Full-Stack Engineer: API Gateways & GitOps Specialist

Q1 Technologies, Inc.; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Q1 Technologies, Inc. is seeking a backend-focused engineer to build scalable services using Python, Golang, or Java and to develop schema-driven UIs from OpenAPI/JSON Schema.

The role includes configuring API gateways (Kong, Envoy, Akamai/CloudFront), adopting a GitOps delivery model with code-based changes and automated rollbacks, and using CLI tools to onboard and validate gateway configurations.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Python, Golang, or Java for backend work.
• Experience building schema-driven UIs/services from OpenAPI/JSON Schema.
• Configuring Kong/Envoy/Akamai/CloudFront gateways.
• GitOps-based delivery with automated rollback on failure.
• CLI-driven workflows for gateway onboarding and configuration as code.
• Kong: plugins, consumers, upstreams, schema validation.
• Envoy/Envoy Gateway: routes, filters, configuration.
• Akamai/CloudFront: edge config incl. CDN/WAF/certs.
• Drift detection and reconciliation between Git and live systems.

Skills

Backend languages

Schema-driven UIs

API gateway config

GitOps delivery

CLI workflows

Tools

Kong API Gateway

Envoy Proxy

Akamai / CloudFront

Job description

Q1 Technologies, Inc. is seeking a backend-focused engineer to build scalable services using Python, Golang, or Java and to develop schema-driven UIs from OpenAPI/JSON Schema.

The role includes configuring API gateways (Kong, Envoy, Akamai/CloudFront), adopting a GitOps delivery model with code-based changes and automated rollbacks, and using CLI tools to onboard and validate gateway configurations.