Senior Software Engineer, API Framework - Plex

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. They are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to guide the evolution of their API Framework, empowering teams to deliver high-SLA, scalable, and observable APIs while collaborating with engineering and product leadership.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and evolve the internal API framework to support consistent, scalable, and secure API development across product teams
• Define and champion best practices for API platform adoption through reference architectures, enablement initiatives, and documentation
• Architect and drive the adoption of containerization strategies leveraging Docker and Kubernetes to enable scalable, resilient, and portable software deployments
• Collaborate with engineering and product leadership to define multi-quarter technical roadmaps aligned with organizational objectives
• Lead technical design reviews and provide architectural guidance across services and domains, while contributing directly to key implementations
• Partner early in project planning with PMs and EMs to anticipate complexity and shape technically sound solutions
• Establish clear domain boundaries and service contracts to drive evolution away from monolithic architectures
• Lead and collaborate with agile teams operating in a Continuous Delivery (CD) environment
• Apply software design patterns, principles, and frameworks to deliver maintainable, high-quality systems
• Ensure adherence to security best practices and proactively identify and mitigate potential vulnerabilities
• Operate effectively across cloud, virtualization, infrastructure automation, and application development domains with technical flexibility
• Coach and mentor less experienced engineers to promote skill growth and knowledge sharing
• Participate in an on-call rotation to support production systems and ensure service reliability

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of relevant experience
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening
• Typically requires 5+ years of experience designing, developing, and operating distributed backend systems or API platforms in production environments
• Proficiency in modern languages such as C# (.NET Core) or Go, with strong experience building RESTful or gRPC APIs
• Expertise in API management concepts, including: Authentication and authorization models (OAuth2, JWT, mTLS, API keys), Rate limiting, throttling, and quota enforcement, Policy-based governance and versioned API publishing
• Experience with enterprise API management solutions (e.g., Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong, Istio Gateway)
• Strong familiarity with cloud infrastructure (preferably Microsoft Azure)
• Hands-on experience with containerized workloads and CI/CD pipelines (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Fluency in Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and GitOps workflows using Terraform, Flux, Helm, and Azure DevOps Pipelines for repeatable deployments
• Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd, or Consul), including routing rules, mTLS, ingress/egress configuration, and failover strategies
• Experience collaborating in distributed teams across time zones
• Prior experience in a manufacturing environment