API Governance Engineer
Glintt Global2 days ago
Barcelona, SpainMid Level
Responsibilities
- Apply and maintain the governance model for REST APIs and event-driven architectures according to established standards, policies, and best practices.
- Review APIs and events for compliance with organizational design and governance standards.
- Apply quality controls and validations to identify non-compliance and improvement opportunities.
- Automate governance controls and validations within CI/CD processes.
- Maintain API and event catalogs and inventories with accurate, classified, and traceable information.
- Apply security, access control, auditing, and observability criteria to APIs and events.
- Define and document APIs, events, and contracts for REST and event-driven solutions.
- Collaborate with architecture, development, security, and business teams.
- Support internal adoption and knowledge-sharing initiatives related to API Governance and Event-Driven Architecture.
Requirements
- Approximately 3–4 years of professional experience in APIs, integration, or architecture.
- Practical knowledge or experience in API Governance and Event-Driven Architecture.
- Experience or strong knowledge of REST and asynchronous API design and definition.
- Knowledge of Swagger/OpenAPI and AsyncAPI for contract definition and documentation.
- Knowledge of Event-Driven Architecture concepts and patterns.
- Knowledge of Avro data schemas and/or techniques such as Event Storming.
- Familiarity with API governance standards, quality controls, and validations.
- Knowledge of CI/CD and automation.
- Knowledge of API security concepts including OAuth, JWT, IAM, mTLS, certificates, or ACLs.
- Knowledge or interest in auditing, traceability, observability, and event lineage.
- Knowledge of BIAN architecture is valued.
- Collaborative working style, proactivity, learning ability, and strong communication skills.
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About Glintt Global
Glintt Global builds healthcare software and provides multi‑sector IT consulting and integration for enterprises, with operations centered in Iberia. Its business runs through two units: Glintt Life (HealthTech) and Glintt Next (technology consulting and services). Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Sintra, Portugal, the privately held company serves hospitals and healthcare providers as well as clients in financial services, public sector, logistics, and other industries.