Engineer API Gateway

Element Fleet Management • San Francisco, CA

1d • $101,900 - $140,140 • Onsite

About The Position

We’re looking for a customer and developer-focused engineer to join our team as Software Engineer, API Gateway. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, securing, and maintaining the organization's API gateway platform and API management ecosystem. This role enables secure, scalable, and high-performing API services that support internal applications, customer-facing products, and third-party integrations. Working closely with application development, cloud infrastructure, security, DevOps, and architecture teams, the role contributes to API governance, operational reliability, developer enablement, and continuous platform improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent combination of education, training, and experience may be considered.
• 2-3+ years of experience in API management, middleware, integration engineering, platform engineering, or related disciplines.
• Hands-on experience administering enterprise API gateway platforms such as Kong, Apigee, Azure API Management, AWS API Gateway, IBM API Connect, MuleSoft, WSO2, or similar technologies.
• Strong experience with RESTful APIs, GraphQL, JSON, XML, and microservices architecture.
• Experience implementing OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), JWT, mutual TLS (mTLS), API security controls, and identity management practices.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with service mesh technologies such as Istio, Linkerd, or similar platforms.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Splunk, Dynatrace, or similar technologies.
• Knowledge of event-driven architecture and messaging platforms such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar technologies.
• Experience working in Agile, DevOps, or DevSecOps environments.
• Cloud, Kubernetes, API management, integration, or security certifications.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support API gateway platforms. Configure and maintain enterprise API gateway capabilities, including routing, traffic management, load balancing, caching, policy enforcement, API publishing, versioning, and lifecycle management to provide secure, scalable, and reliable API services.
• Implement API security and governance controls. Configure and maintain authentication, authorization, API key management, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), JWT, mutual TLS (mTLS), rate limiting, throttling, and related API security controls. Partner with Cybersecurity teams to support vulnerability remediation, compliance initiatives, and alignment with organizational security standards.
• Support platform operations and performance. Monitor API gateway availability, latency, throughput, utilization, and platform health. Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, participate in incident response, and optimize gateway scalability, resilience, and operational performance.
• Develop automation and DevOps capabilities. Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for API gateway deployments using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools. Develop CI/CD pipelines to automate deployment, configuration management, monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational tasks to improve consistency and reduce manual effort.
• Collaborate on architecture and provide technical guidance. Partner with Solution Architects, application development teams, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and Security teams to design API integration solutions aligned with enterprise standards. Review API designs, contribute to architecture discussions, mentor junior engineers, and support platform modernization initiatives.
• Maintain documentation and drive continuous improvement. Develop and maintain technical documentation, API standards, operational procedures, and implementation guidance.
• Evaluate emerging API management technologies, recommend improvements, and contribute to better developer experience, operational efficiency, and platform reliability.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health and welfare benefits that serve the needs of you and your family and foster a culture of wellness
• paid time-off programs (vacation, sick leave, and holidays)
• health insurance
• tuition reimbursement
• retirement savings plans

What This Job Offers

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