API Architect

ReqRoute,Inc; Waukegan (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

ReqRoute,Inc is seeking an API Architect to lead design and governance of our API programs in Waukegan, IL. The role focuses on API management, migration projects, and cloud-native delivery across microservices.

You will work on security policies, traffic management, developer portals, and CI/CD automation, coordinating platform modernization efforts and ensuring scalable, secure API ecosystems. Onsite in Waukegan, you will collaborate with engineering, product, and security teams to deliver

Qualifications

• Strong experience with API management platforms such as Apigee or Kong.
• Hands-on API migration and modernization projects.
• Knowledge of API lifecycle management, security policies, and traffic management.
• Experience with cloud-native platforms, microservices, CI/CD, and deployment automation.
• Ability to assess API landscapes and plan migrations.

Skills

API design

API governance

Security policies

Traffic management

Dev portals

Cloud-native

Microservices

CI/CD

Migration planning

Platform modernization

Tools

Apigee

Kong

Job description

Job Description: API Architect
Location: Onsite, Waukegan, IL (no remote)

Job requirement:

• Strong experience in API Management platforms such as Apigee, Kong or similar API Gateway solutions.
• Hands-on experience in API migration and modernization projects, including platform-to-platform migrations.
• Good understanding of API lifecycle management, security policies, traffic management, and developer portals.
• Experience working with cloud-native platforms, microservices, CI/CD pipelines, and API deployment automation.
• Ability to assess existing API landscapes, plan migration approaches, and support implementation during modernization programs.

Preferred:

• Experience in Apigee to Kong migration projects.
• Exposure to API Gateway, API Governance, and API Platform architecture.
• Strong communication skills