Principal API Platform & GraphQL Architect

U.S. Bank; Denver (CO); 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

Paid holidays

Adoption assistance

Sick and Safe Leave

Job summary

U.S. Bank seeks a Senior API Platform Engineer to lead the enterprise API ecosystem across Apigee OPDK, Apigee Hybrid on Azure, and Apollo GraphQL. The role focuses on secure, scalable API gateway design and modernization, with emphasis on automation and DevSecOps practices.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience in API management, cloud-native platforms, and mentorship of engineering teams, supporting business-critical applications within a large financial services environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience.
• At least 7 years of experience within a total information technology (IT) environment.
• At least 7 years of experience with the design, development and support of technology infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical SME for our enterprise API ecosystem, leading engineering efforts across Apigee OPDK, Apigee Hybrid (Azure), and Apollo GraphQL platforms.
• Design and deliver secure, scalable, and highly available API gateway solutions that support critical business applications.
• Lead API platform modernization initiatives, including Apigee On-Prem to Apigee Hybrid migrations and cloud-native platform adoption.
• Drive GraphQL platform strategy, architecture, and optimization utilizing Apollo Federation, Apollo Router, and schema governance.
• Implement enterprise API security controls including OAuth 2.0, JWT, mTLS, traffic management, and API governance standards.
• Automate platform deployments and operations using GitLab CI/CD, Kubernetes, Helm, Ansible, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Improve platform reliability through monitoring, observability, incident response, performance tuning, and capacity planning.
• Partner with Architects, Security, Infrastructure, and Development teams while mentoring engineers and advancing AI-driven engineering practices.

Skills

Apigee OPDK

Apigee Hybrid

Apollo GraphQL

OAuth 2.0

OIDC

JWT

mTLS

Kubernetes

Helm

Ansible

GitLab CI/CD

Python

Bash

GitOps

Datadog

SRE

Architectural Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Apigee OPDK

Apigee Hybrid

Azure AKS/Kubernetes

Apollo GraphQL

Datadog

Job description

U.S. Bank seeks a Senior API Platform Engineer to lead the enterprise API ecosystem across Apigee OPDK, Apigee Hybrid on Azure, and Apollo GraphQL. The role focuses on secure, scalable API gateway design and modernization, with emphasis on automation and DevSecOps practices.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience in API management, cloud-native platforms, and mentorship of engineering teams, supporting business-critical applications within a large financial services environment.