API Developer
Location: India / South Africa / Malaysia
Introduction to TM Forum:
TM Forum is a global alliance of more than 800 telco and tech companies, leading the industry in defining the building blocks for new operating models, impactful new partnerships, and advanced software platforms. The Forum helps its members unlock the value of data to create nearly endless opportunities for players across the communications ecosystem. At global events including DTW Ignite, TM Forum provides a platform for industry change-makers to share ground-breaking innovation, market developments, product launches and business transformation journeys. We are the only industry body to count the world’s top 10 CSPs and all the key hyperscalers as active, strategic members. We are on a mission to reinvent the telco industry as a vibrant part of the digital landscape – and a driving force in shaping its future. To find out more, visit: tmforum.org.
Role Overview
The API Developer is a hands-on technical role focused on improving the technical delivery and developer experience of TM Forum APIs. You will support a member-driven API programme, enabling high-quality API development with a diverse group of contributors. Working with open standards, tooling, automation, and collaborative workflows, you will help ensure APIs are consistent, implementable, and easy to consume and contribute to.
API Enablement and Technical Facilitation
API Standards and Governance Support
Identify design issues, inconsistencies, and technical debt, and propose improvements, patterns, or guidance.
Tooling Development and Automation
Testing, Validation, and Quality
Developer Experience and Communication
Open Collaboration and Community Working
Key Skills and Experience
Strong coding experience, with a particular focus on Node.js (especially for building tooling and automation). Solid understanding of API design and governance using OpenAPI, with experience working with open standards and contract-first approaches. Proficient with Git, GitHub, and CI workflows, and comfortable working with a range of API tooling, testing, and validation practices. Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Diversity & Inclusion at TM Forum
At TM Forum, we’re building a workplace where everyone can belong, feel respected, supported and able to do their best work. We welcome talent from all walks of life to join our global community, which is made stronger by the different perspectives, backgrounds and experiences each person brings. We hire based on skills, potential and values, never on assumptions about who someone is or where they come from. We actively work to ensure our recruitment and people practices are fair, inclusive and free from bias.
