Back
Login to See Your Match Score
Create a free account or log in to unlock your CV match score across:
Metro backend role with common Java/API skillset but senior requirement and lesser-known startup brand yields medium competition.
Core API and Java backend skills are broadly transferable across industries.
Explicit 7+ years, mandatory Java/Spring Boot, API gateway experience and leadership make shortlisting highly strict.
Lead design, implementation, and evolution of scalable, secure API architecture and backend services ensuring high performance and reliability.
Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentorship to the API engineering team to uphold engineering rigor and quality standards.
Drive API-first practices, including clear contract definition, API documentation (OpenAPI/Swagger), security, observability, and seamless cross-functional integrations.
7+ years of hands-on API or backend engineering experience with at least 4-5 years developing API-based solutions.
Minimum 2 years experience leading teams in API development.
Strong programming skills in Java 8+, Spring Boot, and Microservices.
Experience with API security (OAuth, JWT, RBAC, PKCE), API documentation standards, and API gateways is mandatory.
Experienced leader capable of mentoring and growing engineers in complex API projects and collaborating across product, UI, and runtime teams.
Proven track record delivering scalable, reliable API systems using modern development practices (CI/CD, automated testing).
Comfortable operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environments balancing rapid delivery with technical and architectural excellence.