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Meritis

API Architect

Auto-translated from French · original: Architecte API

5 day weekGreat Place to Work '25Hybrid · Paris, France

Company Description

Meritis is a consulting firm specialized in the digital transformation of organizations, founded in 2007 by Sébastien Videment.

Initially based in Paris, it has expanded across the regions and now has a presence in France's largest cities: Sophia-Antipolis, Montpellier, Nantes, Bordeaux, Lyon, Aix-en-Provence, Lille, and even Lisbon, Portugal since 2023.

Our experts support clients from various sectors with all their digital transformation needs across many areas of expertise: Finance, Software Engineering, Cloud & Infrastructure, Data, Digital Transformation, and Cybersecurity.

Guided by its values of excellence, humility, benevolence, and closeness, the firm, with more than 900 employees, has been awarded 5 times in the Great Place To Work® rankings and is experiencing very strong growth, aiming to reach €100M in revenue in 2024 and to surpass the symbolic milestone of 1,000 employees.

We make it a point of honor to stay close to our employees and to support them individually, regardless of their role in the company. Certified Great Place To Work since 2013, our approach to workplace well-being goes well beyond a simple label; our employees speak about it best: https://www.glassdoor.fr/Avis/Meritis-Avis-E1163008.htm

Job Description

Within the CIB API Architecture team, you will work on the governance, security, and industrialization of the API lifecycle, in an international and constantly evolving environment.

Your missions

  • Define and evolve the API standards and guidelines (REST, MCP, A2A).

  • Support teams in using and onboarding onto the API Platform.

  • Manage the API portfolio and lifecycle of a domain.

  • Define and promote the API security requirements and associated controls.

  • Contribute to the industrialization and automation of the API lifecycle: design, discovery, testing, agentic use cases, SSE, Webhooks, etc.

  • Take part in the evolution of the platform's architecture and tools.

Qualifications

  • Proven experience in API Governance in large organizations.

  • Expertise in REST and OpenAPI (OAS) v3/v3.1.

  • Good knowledge of MCP and A2A.

  • Mastery of the OAuth2, OIDC, mTLS/RFC8705, and FAPI standards.

  • Experience in API Design, design tools, and linters.

  • Knowledge of an API Management solution, ideally Apigee.

  • Fluent professional English, the working language of the CIB.

Environment: Apigee, Stoplight/SwaggerHub, Akamai API Security/Kona, Bruno, Karate, REST, MCP, A2A.

Additional Information

  • Tailored career paths (career development, adapted training, mentoring…);
  • The choice of your assignment and personalized support throughout your career;
  • Work in an environment that encourages learning: certifying training, e-learning, meetUps, coding competitions, career development paths, etc.;
  • Be part of expert communities that share their knowledge and experience within our competence centers;
  • A friendly environment with many festive events (annual evening party, seminars & team building, lunches and afterworks…);

Your differences are our strengths. That is why Meritis is committed to diversity and non-discrimination. All our roles are accessible to people with disabilities. If you have a question or believe you are a victim or witness of discrimination, you can contact [email protected] .

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