IT Software Developer, Senior

Company:
Qualcomm Incorporated

Job Area:
Information Technology Group, Information Technology Group > IT Software Developer

General Summary:

We are seeking a skilled Apigee API Gateway Engineer to play a key role in our digital transformation initiatives. This position involves the full lifecycle of API development and management using the Apigee platform, with a focus on enabling seamless and secure communication for our next-generation applications in AI, Mobile, and Automotive domains. The ideal candidate will be passionate about API best practices and eager to contribute to innovative projects leveraging these emerging technologies.

Minimum Qualifications:
3+ years of IT-relevant work experience with a Bachelor's degree in a technical field (e.g., Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems).
OR
5+ years of IT-relevant work experience without a Bachelor's degree.
3+ years of any combination of academic or work experience with Full-stack Application Development (e.g., Java, Python, JavaScript, etc.)
1+ year of any combination of academic or work experience with Data Structures, algorithms, and data stores.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design , Develop , deploy and maintain API Proxies using Apigee Hybrid and Apigee X
• Implement API proxies , shared flows , custom policies using Javascript.
• Ensure secure communication using OAuth2 , JWT , mTLS , OKTA , Basic Auth
• Manage API versioning , developer portals and apply API Governance best practices.
• Familiar with OpenAPI/Swagger specs and API documentation/
• Understanding of cloud platforms (Google Cloud Platform and AWS) and kubernetes.
• Implement traffic management , quotas , caching strategies using Apigee Policies.
• Participate in CI/CD pipeline setup for API deployments using GitHub Actions.
• Monitor API Performance and apply tuning where necessary.

Qualifications:

• 4-6 years of API development and API management in API
• 4+ hands-on experience with Apigee Hybrid or Apigee X
• Experience in managing Apigee in multi region setups.
• Strong expertise in REST API standards and design.
• Proficiency in OAuth2 , JWT , TLS/mTLS and traffic managmenent policies
• Good understanding in Kubernetes , YAML , Helm
• Familiarty with cloud platforms (AWS and Google Cloud Platform)
• Good understanding in APIGEE components (runtime and management plane)
• Strong problem solving and debugging skills
• Excellent communication skills and stakeholder interaction.
• Ability to work with cross functional teams.
• Must be able to work with other team members around the globe (US, Europe...), to provide required support (sometime during early morning and evening hours).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
• 5+ years of IT-relevant work experience.
• 2+ years of experience working in a large matrixed organization.
• 1+ year in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$50.77 - $76.15

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer - and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.

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