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Systems Integration Contractor: 10+ years (Expert)

Kaygen IncNew York, NY🇺🇸United StatesPosted 10 Aug 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

Leverage your expert-level API and platform development skills to drive significant impact in systems integration, with competitive hourly compensation of $70-$80 and the flexibility of a hybrid work model. This role is ideal for seasoned professionals with extensive experience in Apigee, Kubernetes, and infrastructure engineering who thrive in collaborative environments focused on seamless technical integration and innovation. Don't miss this exciting opportunity to shape critical systems and advance your career.

Quick Overview

Salary
$70 - $80/hr
Work Type
Hybrid
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Title :  API/platform development engineer
Location : Remote
Pay range : $70 to $80

As a Systems Integration Contractor, you will be responsible for integrating various technical components, information technology systems, and organizational processes to create a cohesive and efficient system. Developing and deploying integrated information systems, including the integration of technical components, IT components, organizational components, and documentation. Conducting infrastructure engineering, development, implementation, and integration activities. Work with project on managing the data migration and integration, including open-source integration. Performing enterprise application integration, gap analysis, and benchmarking. Providing enterprise data management and collaboration tools.

Additional Skills Requested for Role:
Skill (optional)
Level (optional)
Criteria (optional)
API - Application Programming Interface
Expert (10+ years experience)
Apigee
Expert (10+ years experience)
Application Integration
Expert (10+ years experience)
INFRASTRUCTURE
Expert (10+ years experience)

Additional Details for Role:
3 main responsibilities...

Apigee hybrid infrastructure
Migrate existing API’s to the new apigee platform
Hands on experience Kubernetes platform
ship required
An experienced API/platform development engineer with Apigee hybrid migration experience, strong proxy development skills, Kubernetes and scripting capability, and the ability to work directly within a team environment.
Core technical skillsets

  • Apigee hybrid / Apigee X experience: hands-on proxy migration, runtime, environments, deployment patterns, and operational troubleshooting
  • API proxy development: building, refactoring, and migrating proxies; shared flows; policies; flow hooks; target endpoints; fault handling
  • Cluster scripting / automation: scripting for deployment, configuration, environment setup, and operational tasks in Linux-based or cloud-native environments
  • Kubernetes fundamentals: understanding of clusters, namespaces, pods, deployments, config maps, secrets, ingress, and troubleshooting
  • CI/CD tooling: experience with pipeline-based deployment, version control, and release automation
  • Cloud platform familiarity: Azure/AWS is ideal, but adjacent cloud experience helps if they understand containerized deployments and infrastructure automation
  • Integration experience: REST/SOAP APIs, auth patterns, transformations, backend connectivity, and API lifecycle support

Skills

SOAP
AWS
Azure
Kubernetes
REST

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