Summary
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We are expanding our engineering team and seeking a Senior Platform Engineer specializing in API Gateway technologies. The role involves building and contributing to Internal Developer Platforms, ensuring API security and traffic management, and implementing scalable solutions using Kubernetes, cloud platforms, and infrastructure-as-code principles. You’ll work with cutting-edge tools like Kong, Envoy, AWS API Gateway, and others, while designing resilient and observable systems. Strong software engineering skills in Java or Kotlin, along with deep knowledge of cloud-native practices, are essential for success in this position.
Highlights
Join a growing team to design and maintain an Internal Developer Platform, gain hands-on experience with leading API gateway technologies, work with cloud-native architectures, and contribute to scalable, secure infrastructure in a modern engineering environment.
Description
The Innowise team is expanding and looking for a Senior Platform Engineer – API Gateway
📍 Location: Poland
🌍 English — B2 | German — a plus
🎯 Required Skills:
▪️Broad technical background across application development, cloud infrastructure, networking, security, and platform engineering
▪️Previous experience building or contributing to an Internal Developer Platform, developer portal, platform engineering capability, or shared cloud platform
▪️Hands-on experience with API gateway and API management technologies such as Kong, Apache APISIX, Envoy, AWS API Gateway, Azure API Management, or similar
▪️Good understanding of API security, authentication and authorization, traffic management, rate limiting, resilience, service discovery, and observability
▪️Strong software engineering skills in Java or Kotlin, including experience with modern application frameworks and API design
▪️Practical experience with cloud platforms, containers, Kubernetes, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, observability, and automated operations
▪️Able to work exploratively with incomplete requirements, identify relevant questions, and independently translate business or technical objectives into implementable solutions
▪️Experience evaluating technical options, creating prototypes, documenting trade-offs, and presenting clear, professional recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders
▪️Used to taking end-to-end ownership in agile, cross-functional teams and comfortable working without fully specified tickets
▪️Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills; able to explain technical decisions, facilitate discussions, and create concise decision documents
We Offer:
☑︎ Learning and Development:
▪️A wide range of diverse projects in industries such as FinTech, Medicine, Entertainment, eCommerce, Gaming, Artificial Intelligence, and more;
▪️A broad technology stack with the opportunity to switch between technologies.
▪️Individual growth plans and regular reviews of conditions (project roles, salary level).
Preparation for interviews with international clients in English.
☑︎ Work Environment:
▪️Spacious and comfortable workstations.
▪️Detailed onboarding: introduction to the team, processes, and policies, office tour, welcome card.
▪️Cozy kitchens, game rooms, coworking spaces, and lounge areas.
☑︎ Additional Perks:
▪️Voluntary health insurance.
▪️Discounts from partner companies (from pizzerias and bookstores to electronics stores).
📩 How to apply:
1️⃣ Send your CV to job@innowise.com
2️⃣ Mention Senior Platform Engineer – API Gateway in the subject line
3️⃣ Or simply DM me here on LinkedIn
Join the Innowise team and help shape platform architecture and scalable solutions 🤝
