Senior Platform Engineer – API Management

Role Overview

• Support API platform migration from Layer 7 to Apigee, ensuring smooth cutover and improved developer experience
• Expand platform automation and IaC: Terraform for Apigee prod/non-prod environments
• Automated proxy/shared-flow deployments
• Self-service API product creation and lifecycle workflows
• Disaster recovery/failover procedures
• Build and operate API infrastructure (proxies, shared flows, API products) using standard policies (OAuth/JWT, rate limiting, mediation, service callouts)
• Implement enterprise Postman automation/integrations: GitLab CI/CD workflows to sync collections/specs with repos
• Automate publishing specs to Apigee for proxy generation
• Automate publishing API docs to the software catalog
• Define workspace governance and collaboration patterns
• Operate Apigee X in hybrid multi-cloud (GCP/AWS): install, configure, upgrade, maintain
• Own API security operations: OAuth policies, cert management, IdP integrations (Ping/ForgeRock/Azure Entra/Okta), vulnerability management
• Improve developer enablement: self-service publishing/catalog workflows, docs/troubleshooting guides, shared libraries/templates, design standards/governance
• Integrate with modern delivery/runtime platforms: Apigee + Postman + GitLab CI/CD, Kubernetes (GKE/EKS), Cloud Run, container orchestration
• Strengthen observability with Datadog: performance/alerts, log analysis/RCA, SLO/SLA + error budgets, dashboards and incident playbooks
• Support API consumers: roles/permissions, developer app onboarding, complex runtime/network troubleshooting
• Drive adoption via documentation, training, and office hours

Requirements

• 7+ years middleware and API platform experience (platform operations and increasing scope)
• 4+ years Apigee administration (OPDK/Hybrid/X): proxy/shared-flow development, API products
• Apigee architecture expertise (Nginx routers, Cassandra, Kubernetes integration, advanced troubleshooting)
• 4+ years Google Cloud + Linux administration experience
• CI/CD and automation in production: GitLab pipelines, Terraform (IaC), Python/shell scripting
• API security expertise: OAuth, JWT, API keys, mTLS; grant types (Auth Code/PKCE, Client Credentials, Refresh Token)
• Container/Kubernetes experience: Docker, GKE/EKS, cloud-native deployment patterns
• API testing/documentation: Postman, OpenAPI/Swagger, API catalog management; Postman automation integrated with CI/CD
• Observability/monitoring: Datadog (logs, performance tuning)
• Relevant certifications (Apigee, Layer 7, GCP, Terraform)

Tech Stack

• AWS
• Azure
• Cassandra
• Cloud
• Docker
• Google Cloud Platform
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• NGINX
• Python
• Shell Scripting
• Terraform

Benefits

• comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits
• competitive 401(k) contribution
• pension plan
• annual incentive
• 9 paid holidays
• paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees)
• student loan repayment program
• paid-family leave