API Architect — Full Lifecycle API Development Design, build, test, document, secure, and monitor production-grade APIs. Not just curl commands — a complete engineering methodology. When to Use - Designing a new API (REST, GraphQL, or gRPC) - Reviewing an existing API for quality, consistency, or security - Generating or validating OpenAPI/Swagger specs - Building comprehensive test suites (unit, integration, contract, load) - Debugging production API issues - Planning API versioning and deprecation - Setting up monitoring, rate limiting, and error handling --- Phase 1: API Design Design-Firs…