API Solution Architect (Node.js)

About the Role
We are seeking an experienced API Solution Architect with strong Node.js expertise to design, develop, and optimize scalable API-driven solutions. You will work closely with engineering, product management, and business stakeholders to architect and implement secure, high-performing, and reusable APIs that enable seamless integration across platforms and applications.
This is a remote, work-from-home opportunity in the US.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design and architecture of RESTful and GraphQL APIs using Node.js and modern frameworks
- Define API standards, guidelines, and best practices for scalability, reusability, and performance
- Collaborate with product owners, developers, and integration teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions
- Ensure API solutions align with the enterprise integration strategy and cloud-native architecture
- Implement authentication/authorization mechanisms (OAuth2, JWT, SSO) and enforce API security standards
- Design and deliver agentic API migration factories using chained LLM-driven pipelines with human-gate PR reviews
- Author and govern custom GitHub Copilot skills as reusable delivery artifacts
- Establish OAS-first developer workflow playbooks across a NestJS/Fastify/Express Lambda serverless stack
- Oversee API lifecycle management: design, documentation, versioning, deployment, and monitoring
- Evaluate and integrate API management platforms (e.g., Apigee, Kong, AWS API Gateway, MuleSoft)
- Guide teams on microservices architecture, event-driven patterns, and asynchronous communication models
- Conduct performance reviews and scalability testing, and ensure APIs meet SLAs
- Mentor development teams on Node.js, API frameworks, and architectural principles
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of software development experience, with at least 3 years in solution architecture
- Strong proficiency in Node.js, Express.js (or NestJS), and JavaScript/TypeScript
- Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale API solutions
- Deep understanding of REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and WebSockets
- Hands-on experience with API security, rate limiting, throttling, and caching strategies
- Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and automated API testing
- Experience with database technologies (SQL, NoSQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL)
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills
- Understanding of software engineering principles and processes (Lean, Agile, DevOps) and continuous improvement through measurement
Preferred Qualifications
- Certification in Cloud Architecture (AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Architect, or GCP Architect)
- Experience with API monetization and developer portals
- Knowledge of event-driven architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
- Familiarity with observability tools (Prometheus, ELK, Datadog)
- Background in financial services, healthcare, or large-scale enterprise systems is a plus

Work arrangement
Yes