API Architect

API Architect

Date : Oct 16, 2025

Location : Mexico City, MX, 11850

Working place : Hybrid

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical advisor and thought leader, guiding strategic initiatives and shaping the long-term architectural direction of the platform.
• Design and govern modular, scalable, and secure software architectures, promoting reusability, observability, and operational excellence.
• Lead the adoption of modern architectural paradigms, including microservices, serverless, and event-driven architectures.
• Define and implement robust API integration patterns for internal and external services, ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Infrastructure, Data, Security) to deliver high-impact cloud-native solutions on AWS and hybrid environments.
• Drive technology selection, evaluating frameworks, tools, and services aligned with evolving business needs and industry best practices.
• Ensure compliance with security and regulatory standards such as PCI-DSS, NIST, and internal policies, embedding secure-by-design principles into all solutions.
• Lead discovery sessions, technical deep-dives, and architectural reviews, producing and presenting relevant technical artifacts to internal teams and senior stakeholders.
• Provide architectural direction and governance across projects, contributing to Agile ceremonies, delivery workflows, and continuous improvement practices.
• Support strategic planning by contributing to solution design, scope definition, and technical estimations.
• Mentor and elevate the technical capabilities of team members across the organization, fostering a culture of learning and innovation.
• Shape the platform roadmap, aligning the architecture with the business vision.

Qualifications

Good understanding of at least the following AWS services :

Essential understanding of key security standards :

Preferred Qualifications

About Us

We show commitment to our investors and stand for solid, long-term growth performance. Founded in Germany in 1987 and in American territory since 2008, GFT expanded globally to over 10,000 experts. And to more than 15 markets to ensure proximity to clients. With new opportunities from Asia to Brazil, the international growth story continues. We are committed to grow tech talents worldwide. Because our team’s strong consulting and development skills across legacy and pioneering technologies, like GreenCoding, underpin success. We maintain a family atmosphere in an inclusive work environment.

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