Yaseen Mohammed

API Integration Specialist with 12+ years of enterprise experience designing, developing, and managing secure, scalable API proxies on Apigee and IBM WebSphere DataPower. Proven expertise in implementing enterprise-grade API security (OAuth2, JWT, API Keys, Mutual TLS), building reusable shared flows and policies, and integrating APIs with microservices, databases, and legacy SOAP systems. Strong track record in API performance optimization, CI/CD pipeline automation, full API lifecycle management, and cross-functional collaboration on API governance and modernization initiatives across cloud platforms including GCP, AWS, and Azure.

API Integration Specialist / Apigee Platform Engineer at MCA Merchandising Consultant Associates (2017-09 – 2025-07)

• Designed and developed secure, scalable API proxies on Apigee, implementing traffic management, routing, and transformation policies to support high-volume customer-facing integrations across financial and e-commerce domains.
• Implemented enterprise-grade API security standards including OAuth 2.0, JWT validation and generation, API key enforcement, Mutual TLS, and threat-protection policies, ensuring compliance with organizational security frameworks.
• Built reusable shared flows and policies on the Apigee platform, improving API development efficiency and governance consistency across cross-functional teams and reducing proxy development time by 30%.
• Integrated APIs with backend microservices, databases (MS SQL, Oracle), and legacy SOAP services, enabling seamless end-to-end digital workflows and reliable cross-system data exchange.
• Optimized API performance using caching strategies, quota enforcement, rate limiting, and load balancing policies, consistently supporting high-volume traffic while maintaining 99.5% API uptime.
• Automated API deployments through CI/CD pipelines using Git, Jenkins, and Azure DevOps, reducing deployment cycle time by 30% and standardizing release processes across environments.
• Monitored API performance and health using Apigee Analytics, Dynatrace, and APM tools; proactively identified and resolved reliability, latency, and performance issues, improving response times by 20%.
• Supported full API lifecycle management including versioning, sandbox/UAT testing, documentation, developer portal administration, and retirement processes for enterprise API products.
• Collaborated with architects and cross-functional teams to establish API standards, governance frameworks, and best practices, ensuring consistent API design and delivery across the organization.
• Contributed to API platform modernization and cloud migration initiatives, evaluating and implementing solutions across GCP, AWS, and Azure environments.

Technical Integration Specialist (API Gateway & DataPower) at Nordia (2022-10 – 2024-01)

• Provided hands-on technical consultation for enterprise API integrations in financial and e-commerce domains, conducting requirement-gathering and JAD sessions to align API gateway architecture with business objectives.
• Configured and managed API proxies on IBM WebSphere DataPower Appliance, implementing security policies, message transformation, and routing rules for enterprise service integration.
• Managed end-to-end deployment of customer-facing API integrations, supporting production readiness through sandbox testing, validation, and post-release monitoring using DataPower logs and APM tools.
• Documented current-state integration capabilities and designed future-state API architectures; delivered client recommendations based on end-to-end analysis to guide stakeholder decision-making on API modernization.
• Delivered ITIL-aligned RFC documentation, change management, and post-implementation reviews to minimize production impact during API gateway migrations and upgrades.

Application Developer / Integration Analyst at Zanaris Hybrid Cloud Services (2016-12 – 2017-06)

• Designed and developed API-integrated web applications in Agile sprints, translating business requirements into technical specifications and API contracts for microservices and backend system integrations.
• Implemented REST API integrations with robust error handling and data validation, including message transformation and SOAP-to-REST bridging for legacy system interoperability.
• Maintained detailed integration documentation and knowledge base articles for developer portal content, facilitating seamless onboarding and knowledge transfer across teams.

Application Developer at ITOutsource (2016-06 – 2016-11)

• Built enterprise web applications integrating with external systems via REST APIs with robust error handling, ensuring reliable data exchange across distributed architectures.
• Collaborated with business analysts to document integration requirements and translate them into developer-ready technical specifications for API consumption and data exchange patterns.

Technical Support Specialist (L2/L3) at Tata Business Services & Support Limited (2011-12 – 2013-06)

• Provided L2/L3 client-facing support for.NET-based financial pricing and API integration software; resolved 200+ complex tickets/quarter at 95% CSAT through systematic troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Monitored production environments with Dynatrace and APM tools; proactively identified API performance anomalies, reducing system downtime by 20% and authored KB articles cutting resolution time by 30%.

IT Solutions in Software Development Profile – Humber Institute of Technology

B.Tech in Communication & Computer Engineering – LNM Institute of Information Technology