Job responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain API gateway solution using Apigee, Kong or AWS API Gateway
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand API requirements and design appropriate solutions
- Implement security protocols and measures to protect APIs from potential threats and vulnerabilities
- Optimize API gateway performance and scalability to ensure seamless operation under varying loads
- Document API gateway configurations, processes, and best practices for knowledge sharing and reference
- Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
- Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
- Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus
- Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle
- Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and proficient advanced experience
- Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
- Advanced in one or more programming language(s)
- Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
- Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP
- Solid understanding of networking concepts including TCP/IP, DNS, SSL/TLS, and HTTPS
- Understanding of containerization and orchestration tools like Kubernetes
- Understanding of OAuth, JWT and other authentication and authorization protocols
- Strong understanding of API concepts, including RESTful APIs, API design principals and microservices architecture
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Familiarity with CDN technologies such as Akamai
- Experience with API management platforms such as Apigee, Kong or AWS API Gateway
- Experience with scripting languages such as Bash or Python for automation and tooling