API Software Engineer

Job Description

Join Us

At Vodafone, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers – we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.

What you’ll do

As an API Software Engineer Specialist – IoT Digital Engineering, you will be responsible for the design, development, deployment, and lifecycle management of APIs and API gateway solutions—primarily focused on Google Apigee. This is a key technical role contributing directly to the performance, scalability, and security of digital products and services. Your work will significantly influence both internal integration strategies and external API exposure, impacting the customer experience and product delivery timelines.
You will collaborate with cross-functional teams—product owners, architecture, backend/frontend developers, QA, and operations—to ensure the consistent and high-quality delivery of API-first solutions. The role requires strong ownership and leadership to act as a technical guide and decision-maker on API-related matters, from concept to production.

Main Responsibilities:

• Design and implement secure, scalable, and performant APIs in line with enterprise standards and integration needs.
• Lead and support the definition of API contracts (OpenAPI specifications), versioning strategies, and lifecycle governance.
• Manage API Gateway configurations (primarily Apigee), including proxy policies, rate limiting, authentication, and developer portal setup.
• Collaborate with teams to build automation pipelines for API deployment and CI/CD integration.
• Troubleshoot production issues across services and APIs, conduct root cause analysis, and implement permanent fixes.
• Document integration patterns, technical designs, and best practices related to API development and management.
• Actively contribute to improving the developer experience by advocating for consistent design patterns, reusable components, and quality-first development culture.
• Work closely with architecture teams to align on RESTful practices, event-driven patterns, and microservices integration.
• Identify opportunities to improve scalability, observability, and performance across API layers and gateway setups.

Who you are

• Proven experience in developing and maintaining RESTful APIs using technologies such as Java (Spring Boot) or Node.js.
• Strong hands-on experience with Apigee Edge, Apigee Hybrid or Apigee X, including policy configuration, monetization models, and analytics.
• Familiarity with OAuth 2.0, API keys, JWT, and other modern authentication/authorization mechanisms.
• Good understanding of DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code tools.
• Experience working with Git, branching strategies, and code review processes.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure), containerization (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes) is a strong plus.
• Experience integrating APIs with backend systems (e.g., databases, messaging queues like Kafka).
• Comfortable working in agile teams and contributing to planning, refinement, and retrospectives.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. A second language is a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field.

Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.

What's in it for you

• Hybrid Work Model - Flexible hybrid work model with 8-10 in-office days per month, managed by team leaders.
• Vodafone Products and Services - Employees get a mobile phone, free communication plan, data card, and various discounts on services and products.
• Recognition - Recognition programs for innovative, creative, high-potential employees and exemplary behaviors.
• Health and Well-being - Well-being Program offers nutrition and psychological consultations, webinars, workshops, and discounts on various services and products.
• Learning - Access to Communities of Practice and a customizable digital training platform with high-quality content (namely Harvard Business Publishing and Skillsoft).
• Local and International Mobility - Internal recruitment with local and international rotation opportunities across departments and roles.

Who we are

We are a leading international Telco, serving millions of customers. At Vodafone, we believe that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people's lives and the world around us. Through our technology we empower people, connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live and we protect the planet, whilst helping our customers do the same.

Belonging at Vodafone isn't a concept; it's lived, breathed, and cultivated through everything we do. You'll be part of a global and diverse community, with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. ;We're committed to increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.

If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, for example, extended time or breaks in between online assessments, please refer to https://careers.vodafone.com/application-adjustments/ for guidance.

Together we can.