Sr APIM Engineer/Lead - Senior Software Engineer

Capgemini • Nashville, TN

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Capgemini team offers extensive career opportunities and provides mentoring and coaching for teammates. This role is an experienced professional with a strong background in software development. The Senior APIM Engineer / Lead is responsible for designing, implementing, governing, and scaling enterprise API platforms. This role combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership, ensuring APIs are secure, performant, reusable, and aligned with business and integration strategies.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering or integration, with 3+ years focused on API management platforms.
• Strong understanding of RESTful API design and HTTP concepts.
• Hands-on experience with API gateways such as Azure APIM, Apigee, Mulesoft, Kong, or AWS API Gateway.
• Experience with authentication and authorization mechanisms (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT).
• Proficiency with at least one programming or scripting language (e.g., Java, C#, JavaScript, Python).
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Solid understanding of networking concepts (DNS, TLS, load balancing).
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines and release automation.
• Infrastructure-as-Code experience (Terraform, ARM, Bicep, CloudFormation).

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus.
• Experience with event-driven and async APIs (Kafka, Event Grid, SNS/SQS).
• Knowledge of API product management concepts and API monetization (if applicable).

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate enterprise API platforms (e.g., Azure APIM, Apigee, Mulesoft, Kong, AWS API Gateway).
• Develop and enforce API standards, patterns, and best practices (REST, GraphQL, async/event-driven APIs).
• Configure API gateways for routing, policies, throttling, caching, transformations, and versioning.
• Implement API lifecycle management from design through retirement.
• Partner with security teams to ensure compliance with enterprise security, regulatory, and data protection requirements.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for API deployments using tools such as GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitLab.
• Automate API provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation, etc.).
• Enable monitoring, logging, and alerting using tools like App Insights, Splunk, Datadog, New Relic, or cloud-native services.
• Support integration of APIs with internal applications, third-party partners, and SaaS platforms.
• Optimize API performance, resiliency, and scalability for high-volume workloads.
• Serve as technical lead for API initiatives and platform modernization efforts.

Benefits

• Paid time off based on employee grade (A-F), defined by policy: Vacation: 12-25 days, depending on grade, Company paid holidays, Personal Days, Sick Leave
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage (or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada)
• Retirement savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S., RRSP in Canada)
• Life and disability insurance
• Employee assistance programs
• Other benefits as provided by local policy and eligibility

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed