Software Engineer III API Platform

We offer an exciting opportunity to advance your career and explore new possibilities in technology.

As a Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Bank API Platform team you will support the development automation and maintenance of our API management platform. Leveraging technologies such as Apigee Kong Envoy Akamai and edge server solutions you will help enable secure scalable and high-performance APIs that power our products and services. This role offers an excellent opportunity for engineers with a solid technical background to gain hands-on experience with modern API platforms and cloud-native architectures while collaborating with experienced professionals to address real-world challenges.

Job Responsibilities:

• Design develop and maintain robust API gateway and management solutions utilizing platforms such as Apigee Kong Envoy Akamai and edge server technologies.
• Implement and enforce API security standards including authentication and authorization mechanisms such as OAuth LDAP SAML and Kerberos.
• Engineer advanced API traffic management strategies including rate limiting throttling and quota enforcement to ensure optimal performance and reliability.
• Integrate comprehensive logging monitoring and observability practices using tools such as Splunk Grafana and Datadog to ensure visibility and rapid incident response.
• Collaborate with engineers product managers and designers to deliver effective solutions for the API developer community
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to improving code quality and reliability
• Communicate effectively with team members and stakeholders to support project objectives
• Develop secure high-quality production code in adherence to best practices and standards
• Support platform automation initiatives and cloud-native solution implementations
• Engage with the engineering community to learn and apply industry frameworks tools and software development life cycle practices
• Promote a team culture of diversity opportunity and respect

Required Qualifications Capabilities and Skills:

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 3 years applied experience.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering Mathematics or a related technical field or equivalent experience
• 7 years of software development experience.
• Experience in application development testing and operational support
• Experience in designing implementing and managing API Gateway solutionsincluding but not limited to Apigee Kong and Envoywith a strong background in microservice architecture and modern API technologies.
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills with demonstrated knowledge of site reliability engineering (SRE) practices and incident management processes to provide rapid solutions for internal stakeholders
• Ability to approach problems with an architectural mindset considering scalability reliability and best practices in solution design
• Exposure to relational and NoSQL databases as well as cloud-native Agile DevOps and test-driven development (TDD) methodologies
• Capacity to learn and apply new technical concepts independently

Preferred Qualifications Capabilities and Skills:

• Understanding of networking and connectivity including diagnosing network latencies DNS cloud connectivity edge server operations and content delivery networks such as Akamai
• Knowledge of API security including transport-level security payload encryption certificate management OAuth and DDoS protection
• Emphasized core gateway functions: security traffic management and API lifecycle.
• Experience or interest in monitoring and observability tools such as Splunk Grafana and Datadog
• Exposure to designing scalable and resilient systems on public cloud platforms (e.g. AWS)