Job Description

Apigee Developer

6-Month contract - Inside IR35 - up to 470 per day

Slough based - hybrid working - 3 days a week on site

Telecoms sector

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Apigee Developer to design, build, and manage API solutions that enable secure, scalable, and high-performing integrations across our clients' digital ecosystems. You will play a key role in delivering API-led connectivity strategies using Google Apigee, supporting both internal and external-facing services.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment, contributing to large-scale transformation programmes and modern API architectures.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and deploy APIs using Apigee (Edge / X / Hybrid)
• Build and maintain API proxies, policies, and shared flows
• Implement API security standards (OAuth2, JWT, API keys, rate limiting, threat protection)
• Manage API lifecycle including design, versioning, publishing, monitoring, and deprecation
• Collaborate with architects and engineering teams to define API strategies and best practices
• Integrate APIs with backend systems (REST/SOAP services, microservices, cloud platforms)
• Troubleshoot and resolve API performance and reliability issues
• Monitor API usage and performance using Apigee analytics and logging tools
• Ensure compliance with governance, security, and auditing standards
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and automation of API deployments

Required Skills & Experience:

• Proven experience working with Apigee (Edge or Apigee X/Hybrid)
• Strong understanding of API design principles (RESTful services, OpenAPI/Swagger)
• Experience implementing API security (OAuth2, JWT, SAML, TLS)
• Hands-on experience with JavaScript (for Apigee policies) and API policy configuration
• Familiarity with microservices architecture and cloud platforms (GCP preferred)
• Experience with API management concepts: traffic management, caching, throttling
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps)
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills

Desirable Skills:

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Knowledge of containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Exposure to integration platforms (e.g., MuleSoft, AWS API Gateway, Azure API Management)
• Understanding of DevOps practices and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, etc.)
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.