Senior API Engineer (French Speaker)

As an API Manager, you will be part of a team responsible for designing and implementing an API framework for multiple business areas across the CA Group.

You will support different teams in developing external‑facing APIs, providing:

• core building blocks
• documentation
• best practices
• training on API adoption

The team operates using Agile methodology (sprints) and collaborates closely with a remote Team Lead.

In the long term, this role will help establish a Design Authority extension in Portugal, supporting guidelines, best practices, and future recruitment.

• Strong understanding of APIs, API Composition, BFF, API Gateway
• Ability to design Java services and components in a microservices ecosystem
• API documentation expertise: Swagger, OpenAPI (JSON/YAML)
• Ability to write and structure technical best practices
• Strong proficiency with Java 8–11
• Excellent knowledge of Spring Boot (v2+), Spring Data, JPA, Hibernate
• Strong expertise with Spring Security
• Understanding of API authentication and authorization
• Ability to build POCs and simple Hello World examples
• Awareness of API monitoring
• Capability to assist in API architecture and reusable API design
• Experience with API performance optimization
• Good understanding of French.

Additional Skills (Nice to Have)

• Jenkins (v2+)
• Splunk (v8+)
• Docker
• API catalog tools (SwaggerHub, Backstage, etc.)