Intuit is looking to solve the problem of developing and scaling the API Gateway platform that powers billions of transactions across its ecosystem, enabling seamless, secure, and scalable API interactions across microservices.
Requirements
- Experience building and scaling API Gateway platforms or reverse proxy solutions (e.g., Envoy, NGINX, Kong, Apigeę, AWS API Gateway).
- Deep understanding of Layer 4/7 networking and traffic management concepts (rate limiting, circuit breaking, retries, load balancing).
- Strong experience with Kubernetes, service mesh technologies, and microservices architectures.
- Proficient in Go, Java, or C++, and experience developing high-performance distributed systems.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and infrastructure-as-code practices.
- Experience with API security standards like QAuth2, mTLS, OpenID Connect, and JWT.
- Demonstrated success influencing engineering direction and contributing to open source.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain a highly available, scalable, and secure API Gateway platform.
- Partner with product managers, architects, and other engineering teams to define and deliver platform capabilities.
- Lead and influence the technical direction of API lifecycle management, including traffic routing, authentication/authorization, rate limiting, and developer onboarding.
- Continuously raise the bar for reliability, performance, observability, and operational excellence.
- Mentor engineers across the organization and help define engineering best practices.
- Contribute to and lead open source initiatives aligned with our platform strategy.
- Stay ahead of emerging technologies and architectural patterns in API and traffic management.
Other
- 10+ years of hands-on software development experience.
- BS/MS in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or equivalent work experience.
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across diverse teams.
- Ability to work in Bay Area California or Southern California.
- Must be eligible for cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs.
