About the role
Requirements:
- Strong programming background with a minimum of 10+ years' experience in developing highly scalable and efficient applications using Apigee, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, TypeScript, or equivalent.
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP) stack or equivalent experience in AWS or Azure.
- Application containerization using Docker and container orchestration services using Kubernetes on GCP (GKE) and/or Azure (AKS).
- Pub/Sub event handling backbone using GCP Pub/Sub and Kafka.
- Composable architectures using domain modelling, services, and microservices, leveraging techniques such as service mesh using Istio and circuit-breaker patterns.
- MFE frameworks leveraging Webpack5 with module federation.
- Database technologies, both SQL and noSQL, using cloud-based implementations like Postgres and MongoDB, Cassandra, or Redis.
- Strong CI/CD pipeline automation with quality gates leveraging tools like Jenkins, Github, Github Actions, and automated test tools like Postman, Rest Assured, Gatling, JMeter, SonarQube, ESLint, and Selenium.
- Observability and insights. Leveraging tools like OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, or equivalent toolsets.
- Documentation as code leveraging tools like and a variety of plugins tapping into GitHub source repositories and read.me files.
- Ability to design RESTful APIs, create API proxies, and convert data formats and controls using Apigee policies.
- Understand API security and OAuth authentication, API traffic management, and API error handling.
Other skills/experience:
- Agile methods.
- Strong knowledge and experience of coding standards and source control techniques, including secure and performant code as well as accessibility.
- Ability to work well within a product team.
- Ability to conduct code reviews and provide actionable feedback to engineers.
- Excellent test script and documentation skills.
- Experience working in more than one of the following service delivery functions: development, support, software design, or environment configuration.
- Ability to translate business goals into technology solutions.
- Strong communication skills; good team player.
Judgment Skills:
- Logical approach to software solutions and problem-solving.
- Be proactive in identifying and resolving potential issues, and escalate appropriately.
- Ability to influence technical project outcomes.
- Able to adapt to different situations requiring interpretive and constructive thinking and a considerable degree of evaluative judgement.
- Takes the lead in resolving technical issues within their domain, regardless of organizational boundaries.