API Intersection

As Head of APIs at PayPal, Jay Jena has focused on creating a system that is scalable and adaptable to different protocols, made up of APIs that all directly support the company’s business goals.

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Show Notes

If you have a vision of the API model you’d build if you had almost unlimited funds and 4,000 developers at your disposal, you’re probably very jealous of Jay Jena. 

Jay’s resume includes designing network management services at Cisco, and the private cloud architecture at Toshiba India. Now, he’s Head of APIs at a little company called PayPal.

The key tenet of Jay’s API strategy at PayPal is that the whole system must be scalable. PayPal APIs are all created using a single detailed design guide. As an extra guard rail against human error, every API is run through a linter, which checks for mistakes.

On this episode of API Intersection, Jay explains which factors he takes into account when deciding whether a particular API is worth building, why a softly-softly approach to deprecation is necessary when you’re working with money, and the time-saving power of PayPal’s API linter.

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What is API Intersection?

Building a successful API requires more than just coding.

It starts with collaborative design, focuses on creating a great developer experience, and ends with getting your company on board, maintaining consistency, and maximizing your API’s profitability.

In the API Intersection, you’ll learn from experienced API practitioners who transformed their organizations, and get tangible advice to build quality APIs with collaborative API-first design.

Jason Harmon brings over a decade of industry-recognized REST API experience to discuss topics around API design, governance, identity/auth versioning, and more.

They’ll answer listener questions, and discuss best practices on API design (definition, modeling, grammar), Governance (multi-team design, reviewing new API’s), Platform Transformation (culture, internal education, versioning) and more.

They’ll also chat with experienced API practitioners from a wide array of industries to draw out practical takeaways and insights you can use.

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