Direct hire API Engineer

Saxon Global • Birmingham, AL

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About The Position

The Cloud Engineer (API Management) is responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting scalable, secure API ecosystems. This role leverages Google Cloud Platform and Apigee to enable high-performance API services, streamline integrations, and enhance developer accessibility through API marketplace capabilities. The position plays a key role in connecting backend services with consumer applications while ensuring reliability, security, and operational excellence.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 3–5 years of experience in cloud engineering with a focus on API management or API gateway platforms
• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including Apigee implementation and support
• Proven experience managing API marketplaces, developer portals, or similar API ecosystem tools
• Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Crossplane, or Pulumi
• Experience with containerization and modern architectures, including Docker, Kubernetes, and microservices frameworks

Responsibilities

• Design and implement API proxies, security policies, and traffic management solutions using Apigee (Edge or X) to support scalable API architectures
• Manage API Marketplace and developer portal platforms to enable API discovery, documentation, and self-service capabilities
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for API deployments using tools such as Terraform, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins to support efficient and reliable releases
• Enforce API security standards including OAuth2, OpenID Connect (OIDC), and JWT while implementing threat protection, rate limiting, and encryption best practices
• Monitor API performance, latency, and reliability metrics, proactively identifying and resolving issues across distributed systems
• Partner with application and engineering teams to define API contracts (OpenAPI/Swagger), transformation logic, and integration patterns
• Create and maintain high-quality technical documentation, including API specifications and developer-facing resources

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level