API Gateway Designer

Purpose of the role

To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues. 

Accountabilities

• Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance.
• Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives.
• Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.
• Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contribute to the organization’s technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.
• Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions.
• Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

Join us as an API Gateway Designer at Barclays, where you will spearhead the evolution of our infrastructure and deployment pipelines, driving innovation and operational excellence. You will harness cutting-edge technology to build and manage robust, scalable and secure infrastructure, ensuring seamless delivery of our digital solutions.  

To be successful as an API Gateway Designer, you should have experience with:

• Strong hands-on experience in API Gateway technologies (Tyk / Apigee / Kong / Service Mesh / MuleSoft) with deep understanding of routing, authentication, policy enforcement, and API lifecycle management.
• Solid expertise in API security concepts – JWT (HMAC/RSA), OAuth2, mTLS, certificates, encryption and authorization mechanisms.
• Experience in Open API (OAS) design and validation, API contract-first development, and ensuring compliance with API standards.
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture and REST-based integrations.
• Hands-on experience with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines (GitLab / Jenkins), including API onboarding, deployment automation, and environment promotions.
• Experience in containerized environments (OpenShift / Kubernetes) and cloud-native deployments.
• Good exposure to observability tools (logging, monitoring, tracing – ELK / OpenTelemetry / AppD) and troubleshooting production issues.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts – TLS, reverse proxy, firewall, routing, certificates.
• Proven ability to work across multiple teams and lead API onboarding / platform initiatives.
• Strong ownership mindset with ability to lead technical discussions, review designs, challenge gaps, maintain documentation, and guide junior team members.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Experience specifically with Tyk Gateway (Dashboard, Pump, MDCB, plugins/middleware) or similar extensible gateway architecture.
• Knowledge of payment domain / financial APIs.
• Experience in high-availability and resilience design (active-active setups, BCP migration, disaster recovery planning).
• Exposure to policy design and governance frameworks for API onboarding, access control, and compliance.
• Hands-on experience with performance testing / NFT / scalability tuning for API platforms.
• Understanding of security and compliance standards (CSO, vulnerability management, certificate lifecycle).
• Familiarity with API analytics and developer portal capabilities for API consumption and reporting.
   

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.
The role is based out of Pune.