API Engineer
Location: Sydney/Hybrid Working
About the Opportunity
A leading global technology consultancy is seeking an experienced API Engineer to support a major Australian organisation operating in the banking and financial services sector.
This hands-on role will contribute to the end-to-end delivery of an API-focused program. You will work with business stakeholders, technical specialists, developers, and delivery teams to define requirements, document API solutions, and build robust, scalable integrations.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute to the end-to-end delivery of the API program.
- Participate in requirements discussions with business stakeholders.
- Help finalise functional specifications and interface documentation.
- Work with business teams to define functional requirements for new services.
- Collaborate with technical leads and business stakeholders during reviews and sign-offs.
- Document and communicate changes within an Agile delivery environment.
- Produce API requirements, designs, and functional specifications.
- Apply microservices design principles to API and integration solutions.
- Design and develop robust interfaces that integrate different systems and technologies.
- Collaborate with development teams on technical ideas and applications.
- Support internal and external consultants across workshops and delivery engagements.
- Assist with the mentoring of junior consultants.
- Help remediate software issues relating to code quality, security, frameworks, and design patterns. ,
Required Skills and Experience
- Previous experience delivering API frameworks and integration solutions.
- Strong understanding of microservices design principles.
- Commercial development experience with:
- Java 8 or later
- Spring Framework 5.x
- Spring Boot 2.x
- JUnit 5
- Mockito
- Java-based logging frameworks
- Postman
- Modern integrated development environments
- Experience with infrastructure or DevOps design.
- Strong API requirements, design, and functional-specification documentation skills.
- Previous experience delivering technology projects within banking.
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to produce clean, efficient code using test-driven development.
- Experience addressing code-quality and application-security issues. ,
Desirable Experience
Knowledge or practical experience with the following would be advantageous:
- Maven
- Git
- Splunk
- Bamboo
- Swagger
- Software design patterns and standards
What’s on Offer
- A hands-on API engineering position based in Sydney.
- Exposure to a complex banking technology environment.
- The opportunity to contribute across API design, development, integration, testing, and delivery.
- Collaboration with business stakeholders, developers, technical specialists, and experienced consultants.
- Opportunities to support and mentor junior consultants.
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