Our requirements
Who you are
This is the right role for you if you:
* Are a strong platform engineer: You have hands-on experience designing, configuring, and operating API platforms and gateways in enterprise environments.
* Are comfortable with modern engineering and operational practices: You have solid knowledge of Terraform, CI/CD, source control, IdP integration, monitoring, alerting, and automated deployment patterns.
* Understand AI integration patterns: You have, or are motivated to build, knowledge of LLM access patterns, MCP, A2A, and how these can be secured and governed through gateway capabilities across cloud-native AI stacks.
What w're looking for:
Education and Experience:
* A BSc or MSc in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Informatics, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
* Professional experience as a Platform Engineer, API Gateway Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Platform Architect, or similar hands-on engineering role.
Required qualifications:
* Strong hands-on experience with API platforms and gateway technologies in enterprise environments.
* Experience with gateway platforms such as Kong, IBM API Connect/DataPower, cloud-native gateways, or similar API management technologies.
* Solid knowledge of Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practices.
* Experience with Kubernetes and Helm charts for deploying and managing platform or gateway components.
* Solid knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, source control workflows, and automated release practices.
* Solid knowledge of Python and Lua for creating, extending, and maintaining Kong plugins.
* Solid knowledge of IdP integration, authentication, authorization, and access control patterns for gateways.
* Experience setting up logging, monitoring, and alerting, including work with observability tools such as Splunk, Prometheus, and Grafana.
* Understanding of FinOps practices, including cost visibility, consumption tracking, and guardrails for platform usage.
* Experience working with OpenAPI specifications, API contracts, gateway policies, and developer-facing platform documentation.
* Ability to work closely with architects, security, risk, compliance, and engineering teams in a regulated environment.
Preferred qualifications:
* Experience with Kong API/AI Gateway specifically.
* Experience deploying gateways to cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
* Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure and cloud-native AI services such as Bedrock, AWS Agent Core, Google Gemini AI, or Azure AI Foundry.
If this sounds like you, get in touch!