API Integration Project Manager

Job Title: API Integration Project Manager

Skills: API, Spring, AWS, Devops

Experience: 12+ years

Location: Markham, ON (Hybrid)

Duration: Fulltime

We at Coforge are hiring an API Integration Project Manager the following skillset :

Program & Delivery Leadership

• Own end-to-end delivery of the API migration program: scope, timelines, budget, quality, risk, and stakeholder communications.
• Implement governance (RAID logs, change control, release readiness) and metrics/KPIs to track progress and value realization.
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies (application teams, data, security, DevOps, infra, QA, and business).

Technical Project Management

• Lead migration from legacy REST/SOAP endpoints to Spring Boot-based microservices deployed on AWS
• Oversee API design-first delivery (OpenAPI/Swagger), versioning strategy, backward compatibility.
• Ensure robust integration architecture (synchronous/asynchronous patterns, event-driven designs with SNS/SQS/Kafka).
• Guide implementation of CI/CD pipelines, and feature flags to reduce release risk.
• Direct performance & load testing, contract testing and end-to-end integration testing.

Required Qualifications

• 9–12+ years in project/program management with 3–5+ years leading integration or API modernization projects.
• Strong understanding of API lifecycle management and integration patterns.
• Experience with:
• Spring Boot
• AWS: API Gateway, Lambda/ECS/EKS, IAM, CloudWatch, CloudFormation/Terraform, S3, RDS/DynamoDB, SNS/SQS.
• DevOps/CI-CD: GitHub Actions/Jenkins, artifact management
• Observability: logging/metrics/tracing
• Proficiency in Agile and hybrid delivery, with tooling like Jira/Confluence.
• Demonstrated ability to manage dependencies, vendor partners, and budget/financials.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.