Location:On-Site 4 days/week. Dallas, Columbus, or Phoenix office.
Must Haves: 10 + years of experience in API development and integration, with deep expertise in MuleSoft (CloudHub & On-Prem). Strong knowledge of MuleSoft API security, authentication, and encryption for financial services. Expertise in hybrid API deployments, including on-prem Mule runtimes, Anypoint Runtime Fabric, and CloudHub worker management. Proven experience optimizing vCore allocation and high-performance transaction processing. Strong background in event-driven architectures and real-time processing using Kafka. Expertise in observability tools like ELK, AppDynamics, and Grafana for proactive monitoring and issue resolution. Hands-on experience with NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Azure CosmosDB) and relational databases. Solid experience in Agile methodologies, DevSecOps, CI/CD, and automated deployment strategies. Excellent leadership, mentorship, and collaboration skills, with a focus on team development and process optimization. Familiarity with Gen AI tools for automated API development and enhanced productivity.
Day-2-Day Responsibilities:
- We are seeking a highly experienced MuleSoft Sr Engineer with 10+ years of expertise in API architecture, design, development, and full lifecycle management to lead the Payments API ecosystem.
- This role requires deep technical knowledge of MuleSoft, along with advanced API Management and API Security for Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS).
- The ideal candidate will be responsible for optimizing vCore utilization, ensuring high availability, and designing fault-tolerant, scalable payment API solutions.
- Additionally, the candidate should drive platform observability, leverage Gen AI for rapid API development, and continuously innovate to enhance the ecosystem's business value.
Technical:
- Architect, design, and implement MuleSoft APIs for high-performance, scalable, and secure payment processing.
- Optimize vCore utilization for cost efficiency, resource allocation, and high availability.
- Develop resilient and fault-tolerant API architectures, ensuring zero-downtime deployments and disaster recovery strategies.
- Lead full API lifecycle management, from development and security hardening to deployment and maintenance.
- Implement API security best practices, including OAuth 2.0, JWT, mTLS, certificate-based authentication, and encryption standards for financial transactions.
- Ensure adherence to FDX (Financial Data Exchange) standards for secure financial data interoperability.
- Build event-driven architectures utilizing Kafka for high-throughput and low-latency transaction processing.
- Implement NoSQL database integration (MongoDB, Azure CosmosDB) for flexible and scalable data storage solutions.
- Develop observability frameworks with ELK to monitor API performance, security, and anomalies.
- Optimize MuleSoft worker configurations, clustering, and autoscaling strategies for CloudHub deployments.
- Need to come up with strategy for future hybrid deployments - Cloud hub and On-prem.
- Implement MuleSoft High Availability (HA) clustering and load balancing to ensure resilience and failover capabilities.
- Enforce security policies and compliance controls specific to MuleSoft API gateways.
Process & People:
- Drive engineering best practices, enforcing agile methodologies, DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing.
- Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering technical excellence and knowledge-sharing within the team.
- Advocate for continuous improvement, leveraging Gen AI tools to accelerate API development and optimize workflows.
- Collaborate with business, security, and infrastructure teams to align API strategies with business goals.
- Lead root cause analysis and incident resolution processes, ensuring proactive risk mitigation.
- Establish API governance frameworks to standardize development, deployment, and versioning across the bank's API landscape.
For applications and inquiries, contact: [email protected]