Senior API Platform Engineer (Kong/API Gateway) - London

Uniting People

London,  United Kingdom
On-siteAgency contract (e.g. ANÜ)
FinanceApplication Programming Interfaces (APIs)Messaging Application Programming InterfaceApi DesignApi GatewayApi Management

Description

Senior API Platform Engineer (Kong/API Gateway) - London

London - 6 months contract followed by extension- 450 gbp per day inside IR35. 5 days onsite is mandatory

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Formal training or certification on API Management Platform concepts and proficient advanced experience

Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability

Advanced in one or more programming language(s) - Golang or LUA Script

Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods

In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems

Practical cloud native experience

Professional experience in API management technology eg APIGEE, Kong, Mulesoft

Strong understand of OpenAPI Specification (OAS) for RESTful APIs

DevOps (CICD, Kubernetes, Terraform)

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

AWS (ECS, EKS, MSK)

Kong API Gateway

Golang programming language

Lua programming language

Application form