API Solution Architect – Node.js
Role: API Solution Architect – Node.js Location: Remote We are seeking an experienced API Solution Architect with strong Node.js expertise to design, develop, and modernize enterprise-scale API solutions. This role will lead the architecture of secure, scalable, and high-performing APIs while driving API transformation and integration initiatives across cloud-native platforms. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Node.js, API architecture, microservices, and modern integration patterns, along with experience designing agentic API migration factories utilizing chained LLM-driven pipelines with human-gated PR reviews.
Responsibilities
Architect and lead the design of scalable, secure, and high-performance RESTful APIs, GraphQL services, and event-driven integrations using Node.js, NestJS, Express, and Fastify. Design and deliver agentic API migration factories using chained LLM-driven pipelines with human-gated PR reviews to accelerate legacy-to-modern API transformation initiatives. Author and govern custom GitHub Copilot Skills and AI-assisted engineering accelerators as reusable delivery artifacts across programs and teams. Establish and promote Open API Specification (OAS)-first development workflows, standards, and governance across NestJS, Fastify, Express, Lambda, and serverless architectures. Define enterprise API standards, architectural patterns, governance frameworks, and best practices for scalability, maintainability, and reuse. Partner with product owners, engineering teams, enterprise architects, and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into modern API-led solutions. Drive cloud-native API architectures aligned with enterprise integration strategies across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments. Implement and enforce API security best practices, including OAuth2, JWT, SSO, encryption, rate limiting, and threat mitigation controls. Lead API lifecycle management processes including design, documentation, versioning, deployment, observability, and governance. Evaluate, recommend, and integrate API management platforms such as Apigee, Kong, AWS API Gateway, MuleSoft, or equivalent technologies. Guide development teams on microservices architecture, domain-driven design, event-driven systems, and asynchronous communication models. Establish observability, monitoring, performance engineering, and scalability testing frameworks to ensure APIs consistently meet SLAs. Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and architectural guidance for engineering teams focused on modern API development and AI-assisted engineering practices. Collaborate with DevOps and platform engineering teams to implement CI/CD pipelines, automated quality controls, and infrastructure-as-code practices. Qualifications 10+ years of software engineering experience with at least 5+ years in Solution Architecture, Principal Architecture, or Enterprise Architecture roles. Strong hands-on expertise in Node.js, JavaScript, TypeScript, Express.js, NestJS, and Fastify. Extensive experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale API platforms and integration architectures. Proven experience modernizing legacy applications and APIs using cloud-native and microservices-based approaches. Experience building or leveraging LLM-powered automation, AI-assisted development frameworks, GitHub Copilot customization, or agentic engineering workflows. Deep understanding of REST, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSocket’s, and event-driven integration patterns. Strong knowledge of API security, authentication, authorization, rate limiting, caching, and governance frameworks. Hands-on experience with cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, and/or GCP. Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, serverless architectures, and container orchestration technologies. Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, DevSecOps practices, and automated testing frameworks. Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases including PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, or equivalent platforms. Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills. Strong understanding of Agile, Lean, DevOps, and continuous improvement methodologies.
Preferred Qualifications
Cloud certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, Microsoft Azure Architect Expert, or Google Cloud Professional Architect. Experience implementing enterprise AI platforms, generative AI solutions, and LLM orchestration frameworks. Experience developing and governing custom GitHub Copilot Skills, Prompt Engineering standards, and AI development accelerators. Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, Event Bridge, or other event-streaming technologies. Familiarity with observability platforms such as Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or New Relic. Experience with API monetization, developer portals, and API product management. Background supporting large-scale enterprise digital transformation, financial services, telecommunications, technology, or consulting environments. Experience leading globally distributed engineering teams and large modernization program