Envoy API Engineer

Envoy API Engineer

Location: Glasgow - 5 days per week onsite
Contract: 6 months
Rate: £425 per day
IR35: Inside IR35

We are looking for a skilled Envoy API Engineer to join a major banking programme based onsite in Glasgow.

The successful candidate will have strong hands‑on experience with Envoy Proxy or Envoy Gateway , API security, cloud‑native engineering and modern DevOps tooling.

Banking or financial services experience is essential.

Key Skills & Experience Required

• Strong programming experience in Golang and/or Java

• Practical, hands‑on cloud‑native engineering experience

• Professional experience with Envoy Proxy and/or Envoy Gateway

• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs and the OpenAPI Specification (OAS)

• Hands‑on experience implementing authentication and authorisation at API gateway level

• Strong experience with:

  • OAuth 2.0

  • OpenID Connect (OIDC)

  • JWT validation

  • Mutual TLS (mTLS)

• Strong DevOps experience, including:

  • CI/CD

  • Kubernetes

  • Terraform

This is a hands‑on engineering opportunity within a major banking environment, ideal for an experienced API Engineer with strong Envoy and cloud‑native expertise.

Please note: This role is 5 days per week onsite in Glasgow. Banking/financial services experience is essential.

Rate: £425/day Inside IR35 | 6-month contract