Engineer API Gateway

elementfleet; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 102,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Elementfleet is seeking a Software Engineer, API Gateway to design, implement, secure, and maintain its API gateway platform and API management ecosystem. You’ll work with development, cloud, security, DevOps, and architecture teams to enable secure, scalable API services across internal apps, customer products, and third-party integrations.

You will drive governance, reliability, developer enablement, and platform modernization while contributing to architecture reviews and technical guidance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support API gateway platforms with routing, load balancing, caching, policy enforcement, API publishing, versioning, and lifecycle management.
• Implement API security controls including authentication/authorization, API keys, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT, and mTLS; collaborate on security standards.
• Monitor availability, latency, throughput, and platform health; troubleshoot incidents and optimize scalability and reliability.
• Develop automation and DevOps capabilities; build IaC for deployments using Terraform, CloudFormation; create CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with architects and dev teams to design API integration solutions and provide technical guidance.
• Maintain technical documentation, API standards, and operational procedures.
• Evaluate emerging API management technologies and improve developer experience and platform efficiency.

Skills

API management

Middleware

Platform engineering

RESTful APIs

GraphQL

OAuth 2.0

OIDC

JWT

mTLS

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/IT

Tools

Kong

Apigee

Azure API Management

AWS API Gateway

IBM API Connect

MuleSoft

WSO2

Job description

Get started on an exciting career at Element!

Element employees make a difference in the lives of others every day. We are re-defining the fleet management industry to be people first, then business - delivering on our promise of a superior client experience. This takes hard work and innovation, and we need more like-minded people on our team.

About the Role

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. Develop and maintain technical documentation, API standards, operational procedures, and implementation guidance.
• Evaluate emerging API management technologies, recommend improvements, and contribute to better developer experience, operational efficiency, and platform reliability.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent combination of education, training, and experience may be considered.
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.

Location 150 California St, Suite 1025 San Francisco CA

Compensation

The hiring base salary range for this position is $101,900 - $140,140 annually. This range represents the Company's good-faith estimate of the expected base salary at the time of posting. Salary ranges may vary based on the geographic location where the work is performed. The salary range listed in this posting applies only to the location identified. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors, including the successful candidate's qualifications, knowledge,