Kafka API Gateway Engineer

OpenKyber LLC

United States

3 months ago

Role details

Contract type

Temporary contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

indeed.com

Tech stack

Adobe InDesign Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Mobile Application Development Cloud Engineering Code Review Distributed Systems Mobile Application Software OAuth OpenID Web Application Frameworks Caching Apigee

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Customer Identity Access Management Apache 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.