API Designer

Job Title: API Designer
Location: Knutsford
Salary/Rate: Up to £393 per day INSIDE IR35
Start Date: 29/05/2025
Job Type: Contract

Company Introduction
We have an exciting opportunity now available with one of our sector-leading financial services clients! They are currently looking for a skilled API Designer to join their team for an initial contract until the end of July.

Job Responsibilities/Objectives

1. Accountable for delivering effective solution designs within the Open Banking COE, taking the lead on the solution design from an API design and API Security perspective
2. Design end-to-end API solutions to meet business needs within the context of a broader solution implementation
3. Contributor to overall solution planning, providing input into the estimation process as well as highlighting technical risks, issues, and assumptions
4. Define and derive best practices in the API space, adopting industry best practices and highlighting areas of improvements
5. Produce required design artefacts, independently or as part of a team
6. Engage with key stakeholders in workshops to get desired outcome
7. Present to the Customer's Architecture Review Board when necessary
8. Ensure solutions align with strategic architecture principles and direction
9. Review the designs and code produced by the technical teams to ensure alignment with the overall solution design
10. Support the delivery lead, to break down the solution so that it can be delivered iteratively in sprints
11. Review requirements and monitor change requests to ensure that the solution design is fit for purpose

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.

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