Google Cloud Platform API Platform Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Google Cloud Platform API Platform Engineer
• Work mode: Remote
• Engagement: Long-term contract

Description

You will configure Apigee X as the controlled gateway for inbound and outbound enterprise integrations on Google Cloud. The role emphasizes secure API management, API security/threat protection, and event-driven integration patterns using Pub/Sub, including private networking and operational support.

Responsibilities

• Configure Apigee X as the controlled gateway for inbound and outbound integrations (JWT/OAuth policies, quotas, versioning, threat protection).
• Implement Pub/Sub topics and subscriptions with dead-letter handling, replay, and idempotent integration patterns.
• Design integration adapters to isolate core microservices from source/target-specific changes.
• Configure private connectivity using Shared VPC, Private Service Connect, Cloud NAT, firewall rules, and zero-public-IP patterns.
• Implement Cloud Armor controls including rate limiting, DDoS protection, and API telemetry.
• Partner with backend, workflow, and SRE teams on error handling, retries, SLA monitoring, and operational support.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on production experience with Apigee X.
• Google Cloud Platform services experience: Pub/Sub, IAM, Cloud Armor, and GCP networking/private networking.
• Strong REST API and API lifecycle management experience, including event-driven integration.
• API security and enterprise integration governance experience.
• Experience building/supporting secure enterprise APIs.

Benefits

• Long-term remote contract engagement.