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Our pay ranges are built to allow for candidates with various levels of skill and experience to be considered, as well as for room for growth and tenure achieved in a role over time. Typical new hire salary offers fall within the minimum to midpoint of a pay range for many candidates. Any offer extended to a candidate will be based upon their unique set of knowledge, skills, education, and experience as well as internal equity.\nPay Range:\n$129,880.00 - $214,303.00Scheduled Weekly Hours:\n40What You’ll Be Doing\nProvides technical leadership for the architecture, design, development, governance, security, implementation, and support of enterprise APIs and integrations. Leads complex API initiatives across the full SDLC, establishes reusable standards and API-first practices, and guides developers, project teams, and business partners in delivering secure, scalable, reliable solutions. Evaluates technologies and integration approaches, resolves complex technical issues, and drives quality, observability, documentation, and continuous improvement across the API portfolio.\nLeads complex API and software development initiatives across the full SDLC, contributing directly to architecture, design, implementation, testing, deployment, troubleshooting, and production support to ensure successful delivery.\nServes as the technical lead across multiple projects, providing hands-on development, technical direction, code and design reviews, work delegation, coaching, and mentoring to developers in collaboration with the Manager.\nDesigns, develops, and continuously improves secure, scalable enterprise APIs, application integrations, and reusable patterns that support internal platforms, external partners, and third-party systems.\nChampions API-first and contract-first practices by defining clear, consumer-focused RESTful API contracts using standards such as OpenAPI/Swagger and separating API definitions from backend implementation.\nProvides technical leadership and recommendations for API architecture, governance practices, standards, and the adoption of a centralized, audit-ready API catalog and reusable API library.\nEstablishes and enforces API lifecycle controls covering design, testing, approval, deployment, versioning, documentation, deprecation, and retirement to maintain quality and consistency.\nDesigns defense-in-depth API security using enterprise IAM, OpenID Connect, JWT, mutual TLS, gateway controls, PII encryption, audit logging, threat modeling, and automated security testing in the delivery pipeline.\nDevelops and supports API enablement capabilities-including developer portals, documentation, SDKs, and sandbox environments-to accelerate adoption and manage APIs as products across free, partner, and enterprise access tiers.\nImplements API observability through structured logging, distributed tracing, usage and performance metrics, service-level objectives, and proactive alerting to improve reliability and incident response.\nPartners with business units, security, risk, compliance, architecture, and vendors to translate requirements into technical solutions, design integrations and automations, and evaluate build-versus-buy and hybrid gateway strategies.\nPlans and coordinates project delivery by prioritizing requests, developing estimates, assigning work, managing schedules and dependencies, and applying Agile/Scrum practices to meet commitments.\nEvaluates existing applications, integrations, development processes, and emerging technologies to identify performance, automation, standardization, and modernization opportunities across the IT organization.\nDefines and reports project status, API governance metrics, and KPIs-including standards compliance, approval cycle time, catalog adoption, reliability, usage, and security defect trends-to management and stakeholders.\nServes as senior technical resource and project lead, developing estimates, budgets, resources, managing project schedules, deliverables and status reporting to meet approved scope and timelines.\nAdditional Job Functions\nPerforms other duties as assigned\nComplies with regulatory compliance and assigned training requirements including but not limited to BSA regulations corresponding to their specific job duties. Failure to do so may result in disciplinary and other employment related actions.\nQualifications\nHigh School Diploma or GED required\nBachelor's Degree in a related field or equivalent years of experience required\n7-10 years of prior relevant experience required\nKnowledge, Skills, and Abilities\nExpert knowledge of C# , .NET Core, and modern software development practices\nStrong understanding of RESTful API design, integration patterns, versioning, and governance\nExperience designing scalable, secure, and maintainable applications, services, and microservices\nProficiency with SQL Server, T-SQL, database design, and performance optimization\nExperience with modern web technologies including JavaScript, TypeScript, and HTML5\nExperience supporting mobile application platforms utilizing Swift, Java and Kotlin\nExperience with cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices\nKnowledge of authentication, authorization, API security, and secure coding practices\nProficiency with Azure DevOps, source control, automated testing, and deployment tools\nExperience working in Agile and Scrum environments\nStrong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills\nAbility to establish and enforce development standards, engineering best practices, and API governance\nAbility to lead technical design efforts, mentor developers, and conduct code reviews\nStrong verbal and written communication skills\nAbility to manage priorities and deliver results across multiple initiatives\nKnowledge of financial services, digital banking, and credit union operations, or the ability to quickly acquire such knowledge\nSchoolsFirst FCU is committed to Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Hiring\nAt SchoolsFirst FCU we are dedicated to building and growing a diverse, inclusive, and authentic Dream Team, so if you’re excited about a position or wanting to make a career change but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. Many skills are transferrable and you may be just the right candidate for the position, or for other roles we are working on.\nSchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion. 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