Senior API Platform Engineer - AWS, Apigee, Microservices

System One; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

System One is seeking a Senior API Platform Software Engineer to build backend services, APIs, and API platform capabilities within a distributed AWS-based financial services environment.

This hands-on role requires strong experience with Java and/or Python, REST APIs, microservices, AWS, Apigee, API security, and DevOps, and involves collaborating with Product, DevOps, Security, and Architecture teams to enable scalable, secure solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on development with Java and/or Python.
• Strong experience with RESTful APIs, backend services, and microservices.
• Hands-on AWS experience including EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda, S3, IAM, Route 53, CloudWatch.
• Experience with Apigee OPDK, X, or Hybrid and API security concepts.

Responsibilities

• Develop secure and scalable RESTful APIs, backend services, and microservices.
• Support the API lifecycle including implementation, versioning, security, performance, monitoring, and production support.
• Develop applications using Java and/or Python.
• Build and support API management solutions using Apigee.
• Implement API security using OAuth 2.0, JWT, mTLS, and API key management.

Skills

Java 8–21

Python

REST APIs

Microservices

AWS

Apigee

API Security

DevOps

OpenAPI/Swagger

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

GitHub/GitLab

TypeScript

SQL/NoSQL

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Apigee OPDK/X/Hybrid

GitHub

GitLab

Terraform

OpenTelemetry

Splunk

CloudWatch

Docker

Kubernetes

EC2

S3

Job description

System One is seeking a Senior API Platform Software Engineer to build backend services, APIs, and API platform capabilities within a distributed AWS-based financial services environment.

This hands-on role requires strong experience with Java and/or Python, REST APIs, microservices, AWS, Apigee, API security, and DevOps, and involves collaborating with Product, DevOps, Security, and Architecture teams to enable scalable, secure solutions.