Senior GCP Apigee Engineer

Senior GCP Apigee Engineer (Contract)

We re recruiting an experienced Senior GCP Apigee Engineer for a long-term contract role, supporting large-scale cloud and API platforms in a complex enterprise environment.

This is a hands-on engineering role focused on API management, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and modern DevOps practices, working as part of a cross-functional cloud platform team.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and manage APIs using Google Apigee (Apigee X / Hybrid)
• Develop and deploy API proxies, policies and configurations
• Implement CI/CD pipelines for API lifecycle management (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Harness)
• Build automation and tooling using Python
• Apply API security standards including OAuth, JWT, mTLS, rate limiting and threat protection
• Automate infrastructure and deployments using Terraform / IaC
• Integrate Apigee with GCP services (GKE, Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub, BigQuery)
• Support API gateway modernisation and legacy API migrations
• Monitor, optimise and govern APIs for performance, resilience and compliance

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on experience with Google Apigee
• Solid GCP background
• Proven API Management and API Gateway delivery
• CI/CD and DevOps experience
• Python scripting for automation
• Kubernetes / GKE experience
• Understanding of API security and governance

Desirable

• Terraform or Terraform Cloud
• Apigee or GCP certifications
• Experience in regulated or enterprise environments

This role suits a senior-level engineer who enjoys ownership, modern cloud platforms and building secure, scalable API ecosystems.

Apply now to discuss further details.