System Analyst (API Governance)

Raiffeisen Bank is the largest Ukrainian bank with foreign capital. For more than 30 years, we have been creating and building the banking system of our country.
 

Raiffeisen employs more than 5,000 employees, including one of the largest product IT teams, which includes 900+ specialists. Every day, we work side by side so that more than 2.5 million of our clients can receive quality service, use the bank’s products and services, and develop their business, because we are #TogetherWithUkraine.

We are looking for a System Analyst to join our API Governance team. In this role, you will be responsible for shaping and advancing bank-wide API standards and policies, providing analytical support for the central API Gateway, and contributing to the harmonization of approaches across the Raiffeisen Group.
 

Your future responsibilities:

• Develop, update, and implement corporate bank-wide standards and policies related to APIs, Events, and Observability, and align them with key bank stakeholders
• Support and evolve the bank-wide API Gateway as a System Analyst (handling requirements for the platform, routing, security policies, rate limits, and integration patterns)
• Collaborate directly with Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) at the group level on API standardization, aligning approaches, requirements, and group policies
• Identify, gather, analyze, and formalize software and technical requirements (functional and non-functional) for integration and platform solutions
• Review API solutions and contracts for compliance with bank-wide design and security standards, and guide teams on resolving non-compliance issues
• Participate in defining and documenting architectural solutions, designing data models, and structuring data alongside architects and engineering teams
• Support the implementation of solutions and standards across all SDLC stages: from requirement handover to developers to end-product delivery
• Assess the effectiveness of the Bank's current integration approaches and systems, identifying opportunities for their advancement and unification
• Contribute to automating API standards compliance checks (linting, contract validation in CI/CD pipelines)
• Prepare training materials, guidelines, and deliver consultations for product teams on applying bank-wide API and Observability policies and utilizing the bank-wide API Gateway

Your skills and experience:

• Proven experience as a System Analyst with a focus on APIs and inter-system integrations
• In-depth understanding of RESTful API design principles (HTTP methods, status codes, idempotency, resource modeling, error handling)
• Strong grasp of API security, authentication, and authorization mechanisms (OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect — including practical knowledge of client_credentials and authorization_code with PKCE flows, as well as API Keys, JWT, mTLS, Basic Auth, message signing, and encryption via JWS / JWE) and the ability to choose the appropriate approach based on the integration scenario
• Hands-on experience with API testing and documentation tools (Postman, Swagger / OpenAPI, etc.)
• Ability to visualize requirements and system interaction scenarios using UML diagrams (Sequence, Component, Activity)
• Basic understanding of core AWS services, their purpose, strengths, and limitations
• Foundational experience with version control systems (Git / GitHub)
• Practical experience leveraging AI-assisted tools within IDEs for everyday tasks
• Strong ability to analyze business and platform requirements and translate them into clear technical specifications and corporate standards
• Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical teams, with the ability to facilitate alignment with stakeholders and explain complex technical concepts in plain language
• Intermediate level of English 

Nice to have:

• Understanding of Event-Driven Architecture (EDA / Events) principles, hands-on experience with Apache Kafka, and a solid grasp of Avro schemas (event schema definitions, serialization, and schema evolution/compatibility in Schema Registry)
• Experience in database design and normalization
• Understanding of principles and practical experience working with SOAP / XML
• Experience with GitHub Actions / GitHub Workflows (understanding of CI/CD concepts and automated checks, including specification linting with Spectral)
• Experience in designing or building AI agents to automate workflows
• Experience with API Gateways / API Management solutions (specifically Spring Cloud Gateway)
• Experience participating in API Governance initiatives and establishing Observability (logging, metrics, tracing)
• Experience working within Agile / Scrum frameworks

We offer what matters most to you:

• Competitive salary: we guarantee a stable income and annual bonuses for your personal contribution. Additionally, we have a referral reward program for attracting new colleagues to Raiffeisen Bank
• Social package: official employment, 28 days of paid leave, additional “maternity leave” for fathers, and financial assistance for parents upon the birth of children
• Comfortable working conditions: the possibility of a hybrid work format, offices equipped with shelters and generators, provision with modern equipment
• Wellbeing program: all employees have access to medical insurance from the first working day; consultations with a psychologist, nutritionist or lawyer; discount program for sports and shopping; family days for children and adults; massage in the office
• Learning and development: access to over 130 online educational resources; corporate training programs, online library, mentoring program
• A great team: our colleagues are a community where curiosity, talent and innovation are welcomed. We support each other, learn together and grow. You can find like-minded people in over 15 professional communities, reading or sports clubs
• Career opportunities: we encourage advancement within the bank between functions
• Innovation and technology. Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, GitHub, GitHub actions, ArgoCD, Prometheus, Victoria, Vault, OpenTelemetry, ElasticSearch, Crossplain, Grafana. Languages: Java (main), Python (data), Go (infra, security), Swift (IOS), Kotlin (Andorid)Datastores: Sql-Oracle, PgSql, MsSql, Sybase. Data management: Kafka, AirFlow, Spark, Flink, we develop expertise in AI and actively integrate it into processes
• Support program for defenders: we preserve jobs and pay the average salary to mobilized people. We have a support program for veterans, and the Bank’s veteran community is developing. We are working to raise awareness among managers and teams on the issues of veterans’ return to civilian life. Raiffeisen Bank is recognized as one of the best employers for veterans (Forbes)

Why Raiffeisen Bank?

• Our main value is people, and we support and recognize them, educate them and involve them in changes. Join Raif’s team because for us YOU matter!
• One of the largest lenders to the economy and agricultural business among private banks
• Recognized as the best employer by EY, Forbes, Randstad, Franklin Covey, and Delo.UA
• The largest humanitarian aid donor among banks (Ukrainian Red Cross, UNITED24, Superhumans, СМІЛИВІ)
• One of the largest IT product teams among the country’s banks. • One of the largest taxpayers in Ukraine; 6.6 billion UAH were paid in taxes in 2023.

Opportunities for Everyone:

• Raif is guided by principles that focus on people and their development, with 5,500 employees and more than 2.7 million customers at the center of attention
• We support the principles of diversity, equality and inclusiveness
• We are open to hiring veterans and people with disabilities and are ready to adapt the work environment to your special needs
• We cooperate with students and older people, creating conditions for growth at any career stage

You matter at Raif!

Want to learn more? Follow us on social media:

Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn