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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Engineer API Gateway - **Company:** Element - **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $101,900.0 - $140,140.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Configuration Management, Cyber Security, DevOps, Middleware, Monitoring of Systems, Identity and Access Management, JSON, Key Management, Enterprise Messaging Systems, Routing, OAuth, OpenID, RabbitMQ, Openid Connect, Prometheus, Software Engineering, Management of Software Versions, Software Vulnerability Management, Web Services, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Datadog, Data Logging, Google Cloud, Load Balancing, Cloud Platform System, Istio, System Availability, Grafana, Software Security, Caching, Apigee, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Rate Limiting, Cloudformation, Event Driven Architecture, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Deployment Automation, Enterprise Integration, Integration Frameworks, Apache Kafka, Linkerd (Service Mesh), Graphql, Api Gateway, Restful APIs, Terraform, Splunk, Dynatrace, Devsecops, Api Management, Mulesoft, Microservices - **Published:** September 3, 2026 - **Apply:** https://elementfleet.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External_Career_Site/job/US-San-Francisco/Engineer-API-Gateway_R105903 ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent combination of education, training, and experience may be considered. <Manager/HR to confirm> * 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., * 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. ## Description 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. What You'll Do * 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. 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