Principal API Gateway Engineer

Responsibilities

Design and build the API gateway layer for CAMARA-style and TM Forum-aligned APIs.

Implement routing, authentication hooks, rate limiting, throttling, request validation, and policy enforcement.

Define gateway patterns for multi-tenancy, versioning, API lifecycle management, and high availability.

Work with the Telecom Standards Architect to translate API standards into deployable services.

Guide backend engineers on API design, OpenAPI specifications, and platform engineering practices.

Evaluate and integrate gateway technologies such as Kong, Apigee, Tyk, NGINX, Envoy, or similar.

Support performance tuning, scalability, and resilience of the platform.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in computer science or any other related field.

More than 10 years of experience in the related field.

Strong backend engineering experience with API platforms or gateway technologies.

Experience with REST APIs, OpenAPI, OAuth2, OIDC, mTLS, and API security.

Strong cloud-native experience, preferably Kubernetes and microservices.

Experience building highly available, production-grade platforms.

Telecom, fintech, cloud platform, or identity platform experience is a strong plus.