Design, develop, and maintain RESTful and/or SOAP APIs for internal and external integrations.

• Lead end-to-end API integration projects with third-party vendors, partners, and internal platforms.

• Analyze business requirements and translate them into scalable integration solutions.

• Develop and manage API contracts, specifications (OpenAPI/Swagger), and documentation.

• Implement secure authentication and authorization mechanisms (OAuth2, JWT, API Keys).

• Handle data transformations, mappings, and orchestration across systems.

• Monitor API performance, reliability, and scalability; troubleshoot integration issues.

• Enforce API best practices including versioning, error handling, throttling, and logging.

• Collaborate with product managers, architects, DevOps, and QA teams.

• Mentor junior developers and conduct code reviews.

• Ensure compliance with security, data privacy, and r...