Senior API Platform & GraphQL Architect

U.S. Bank; Atlanta, Northern (GA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Bank seeks a Principal Systems Engineer to lead enterprise API Platform & GraphQL efforts. You will own API gateway design, secure, scalable services, and modernize platform migrations across Apigee and GraphQL ecosystems.

You will drive GraphQL strategy using Apollo Federation, Router, and schema governance while mentoring engineers and partnering with Security, Infra, and Architecture teams. This role requires deep API security and cloud-native expertise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent IT experience.
• 7+ years of experience within a total IT environment.
• 7+ years of experience with design, development and support of technology infrastructure.
• Experience administring Apigee OPDK and Apigee Hybrid on Azure.
• Experience engineering enterprise platforms, middleware, API management or distributed environments.
• Hands-on deploying Apigee Hybrid on Azure AKS/Kubernetes.
• Strong experience with Apollo GraphQL, Federation, Router, schema design and governance.
• Deep knowledge of API security including OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT, mTLS.

Responsibilities

• Architect and lead API gateway solutions for critical business apps.
• Drive API platform modernization and cloud-native migrations.
• Define GraphQL strategy and governance; utilize Apollo Federation and Router.
• Automate deployments and operations with GitLab CI/CD, Kubernetes, Helm, Ansible, and IaC.
• Collaborate with Architects, Security, and Infrastructure; mentor engineers.

Skills

Apigee OPDK

Apigee Hybrid

Apollo GraphQL

OAuth 2.0

JWT

mTLS

Kubernetes

GitLab CI/CD

Ansible

Infrastructure as Code

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Azure AKS

Helm

Python

Bash

Datadog

Job description

U.S. Bank seeks a Principal Systems Engineer to lead enterprise API Platform & GraphQL efforts. You will own API gateway design, secure, scalable services, and modernize platform migrations across Apigee and GraphQL ecosystems.

You will drive GraphQL strategy using Apollo Federation, Router, and schema governance while mentoring engineers and partnering with Security, Infra, and Architecture teams. This role requires deep API security and cloud-native expertise.