# Principal API Gateway Engineer

> Arpu Telecommunication Services · Cairo, Egypt (Hybrid) · — · Posted 2026-09-10

**Workplace:** hybrid

**Department:** Cloud Communication

## 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.

## Requirements

-     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.

## Apply

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