Lead Software Engineer - API Governance

FC Global Services India LLP (First Citizens India), a part of First Citizens BancShares, Inc., a top 20 U.S. financial institution, is a global capability center (GCC) based in Bengaluru. Our India-based teams benefit from the company’s over 125-year legacy of strength and stability. First Citizens India is responsible for delivering value and managing risks for our lines of business. We are particularly proud of our strong, relationship-driven culture and our long-term approach, which are deeply ingrained in our talented workforce. This is evident across all key areas of our operations, including Technology, Enterprise Operations, Finance, Cybersecurity, Risk Management, and Credit Administration. We are seeking talented individuals to join us in our mission of providing solutions fit for our clients’ greatest ambitions.

Value Proposition

• The API Governance Analyst is a critical member of the Federated Governance team responsible for driving enterprise-wide oversight security compliance and quality assurance of APIs across the bank.
• This role bridges regulatory compliance, data intelligence, and technical execution, ensuring that all APIs meet enterprise standards align with industry best practices

Job Details

Position Title:  Lead Software Engineer

Career Level:  P3

Job Category: Manager

Role Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Bangalore  

About the Team:

The API Enablement team is community of dedicated professionals committed to designing, building, and maintaining API platform solutions for the organization.

Impact

This role functions within the banks federated governance model, the analyst collaborates across business units, technology teams, and risk functions to establish, enforce, and continuously improve API governance standards, TUGs, and controls. The ideal candidate combines deep knowledge of financial service compliance with strong analytical and engineering skills to provide data driven insights and automated governance solutions.

Key Deliverables

• Support the delivery lifecycle of Enterprise API governance standards, TUGs, and Governance Frameworks that align with FFIEC Examination Handbook, NIS cybersecurity frameworks (CFS, SP 800-53, SP 800-63).
• Conduct API Compliance assessments, API Security reviews, and audits to ensure adherence to regulatory requirements and internal technical user guidelines.
• Monitor the API Inventory Landscape for misconfigurations, and non-compliant API implementations, and report finding to drive remediation
• Develop and maintain governance scorecard, risk registers, and compliance dashboards using Power BI for visualizations to leadership and audit functions. 

Skills and Qualification

Functional Skills:

• Team Player: Support peers, team, and department management.
• Communication: Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Problem Solving: Excellent problem-solving skills, incident management, root cause analysis, and proactive solutions to improve quality.
• Partnership and Collaboration: Develop and maintain partnership with business and IT stakeholders
• Attention to Detail: Ensure accuracy and thoroughness in all tasks.

Technical/Business Skills:

• 8+ years of API Governance and driving enterprise-wide oversight security compliance and quality assurance of APIs across the bank.
• Proficient with Power BI and Building visualization metric driven Dashboards.
• Proficient with Python for scripting, data analysis, and automation experience with libraries such as Pandas, NumPy, and others.
• Hands-on experience maintaining ETL processes (informatica, airflow or other)
• Deep understanding of Restful API Design, OpenAPI /Swagger specification, and API gateway platforms (e.g. Layer 7, MuleSoft, Apigee, AWS API Gateway.
• Working knowledge of OAuth 2.0, OpenID connect, JWT, mTLS, and API key management.
• Familiarity with CICD pipelines Gitlab, Linter rules, integrating governance security checks into software delivery.

Relationships & Collaboration

• Reports to: Associate Director- Software Engineering
• Partners: Pod team members, Cross-functional teams.

Accessibility Needs

We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible hiring process. If you require accommodations at any stage (e.g. application, interviews, onboarding) please let us know, and we will work with you to ensure a seamless experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity

FC Global Services India LLP (First Citizens India) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible environment and prohibit all forms of discrimination on the basis of gender, religion, caste, disability, sexual orientation, economic status or any other characteristics protected by the law. We strive to foster a safe and respectful environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Our EEO policy ensures fairness throughout the employee life cycle.