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JOB TITLE: API Specialist
TYPE OF CONTRACT: Regular Full-Time CST (re-appointment)
UNIT/DIVISION: TECD
DUTY STATION (City, Country): Remote
DURATION: NTE 31.12.2026
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
TEC has started a digital transformation initiative that aims to modernize and evolve its current digital solutions ecosystem. As part of this initiative, a new team, the Integration Services Team, has been established.
The objective of the team is to focus on 5 macro domains to serve our digital solutions, namely:
-The API ecosystem aims to create a reliable and robust set of programmability capabilities for the organization;
-The Information Layer, which aims to create new data flows from corporate systems, new data integration and transformation solutions, and the implementation of the WFP Data Lake;
-The identity services, whose objective is to define a solid authentication/authorization layer to secure and expose our digital capacity;
-The Enterprise Foundational services, aiming to catalog, organize, and evolve the corporate critical Datasets and APIs assets fostering usage and consumption of them;
As part of the Integration Services team, the incumbent will be responsible for the API ecosystem evolution, development and adoption.
ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
Under the general and functional supervision of the Head of Integration Services unit, the API Specialist will be responsible for the following duties:
API ecosystem management
-Lead the API development and ecosystem of the WFP Corporate Digital Core;
-Coordinate the developers (internal and external) working on the API ecosystem;
-Design, plan and develop new API integration patterns based on current and upcoming challenges in the Digital Core team;
-Evolve the corporate Enterprise Foundational Services of the different corporate solutions powered by the Digital Core (School Meals, Small Holder Farmers, Service Provision, SCOPE, new Line of Sight);
-Support the implementation of the Enterprise Foundational Services for location and commodities management;
-Provide expertise on the best way to implement Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) in the WFP ecosystem;
-Build reliable, resilient and robust production ready components to be plugged in the family of services of the new WFP Digital Core;
-Be the custodian in the organization of the API/SOA principles enforcing their implementation and consumption among the different corporate services.
Cloud ecosystem
-Provide guidance to other teams on the digital core’s Cloud Native/Cloud First architecture;
-Support and evolve the WFP Digital Core’s current Cloud landscape;
-Proactively identify ways to optimize costs and implement elasticity in our cloud landscape;
-Lead the current cloud hosting landscape for proper, robust, secure and resilient API consumption;
-Leverage on cloud-based services in order to empower WFP developers.
Security
-Secure the Digital Core components with latest security techniques;
-Follow the “rugged software” manifesto in any software development activity;
-Support the Vulnerability Management framework led by TECI in the Digital Core infrastructure;
-Review, audit and test regularly the security compliancy of the Digital Core.
Developer Experience
-Write solid, enterprise level API documentation for Developers;
-Enforce the API first principle, master the OpenAPI specification among developer communities;
-Work on Enterprise Foundational Services definition for easiness and predictability in consumption;
-Write developers guides and articles on how the digital core must be interfaced and leveraged.
DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:
•Ensure effective delivery of required APIs;
•100% of developed services in TEC are supported by the API mediation Service and able to publish their APIs in the Digital Core API store;
•Write proper documentation of the Digital Core components, for internal usage;
•Write proper documentation for Developers to increase speed to market, reduce onboarding time, and avoid misalignments between the Digital Core team and others;
•Strengthen the Digital Core capabilities;
•Evolution of the corporate Enterprise Foundational Services;
•99.9% of service uptime for all the Digital Core API components;
•99.9% of service uptime for all the Digital Core components is directly under the control of the incumbent;
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Education:
University Degree in computer science, mathematics, or statistics or equivalent training in a related technical field
Experience:
Minimum 5 years post-graduate, progressively responsible professional experience as a Web Developer within an organization and proven record of accomplishment in the development and implementation of IT applications.
Possession of a combination of broad business skills and IT experience including:
•IT solution development: Requirements, Design, Development, Implementation.
•Business analysis: creation and review of business, functional, and non-functional requirements for IT solutions.
Knowledge & Skills:
Strong experience with Development standard tools/methodologies
-Excellent knowledge of API-based architectures
-Strong knowledge of the Digital Core primary components such as WSO2, AWS SAAS, and Palantir Foundry data interfaces
-Proficiency in data pipeline implementation
-Good knowledge of Continuous Delivery principles, deliverables, and practices
-Good knowledge of WFP IT infrastructure / Services.
-Strong and proven experience with Django/Python development stack (Django, Python 2.7 or 3.x, Postgres SQL, Nginx).
-Strong and proven experience in using Git versioning system and GitFlow.
-Strong and proven experience in working in a Scrum Agile environment.
A certain degree of autonomy and self-management skills are required to identify solutions to be submitted to the related Team Leader for final approval.
Languages:
English
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REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
All applications must be submitted exclusively through our online recruitment system. We do not accept CVs or spontaneous applications by email.
If you experience challenges while submitting your online application, please contact us at global.hrerecruitment@wfp.org for technical support only.
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All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
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