API Engineer

Q1Tech — United Kingdom · Posted ~2 hours ago

Senior Full-time

Skills

API management Golang Lua REST APIs OpenAPI Specification API security Kubernetes Terraform CI/CD AWS Kong Envoy

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

A specialized API engineering role focused on designing, securing, and operating scalable API platforms. The position requires strong programming skills, cloud-native expertise, API gateway experience, and modern DevOps capabilities.

Highlights

Technical API engineering role involving cloud-native architecture, API security, automation, and modern DevOps practices with opportunities to work on advanced infrastructure.

Description

Kong API Management / API Engineer Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills Programming languages: Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages - Golang or Lua Script.Cloud-native operations: Practical, hands-on cloud-native experience.API management: Professional experience with API management technologies (e.g., Apigee, Kong, or MuleSoft).API design: Strong understanding of the OpenAPI Specification (OAS) for RESTful APIs.API security: Hands-on experience securing APIs at the gateway, including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), JWT validation, key-auth, and mutual TLS (mTLS).DevOps toolchain: Expertise across the DevOps toolchain, including CI/CD, Kubernetes, and Terraform.Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills AWS: Experience with AWS services, including ECS, EKS, and MSK.API gateway: Hands-on experience with Kong API Gateway.Golang: Proficiency in the Golang programming language.Lua: Proficiency in the Lua programming language. Envoy API Engineer Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills Programming languages: Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages — Golang or Java.Cloud-native operations: Practical, hands-on cloud-native experience.Envoy: Professional experience with Envoy Proxy or Envoy Gateway.API design: Strong understanding of the OpenAPI Specification (OAS) for RESTful APIs.Authentication & authorization: Hands-on experience implementing authentication and authorization at the gateway, including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), JWT validation, and mutual TLS (mTLS).DevOps toolchain: Expertise across the DevOps toolchain, including CI/CD, Kubernetes, and Terraform.