API Platform And Integration PHP Laravel Developer

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced API Platform & Integration Expert to establish and manage the organization's API ecosystem using Kong API Gateway (Open Source). The role will drive API governance, integration architecture, microservices adoption, and SOAP-to-REST modernization while enabling secure and scalable integrations across internal and external applications. The candidate will collaborate with application, infrastructure, cloud, and business teams to support the organization's digital transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

API Platform & Governance

• Design and manage the enterprise API framework using Kong API Gateway.
• Define API governance, standards, versioning, documentation, and lifecycle management.
• Oversee API onboarding, publishing, monitoring, and support.
• Ensure API performance, availability, and scalability.
  
  

• Design and manage REST and SOAP-based integrations.
• Lead SOAP-to-REST modernization initiatives.
• Integrate internal applications, partner systems, and third-party platforms.
• Support backend integrations built on PHP Laravel and Python.
  
  

• Design and implement microservices-based solutions.
• Define integration patterns and communication standards.
• Support application modernization and service decomposition.
• Ensure scalable, resilient, and maintainable architectures.
  
  

• Support API solutions hosted on AWS.
• Implement API security, access controls, and compliance requirements.
• Enable CI/CD, monitoring, logging, troubleshooting, and automation initiatives.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and cloud teams to ensure platform stability and reliability.
  
  

• Kong API Gateway (Open Source)
• REST APIs, SOAP Web Services, WSDL
• SOAP-to-REST Migration
• Microservices Architecture
• PHP Laravel and Python
• AWS Cloud Exposure
• API Security & Governance
• MySQL / PostgreSQL
• Git, CI/CD
• JSON, XML, Swagger/OpenAPI
  
  

• BFSI / Mutual Fund / Banking / FinTech domain.
• Integrations with CAMS, KFintech, CKYC, payment gateways, and partner platforms.
• Experience exposing APIs to external systems.
• Exposure to containerization and cloud-native technologies.
• Experience establishing API governance frameworks from scratch.
  
  

• Enterprise API Governance Framework
• Kong API Gateway Administration
• SOAP-to-REST Modernization
• Microservices Adoption Roadmap
• Secure and Scalable Integration Platform
• API Monitoring and Operational Governance