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# API Gateway/Platform Engineer

- **Company:** I8IS INC.
- **Location:** Wilmington, DE, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $93,600.0 - $104,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Continuous Integration, Github, Identity and Access Management, OAuth, OpenID, Akamai, Spring-boot, Software Security, Apigee, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Backend, Containerization, Kubernetes, Functional Programming, Cloudwatch, Api Gateway, Restful APIs, Terraform, Docker, Jenkins, Microservices
- **Published:** July 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=c9142eb61910be8e

## About the Role

8-10 years of experience in platform engineering, backend development
Strong hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot for building microservices
Experience designing and deploying RESTful APIs
Practical experience with OAuth2/OIDC authorization frameworks
Hands-on experience deploying and managing APIs through API Gateway solutions (AWS
API Gateway, Kong, Apigee, or similar)
Experience running and operating workloads on Kubernetes, ideally Amazon EKS
Solid understanding of AWS services (EC2, IAM, VPC, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch)
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
Solid understanding of CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar)
Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
Experience with AWS
Understanding of API security best practices (OAuth2)
Good communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally
Nice to have - knowledge of Akamai GTM



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