Perfil de habilidad

API Gateway

API Gateway patterns, rate limiting, auth, routing, Kong/Traefik/NGINX

API & Integration API Gateway & Service Communication

Roles

2

donde aparece esta habilidad

Niveles

4

ruta de crecimiento estructurada

Requisitos obligatorios

6

los otros 1 opcionales

API & Integration

API Gateway & Service Communication

17/3/2026

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Rol	Obligatorio	Descripción
Technical Lead		Independently configures API gateway patterns for team services: sets up routing rules, request/response transformations, basic rate limiting and authentication policies. Understands trade-offs between gateway-level and service-level cross-cutting concerns.

Rol	Obligatorio	Descripción
Solutions Architect	Obligatorio	Designs API gateway architectures for enterprise systems: selects gateway patterns (BFF, edge gateway, internal gateway), configures rate limiting, authentication offloading, and request transformation. Evaluates Kong, AWS API Gateway, Apigee trade-offs for production workloads.
Technical Lead	Obligatorio	Designs API gateway architectures for production systems: implements BFF pattern, configures canary routing and traffic splitting, sets up circuit breakers and retry policies at gateway level. Optimizes gateway performance and establishes monitoring for API traffic.

Rol	Obligatorio	Descripción
Solutions Architect	Obligatorio	Defines API gateway strategy across products: establishes gateway topology standards, designs multi-tier gateway architectures for microservices, implements API versioning and deprecation policies. Conducts gateway architecture reviews and coordinates cross-team API governance.
Technical Lead	Obligatorio	Defines API gateway standards for engineering teams: designs gateway topology for microservice ecosystems, establishes API contract and versioning conventions, implements centralized auth and observability through gateways. Leads cross-team API design reviews.

Rol	Obligatorio	Descripción
Solutions Architect	Obligatorio	Defines organizational API gateway strategy: designs platform-level gateway infrastructure for multi-product ecosystems, establishes enterprise API governance frameworks, evaluates build-vs-buy for gateway solutions. Shapes industry standards for API gateway patterns and service mesh integration.
Technical Lead	Obligatorio	Shapes organizational API gateway strategy: evaluates gateway platforms for enterprise-wide adoption, designs multi-region gateway architectures with global traffic management, establishes API governance and lifecycle management frameworks. Mentors lead engineers on gateway architecture decisions.

Middle 1 requisitos

Technical Lead

Independently configures API gateway patterns for team services: sets up routing rules, request/response transformations, basic rate limiting and authentication policies. Understands trade-offs between gateway-level and service-level cross-cutting concerns.

Senior 2 requisitos

Solutions Architect
Obligatorio

Designs API gateway architectures for enterprise systems: selects gateway patterns (BFF, edge gateway, internal gateway), configures rate limiting, authentication offloading, and request transformation. Evaluates Kong, AWS API Gateway, Apigee trade-offs for production workloads.
Technical Lead
Obligatorio

Designs API gateway architectures for production systems: implements BFF pattern, configures canary routing and traffic splitting, sets up circuit breakers and retry policies at gateway level. Optimizes gateway performance and establishes monitoring for API traffic.

Lead / Staff 2 requisitos

Solutions Architect
Obligatorio

Defines API gateway strategy across products: establishes gateway topology standards, designs multi-tier gateway architectures for microservices, implements API versioning and deprecation policies. Conducts gateway architecture reviews and coordinates cross-team API governance.
Technical Lead
Obligatorio

Defines API gateway standards for engineering teams: designs gateway topology for microservice ecosystems, establishes API contract and versioning conventions, implements centralized auth and observability through gateways. Leads cross-team API design reviews.

Principal 2 requisitos

Solutions Architect
Obligatorio

Defines organizational API gateway strategy: designs platform-level gateway infrastructure for multi-product ecosystems, establishes enterprise API governance frameworks, evaluates build-vs-buy for gateway solutions. Shapes industry standards for API gateway patterns and service mesh integration.
Technical Lead
Obligatorio

Shapes organizational API gateway strategy: evaluates gateway platforms for enterprise-wide adoption, designs multi-region gateway architectures with global traffic management, establishes API governance and lifecycle management frameworks. Mentors lead engineers on gateway architecture decisions.

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