, OpenAPI/Swagger, and microservices architecture. * Experience with API Gateway technologies such as Apigee, Kong, MuleSoft, NGINX, AWS API Gateway, or similar. * Strong understanding of API security, including OAuth2, JWT, SSO, mTLS, authentication, authorization, and policy enforcement. * Experience implementing load balancing, traffic management, throttling, failover, high availability, and resiliency patterns. * Strong knowledge of Oracle, SQL, database design, performance tuning, and data access layer architecture. * Experience with caching, connection pooling, service discovery, fault tolerance, and distributed systems. * Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and automated deployments. * Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, Dynatrace, or similar. * Strong understanding of API governance, versioning, lifecycle management, and consumer onboarding processes. * Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Good to Have Skills * Experience with enterprise data services and reference data platforms. * Exposure to event-driven architecture and messaging technologies such as Kafka, MQ, or RabbitMQ. * Experience in Banking, Capital Markets, Trading, or Financial Services environments. * Experience supporting multiple applications through a centralized API platform. * Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. * Experience supporting mission-critical, high-volume transactional systems. Roles & Responsibilities * Design and build a scalable enterprise API platform and reusable API framework from the ground up. * Develop and architect RESTful APIs using Java and Spring Boot. * Design real-time, historical, and point-in-time business data access services. * Configure and manage API Gateway capabilities including routing, load balancing, throttling, failover, and service orchestration. * Define and implement API security standards, versioning strategies, governance models, and lifecycle management processes. * Implement authentication and authorization mechanisms using OAuth2, JWT, SSO, and mTLS. * Design and implement caching, connection pooling, resiliency, and performance optimization solutions. * Build reusable components and services that can be consumed by multiple internal and external applications. * Establish API consumer onboarding processes and API access management standards. * Implement logging, monitoring, tracing, alerting, analytics, and usage reporting capabilities. * Collaborate with application, infrastructure, security, database, DevOps, and architecture teams to deliver end-to-end platform solutions. * Support performance testing, production deployment, troubleshooting, operational readiness, and platform governance. * Provide architecture leadership, technical guidance, and best practices for API platform adoption across the organization. TCS Employee Benefits Summary: Discretionary Annual Incentive. Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Medical & Health, Dental & Vision, Disability Planning & Insurance, Pet Insurance Plans. Family Support: Maternal & Parental Leaves. Insurance Options: Auto & Home Insurance, Identity Theft Protection. Convenience & Professional Growth: Commuter Benefits & Certification & Training Reimbursement. Time Off: Vacation, Time Off, Sick Leave & Holidays. Legal & Financial Assistance: Legal Assistance, 401K Plan, Performance Bonus, College Fund, Student Loan Refinancing. Salary Range $100,000 - $125,000 a year Location
Jersey City, NJ
Function
TECHNOLOGY
Role
Technical Architect
ID
434857
Skills
API(Application programming interface)
Salary Range
$100,000 - $125,000 Desired Candidate Profile
Qualifications BACHELOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE | |