Kafka API Gateway Engineer

OpenKyber LLC
yesterday

Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English

Job location

Remote

Tech stack

Adobe InDesign
API
Mobile Application Development
Cloud Engineering
Code Review
Distributed Systems
Mobile Application Software
OAuth
OpenID
Web Application Frameworks
Caching
Apigee
Customer Identity Access Management
Kafka
Api Design
Api Gateway
Microservices

Job description

Title: Solution Architect-Mobile Duration: 6 Months Contract Location: Seattle, WA (Remote) Key Responsibilities Define the multilayer architecture for Web and Mobile apps, including client, BFF/orchestration, API gateway, and service integration layers. Architect experience APIs and orchestration patterns across UCPC, UCPR, Location, and related services. Provide handson guidance to engineering teams, participating in design reviews, code reviews, and solution implementation. Lead architectural decisions related to mobile frameworks, web frameworks, caching, CDN strategy, API design, security, and observability. Collaborate with product, engineering, CIAM, Payments, AntiFraud, and platform teams to ensure cohesive solution design. Ensure adherence to non-functional requirements: performance, reliability, scalability, and security.

Requirements

  • Strong background in mobile app development
  • Experience designing and implementing BFF/Orchestration layers
  • Familiarity with API gateways (Apigee), CDN strategies, caching, and service integration.
  • Understanding of OAuth/OIDC, CIAM flows, and client-side token security.
  • Experience with distributed systems, microservices, and cloud-native design.
  • Prior engineering background with progression into architecture.

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