Java Platform Engineer

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Position: Java Platform Engineer

Location: Chandler, AZ

Rate: $ $120K

Job Description:

• 6+ years of overall software engineering or platform engineering experience
• 4+ years of hands-on experience designing, developing, and supporting API platforms or API gateway-based architectures
• Strong background in API design and development, including RESTful APIs, versioning strategies, error handling, and backward compatibility
• Proven experience implementing authentication and authorization mechanisms (e.g., OAuth2, JWT, mTLS, API keys)
• Extensive experience troubleshooting and resolving issues in large-scale, distributed, production environments
• Proficiency in Java, particularly for API, gateway, or middleware development
• Strong development experience with Python for automation, scripting, and platform tooling
• Experience with API integration testing and automated testing tools, including functional, regression, and performance testing
• Solid understanding of observability and telemetry concepts, including logging, metrics, tracing, and alerting
• Hands-on experience with source-control systems and collaborative development workflows (e.g., Git)

DESIRED_SKILL:

• Experience with enterprise-grade API gateway platforms (e.g., Apigee, Kong, Azure API Management, AWS API Gateway, or equivalent)
• Strong understanding of API lifecycle management, including onboarding, versioning, deprecation, and retirement strategies
• Hands-on experience implementing traffic management and governance policies, such as rate limiting, throttling, quota management, and request/response transformation
• Familiarity with service mesh or ingress technologies and their interaction with API gateways
• Experience integrating APIs with identity providers and enterprise authentication systems (e.g., OAuth2 providers, OpenID Connect, SSO platforms)
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment strategies for API and gateway configurations
• Exposure to performance testing and load testing tools for validating API scalability and resilience
• Experience working in cloud or hybrid environments, including network connectivity and security considerations
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to diagnose complex integration and runtime issues across multiple systems
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, security, and operations teams

Diverse Lynx LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive due consideration for employment without any discrimination. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence and their proven capability to perform the functions outlined in the corresponding role. We promote and support a diverse workforce across all levels in the company.