TRCI-26-04431

API Gateway / Cloud-Native DevOps Engineer (Golang/Lua)

Contract role in London for an engineer with strong cloud-native operations and DevOps skills to build, secure, and operate API gateway/API management platforms. The role requires advanced programming in Golang and/or Lua, hands-on experience with API management tools (Apigee/Kong/MuleSoft), strong OpenAPI (OAS) understanding for REST APIs, and deep API security at the gateway (OAuth2, OIDC, JWT, key-auth, mTLS). You’ll work across CI/CD, Kubernetes, and Terraform; AWS experience (ECS/EKS/MSK) and Kong gateway hands-on are preferred.

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Position summary

Location: United Kingdom
Workplace: On-site
Employment: Contract
Experience: Minimum 4 years and Maximum 7 years

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Role overview

Why This Role Matters.

Your Impact

Deliver Enterprise Value

Help organisations solve complex business problems through modern technology, consulting expertise and measurable outcomes.

Collaboration

Work Across Teams

Collaborate with consultants, architects, engineers and client stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.

Growth

Learn Continuously

Gain exposure to enterprise technologies, certifications, mentoring and real-world project experience.

Career Path

Grow With Ubique

Build a long-term consulting career with opportunities to take on greater responsibility and leadership over time.

Responsibilities

What You'll Be Doing.

Every role at Ubique contributes directly to solving meaningful business challenges for our clients.

Technology stack

Tools & Technologies.

The platforms and technologies you'll use to build modern, enterprise-grade solutions.

Golang

Required

Go

Required

Lua

Required

Lua scripting

Required

Cloud-native

Required

API management

Required

API gateway

Required

Apigee

Required

Kong

Required

MuleSoft

Required

OpenAPI

Required

OAS

Required

REST

Required

OAuth 2.0

Required

OpenID Connect

Required

OIDC

Required

JWT

Required

mTLS

Required

mutual TLS

Required

CI/CD

Required

Requirements

Skills & Experience.

We value curiosity, collaboration and continuous learning. If you don't meet every requirement but believe you can make an impact, we'd still love to hear from you.

Essential

Required Qualifications

Advanced proficiency in Golang and/or Lua

Hands-on cloud-native operations experience

API management experience (Apigee, Kong, or MuleSoft)

OpenAPI Specification (OAS) knowledge for RESTful API design

API gateway security: OAuth 2.0

API gateway security: OpenID Connect (OIDC)

API gateway security: JWT validation

API gateway security: key-auth (API keys)

API gateway security: mutual TLS (mTLS)

DevOps toolchain expertise: CI/CD

Kubernetes

Terraform

Preferred

Nice to Have

AWS experience (ECS, EKS, MSK)

Hands-on Kong API Gateway experience

Golang proficiency (if not primary)

Lua proficiency (if not primary)

What you'll gain

More Than Just A Job.

We're committed to helping every team member grow professionally, personally and technically while working on meaningful projects.

Global Exposure

Collaborate with international clients and multicultural teams on enterprise programmes.

Continuous Learning

Expand your expertise through mentoring, certifications and hands-on project experience.

Career Growth

Take ownership, develop leadership skills and grow your consulting career over time.

Flexible Working

Hybrid and remote collaboration designed around trust and delivering exceptional outcomes.

People First

Join a supportive culture where collaboration, respect and long-term relationships come first.

Enterprise Projects

Work on meaningful technology initiatives for leading organisations across industries.

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