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Arpu Telecommunication Services

Senior Engineering manager (API Gateway)

Arpu Telecommunication Services Cairo, Cairo, Egypt

Telecommunications · 51-200 employees

7 h ago
Remote engineering-manager Principal (10+ yrs) Full-time Egypt
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About the role

Design and build a scalable API gateway layer to support telecom and network API capabilities. Collaborate with architects to implement routing, security policies, and lifecycle management for high-availability platforms.

What they look for

API Gateway Backend Engineering Kubernetes Microservices Cloud-native REST APIs OpenAPI OAuth2 OIDC mTLS API Security Kong Apigee Tyk NGINX Envoy

Requirements

Requires a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field and over 10 years of relevant experience. Candidates must possess strong backend engineering skills with expertise in API platforms, cloud-native technologies, and security protocols.

Full description

About this Role:

This role is in one of ArpuPlus’ business units, CloudCom, and will play a key role in building and scaling the API gateway layer supporting CloudCom’s telecom and Network API capabilities.

. Design and build the API gateway layer for CAMARA-style and TM Forum-aligned APIs.

·       Implement routing, authentication hooks, rate limiting, throttling, request validation, and policy enforcement.

·       Define gateway patterns for multi-tenancy, versioning, API lifecycle management, and high availability.

·       Work with the Telecom Standards Architect to translate API standards into deployable services.

·       Guide backend engineers on API design, OpenAPI specifications, and platform engineering practices.

·       Evaluate and integrate gateway technologies such as Kong, Apigee, Tyk, NGINX, Envoy, or similar.

·       Support performance tuning, scalability, and resilience of the platform.

  •   Bachelor's degree in computer science or any other related field.
  • More than 10 years of experience in the related field
  • Strong backend engineering experience with API platforms or gateway technologies.
  • Experience with REST APIs, OpenAPI, OAuth2, OIDC, mTLS, and API security.
  • Strong cloud-native experience, preferably Kubernetes and microservices.
  • Experience building highly available, production-grade platforms.
  • Telecom, fintech, cloud platform, or identity platform experience is a strong plus.

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