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API Platform Engineer

About Achieve

Achieve Internet is a leading enterprise software product and solution provider with over 20 years of experience. Our core business is developing API Strategy, building API solutions and creating world-class API Portals. Our product lines include an advanced API Portal and an API Security platform. Both are offered as a SaaS solution with the portal also available in a standalone version. We work with all the major Cloud providers, including Google which is a client and a partner.


As a company we are currently experiencing tremendous growth and success and are expanding. We need an API Platform Engineer to continue this success. Join the Achieve team and make delivering innovative work part of your extraordinary career. This is a remote position located in the United States. Must have current Professional Google Cloud Engineer Certification.

Job Responsibilities for an API Platform Engineer:

Knowledge and Expectations of an API Platform Engineer:

Life at Achieve as an API Platform Engineer:

Benefits that Achieve offers to the API Platform Engineer:

Requirements

  • Guide clients in the architecture, design, setup, and management of the Apigee platform in on-premise datacenters or cloud providers such as AWS, GCP or Azure

  • Responsible for designing, developing, implementing, managing and securing API proxies and REST APIs using Apigee Edge

  • Develops strategy for cloud migration and follows best implementation practices across on-premise and cloud platforms

  • Builds Continuous Integration, continuous delivery and continuous deployment software tools that support the team and clients

  • Assists in ensuring that APIs fulfill business requirements, including any added features, client's infrastructure and systems

  • Design and develop API platform to connect to various disparate backend systems for seamless data exchange

  • Assists in implementing requirements of the API security layers, customized analytics, throttling, caching, logging etc.

  • Develop API Specifications using Swagger/Open API

  • Drives architecture and development of real time infrastructure monitoring and API gateway monitoring platforms at Apigee

  • Convert web services from backend SOAP services to RESTful API’s or vise versa

  • Troubleshoots and tests all features, systems, and functionality of end systems

  • Listens to feedback and assists in designing future iterations of products and systems

  • Mentors and supports the growth of other engineers in the Apigee platform

  • Knowledge in MessageProcessor, Router, QPID, Postgres SQL, Cassandra, Zookeeper installation/configuration (hands-on experience)

  • Extremely comfortable with consulting client's business, network and security teams

  • Working experience with API Developer Portal and exposing APIs through it

  • Skilled in communicating with remote teams across different time zones

  • Comfortable mentoring and leading junior engineers on best practices

  • Able to proactively identify technical dependencies and roadblocks

  • Solid understanding of end-to-end setup of CI/CD pipelines to support engineering teams

  • Performance tuning of application servers and load balancing and clustering of applications

  • Testing & support for developed applications and able to successfully address support

  • Emphasis on work/life balance

  • Strong focus on teamwork

  • Opportunities for learning

  • Openness from management on ideas and initiatives

  • Focus on trust, integrity, and respect

  • Competitive pay

  • Health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, and long-term disability

  • Vacation time accrued on a bi-monthly basis

  • Paid sick time

  • 401K plan

  • Employee investment

  • BS in Computer Science or related field API Engineer Certification

  • Current Professional Google Cloud Engineer Certification

  • Good command of Web Service standards, such as REST, GraphQL, or SOAP

  • Experience with Google Cloud, AWS, and Azure

  • CICD tool knowledge and strong DEvOPs/CloudOps knowledge

  • API testing and understanding of POC requirements

  • Has extensive API Management Platform experience

  • Demonstrated depth of technical skills and independent problem-solving

  • Data interchange format standards ex:// Oracle, Postgres, MSSQL, MySQL

  • 2+ years of demonstrated deep experience with Apigee Edge

  • 2+ years of experience Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, or another core web language

  • 2+ years of experience with databases ex//: Oracle, Sybase, MSSQL, MySQL

  • 2+ years of experience with developing and designing API’s

Posted 2020-11-12

Expires 2021-12-31

Employment Type

Full-time

Job Location

Remote
Remote, CA 92101
United States

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