Lead Enterprise API Platform & GraphQL Engineer

U.S. Bank; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

401(k) and employer-funded retirement

Paid vacation

11 paid holidays

Adoption assistance

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking an experienced API Platform Engineer to lead enterprise API initiatives across Apigee OPDK, Apigee Hybrid on Azure, and Apollo GraphQL.

You will design secure, scalable gateway solutions and guide modernization efforts, including migration from On-Prem to cloud-native deployments. You’ll collaborate with Architects, Security, and DevOps teams, mentor engineers, and apply AI-driven engineering practices while ensuring reliability, observability, and compliance across

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• At least 7 years in an IT environment.
• At least 7 years in design, development and support of technology infrastructure.
• Experience administering Apigee OPDK (On-Prem) including API management, proxy development, traffic management, analytics, and platform administration.
• Experience with enterprise platforms, middleware, API management, cloud infra, or distributed apps.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical SME for our enterprise API ecosystem across Apigee OPDK, Apigee Hybrid (Azure), and Apollo GraphQL.
• Design and deliver secure, scalable API gateway solutions for critical applications.
• Lead API platform modernization including On-Prem to Hybrid migrations and cloud-native adoption.
• Drive GraphQL platform strategy with Apollo Federation, Router, and governance.
• Implement API security controls (OAuth 2.0, JWT, mTLS, governance).
• Automate deployments/ops using GitLab CI/CD, Kubernetes, Helm, Ansible, IaC.
• Improve reliability via monitoring, observability, incident response, and capacity planning.
• Mentor engineers and partner with Architects/Security/Infra teams.

Skills

Apigee OPDK

Apigee Hybrid

Azure Kubernetes

Apollo GraphQL

OAuth 2.0

JWT

mTLS

GitLab CI/CD

Kubernetes

Helm

Ansible

Python

Bash

Datadog

GitOps

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Apigee OPDK

Apigee Hybrid

Azure AKS/Kubernetes

Apollo Federation

Apollo Router

Datadog

GitLab

Job description

U.S. Bank is seeking an experienced API Platform Engineer to lead enterprise API initiatives across Apigee OPDK, Apigee Hybrid on Azure, and Apollo GraphQL.

You will design secure, scalable gateway solutions and guide modernization efforts, including migration from On-Prem to cloud-native deployments. You’ll collaborate with Architects, Security, and DevOps teams, mentor engineers, and apply AI-driven engineering practices while ensuring reliability, observability, and compliance across