Backend Engineer (Open Platform Engineering)
Core
Designing and operating high-availability API gateways, authentication/authorization systems, and backend architecture for internal and external traffic.
Role type
Senior Backend Engineer (Open Platform Engineering)
Builds
API Gateway infrastructure, Identity & Access Management (IAM) systems, and secure service-to-service communication flows.
Domain
Cloud-native backend engineering, API security, and Identity & Access Management (IAM).
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
API Gateway operation and customization, Identity & Access Management (IAM) domain knowledge, OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect protocols, API security and traffic management, system stability and scalability design, code quality improvement and refactoring.
Preferred skills
High-performance/high-availability IAM architecture design, external partner authentication flow design, RBAC and ABAC policy modeling, Kubernetes/Istio/Envoy security integration, enterprise security logging and policy enforcement, Proof of Concept (PoC) execution for new technologies.
Technologies
Tyk, Kubernetes, Istio, Envoy, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, RBAC, ABAC.
Responsibilities
Develop security policies and access control logic aligned with external traffic flows; lead backend architecture design and code quality improvements considering stability, security, and scalability; design and implement user and API authentication and authorization flows.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
