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API Gateway/Platform Engineer

Skybeyo
Wilmington, DE Contractor
POSTED ON 9/18/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/17/2026

12 years of experience in platform engineering, backend development.

Strong hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot for building microservices

Experience designing and deploying RESTful APIs

Practical experience with OAuth2/OIDC authorization frameworks 

Hands-on experience deploying and managing APIs through API Gateway solutions (AWS

API Gateway, Kong, Apigee, or similar)

Experience running and operating workloads on Kubernetes, ideally Amazon EKS

Solid understanding of AWS services (EC2, IAM, VPC, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch)

Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Solid understanding of CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar)

Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)

Experience with AWS

Understanding of API security best practices (OAuth2)

Good communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally

Nice to have - knowledge of Akamai GTM

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