API Engineer
Booz Allen Hamilton22 days ago
Base Salary
$87k - $198k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, deploy, and support secure, reliable, high-performance enterprise API platforms.
- Operate real-time, low-latency API gateways and integrations at scale.
- Collaborate with clients, architects, developers, and operations teams to gather requirements and deliver scalable API solutions.
- Apply DevOps and Kubernetes-based deployment practices to API platforms.
- Support API security, caching, load balancing, and integration protocols.
Requirements
- Experience in backend or platform engineering, distributed systems, API design, and software development using Java or Python.
- Experience with API gateways or platforms such as Apigee, Gravitee, Kong, AWS API Gateway, or MuleSoft.
- Experience with Docker, Helm, Kubernetes, and GitOps workflows.
- Experience with caching, load balancing, API security, HTTP, gRPC, or WebSockets.
- Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Experience with Git and tools such as Jenkins, Jira, Confluence, Nexus, or Bitbucket.
- Experience gathering requirements and engaging with clients.
- Secret clearance is required.
- HS diploma or GED is required.
- Ability to obtain a Security+ Certification within 30 days of hire.
- Preferred experience includes SQL, server-side development, middleware, application or data integration, API development, core application systems, Node.js, Groovy, Scala, Spring Cloud, Spring Core, Spring Boot, Spring Data, Kafka, or RabbitMQ.
- Preferred qualifications include a bachelor’s degree in IT, Cybersecurity, or a related field and DoD 8140 Certification.
Benefits
- Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits.
- Paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care.
- Recognition awards for exceptional performance and demonstration of company values.
- Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week on a regular basis are eligible for the applicable benefits programs.
Tech Stack
Apache KafkaAWSAzureDockerGitGoogle Cloud PlatformGroovygRPCHelmJavaJenkinsKubernetesNode.jsPythonRabbitMQScalaSpring BootSQL
About Booz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen Hamilton builds and integrates software, analytics, AI, cloud, and cybersecurity solutions while providing engineering and consulting services, primarily for U.S. defense, intelligence, and civil government clients, with select commercial partnerships. Its business is largely government contracting and professional services delivering mission systems and cyber defense. Founded in 1914 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Booz Allen is a public company traded on the NYSE (ticker: BAH).