Syone - API Architect
Skip to content

API Architect

  • Hybrid
    • Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
    • Porto, Porto, Portugal
    +1 more
  • Professional Services

Job description

We are seeking a skilled API Architect to establish and uphold API governance, security standards, and design best practices for our client.


What you'll do:

  • Ensure API lifecycle management aligns with organizational governance models;

  • Review API specifications to ensure compliance with internal guidelines and best practices;

  • Assess API security models and propose enhancements to meet security requirements;

  • Facilitate API lifecycle processes across multiple projects;

  • Streamline and industrialize API lifecycle processes to improve efficiency.

Job requirements

What you'll need to bring:

  • Strong architectural mindset with the ability to quickly grasp API objectives and drive teams toward best practices;

  • Hands-on experience with API Management Platforms (e.g., Apigee, WSO2, or others);

  • Proficiency in API specification formats: OpenAPI v3, Swagger 2, WSDL;

  • Strong understanding of data formats such as JSON and XML;

  • Deep knowledge of authentication, authorization, and encryption standards, including OAuth2, OIDC, mTLS, FAPI, TLS/SSL;

  • Experience using API design tools and linters;

  • Familiarity with OpenAI and working with YAML for API definitions.

What will be valued:

  • Experience working in enterprise environments with large-scale API ecosystems;

  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills;

  • Ability to work with cross-functional teams and influence API strategy;

  • Experience implementing API security best practices.


What can Syone offer me:

  • Integration in an organization with profound and sustained growth and involvement in pioneering projects with innovative technological solutions;

  • Strong IT training plans;

  • Professional evolution with intervention in ambitious technological projects, both national and internationally.

or