API Platform & Gateway Engineering (Apigee & Kong)

PwC India; Kolkata District, Delhi; On-site; INR 4,500,000 - 7,500,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC India is seeking a Manager for API Platform & Gateway Engineering (Apigee & Kong) with 8+ years of experience. Location includes Delhi and Kolkata, with hybrid/on‑prem responsibilities across multi‑cloud environments.

The role blends technical leadership, architecture, and governance, driving secure, scalable API gateways and DevOps‑integrated deployments, while mentoring a team of API platform engineers.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in API platform engineering or equivalent.
• Strong Apigee X/Hybrid and Kong Gateway expertise.
• Experience with multi-cloud and hybrid deployments.
• Security: OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, JWT, mTLS.
• Team leadership and agile delivery experience.
• DevOps integration with CI/CD pipelines.
• Vendor management and stakeholder communication.
• Performance optimization and high availability.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture and deployment patterns for Apigee and Kong.
• Lead API security, policy design, and gateway configurations.
• Oversee on‑prem, hybrid, and multi‑cloud deployments.
• Migration strategies between Apigee and Kong platforms.
• Drive performance, scalability, and reliability of API platforms.
• Recruit, mentor, and manage API platform engineers.
• Guide Agile delivery and sprint planning processes.
• Integrate gateways into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Establish API governance and improve developer experience.

Skills

Apigee Expertise

Kong Expertise

Containerization

APIs: REST/GraphQL

DevOps & CI/CD

Communication

Problem Solving

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Istio

Linkerd

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

Job Description: Manager API Platform & Gateway Engineering (Apigee & Kong)

Experience -8+ Years

Location-Delhi, Kolkata.

.Key Responsibilities1. Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Architecture & Design: Define the architecture, deployment patterns, and best practices for both Apigee (X/Hybrid) and Kong (Enterprise/Gateway).
• API Security: Establish robust security protocols across both gateways, including OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, JWT, rate limiting, and mTLS.
• Hybrid/Multi-Cloud Strategy: Oversee the deployment and management of API gateways across on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments (AWS/GCP/Azure).
• Migration & Coexistence: Design and execute strategies for API migration, integration, or coexistence between Apigee and Kong platforms.
• Performance Optimization: Ensure high availability, low latency, and scalability of the API platforms.

2. Team Management & Delivery

• People Leadership: Recruit, mentor, and manage a team of API platform engineers and developers. Conduct performance reviews and foster professional growth.
• Agile Delivery: Lead the team in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and daily stand-ups to ensure timely delivery of integration projects.
• DevOps Integration: Drive automation by integrating Apigee and Kong configuration deployments into CI/CD pipelines (using Jenkins, GitLab CI, Ansible, Terraform, etc.).

3. Strategy, Governance & Stakeholder Management

• API Governance: Define and enforce API design standards (OpenAPI/Swagger), versioning policies, and monetization strategies.
• Vendor Management: Act as the primary technical point of contact for Google (Apigee) and Kong representatives, managing licenses, support tickets, and roadmap alignments.
• Developer Experience: Evangelize the use of Developer Portals (both Apigee and Kong) to ensure a seamless self-service experience for internal and external consumers.
• Monitoring & Analytics: Implement comprehensive logging, monitoring, and alerting dashboards using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or ELK.

Required Skills

Technical Expertise (Apigee & Kong):

• Apigee Expertise: Strong experience with Apigee X, or Apigee Hybrid. Proven ability in writing custom policies (Java, JavaScript, Python), Shared Flows, Flow Hooks and configuring Developer Portals.
• Kong Expertise: Proven experience with Kong Gateway (OSS or Enterprise), Kong Mesh/Kuma, Konnect ,Insomnia and configuring Kong plugins.
• Containerization: Deep understanding of Kubernetes, Docker, and Service Mesh (Istio/Linkerd) in relation to Kong deployment.
• Protocols: Deep knowledge of REST, GraphQL, gRPC, SOAP, and WebSockets.

Professional/Soft Skills:

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a collaborative mindset