API Management Lead

Century Pacific Food, Inc.; Metro Manila; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Century Pacific Food, Inc. seeks an API Architect to lead enterprise API architecture, governance, and platform strategy. You will set design standards, oversee ARB, and align API initiatives with business goals across cloud and on-premise environments.

You will define integration patterns, ensure data integrity, and enforce security controls (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, mTLS, JWT) to support scalable, compliant API products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 8-10 years of experience in software development, systems integration, or API development.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in an Architecture, Solution Architect, or API Architect role.
• Strong knowledge of API technologies such as REST, GraphQL, and microservices.
• Experience with API management platforms and integration tools.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
• Understanding of API security standards including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), and JWT.
• Experience in designing and implementing enterprise integration solutions.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to lead technical discussions and provide architectural guidance to development teams.
• Experience working in Agile and DevOps environments is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise API architecture blueprint across all organizational systems and digital products.
• Establish API design standards, style guides, patterns, and guardrails for internal, partner, and public-facing APIs.
• Lead the API Architecture Review Board (ARB) and govern design approvals for significant API changes and platform onboarding.
• Drive API portfolio decisions - build vs. buy vs. integrate - aligned to organizational strategy.
• Manage technical debt and rationalize legacy integration points toward a target-state API architecture.
• Define integration architecture across enterprise applications, cloud platforms, and external partner ecosystems.
• Establish API gateway strategy, middleware patterns, and event-driven integration standards (REST, GraphQL, gRPC, AsyncAPI).
• Govern data consistency and integrity across integrated systems through well-managed API contracts.
• Define interface design, messaging frameworks, and versioning standards between internal services and external platforms.
• Lead service mesh and API connectivity strategy for microservices-based and hybrid cloud environments.
• Apply security-by-design principles across all API layers handling sensitive data.
• Design zero-trust API security architecture incorporating OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, mTLS, and JWT standards.
• Conduct API threat modeling, security reviews, and vulnerability assessments for proposed integrations.
• Collaborate with Information Security on data protection, access control governance, and cyber resilience.
• Architect regulatory compliance for APIs subject to GDPR, PSD2, HIPAA, or industry-specific mandates.

Skills

API design

REST

GraphQL

Microservices

Security by design

Cloud platforms

DevOps

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

API management platforms

CI/CD tools

Job description

Job Summary

The API Architect is the foremost technical authority on API architecture within the organization. This role is responsible for establishing the architectural vision, design patterns, and engineering standards that govern how APIs are built, integrated, and evolved across the enterprise. The API Architect ensures the organization’s API landscape is cohesive, future-proof, secure, and aligned with both technical strategy and business outcomes. This role operates at the intersection of enterprise architecture, software engineering, and platform strategy - influencing technology decisions at the highest level.

Key Responsibilities

1. API Architecture Design & Governance

• Define and maintain the enterprise API architecture blueprint across all organizational systems and digital products

• Establish API design standards, style guides, patterns, and guardrails for internal, partner, and public-facing APIs

• Lead the API Architecture Review Board (ARB) and govern design approvals for significant API changes and platform onboarding

• Drive API portfolio decisions - build vs. buy vs. integrate - aligned to organizational strategy

• Manage technical debt and rationalize legacy integration points toward a target-state API architecture

2. Integration Architecture & Platform Strategy

• Define integration architecture across enterprise applications, cloud platforms, and external partner ecosystems

• Establish API gateway strategy, middleware patterns, and event-driven integration standards (REST, GraphQL, gRPC, AsyncAPI)

• Govern data consistency and integrity across integrated systems through well-managed API contracts

• Define interface design, messaging frameworks, and versioning standards between internal services and external platforms

• Lead service mesh and API connectivity strategy for microservices-based and hybrid cloud environments

3. API Security Architecture

• Apply security-by-design principles across all API layers handling sensitive organizational and customer data

• Design zero-trust API security architecture incorporating OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, mTLS, and JWT standards

• Conduct API threat modeling, security reviews, and vulnerability assessments for proposed integrations

• Collaborate with Information Security on data protection, access control governance, and cyber resilience

• Architect regulatory compliance for APIs subject to GDPR, PSD2, HIPAA, or industry-specific mandates

4. Solution Design & Project Enablement

• Provide architectural oversight for API-driven platform implementations, digital transformation, and system integration initiatives

• Translate business and regulatory requirements into scalable, compliant API technical solutions

• Conduct feasibility assessments for new API technology initiatives including cloud-native APIs, AI/ML integration, and event streaming

• Support RFP/RFI processes with API architecture input and platform vendor evaluation

• Define reference architecture for API toolchain including CI/CD, testing, observability, and developer portal

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.

• At least 8-10 years of experience in software development, systems integration, or API development.

• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in an Architecture, Solution Architect, or API Architect role.

• Strong knowledge of API technologies such as REST, GraphQL, and microservices.

• Experience with API management platforms and integration tools.

• Knowledge of cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.

• Understanding of API security standards including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), and JWT.

• Experience in designing and implementing enterprise integration solutions.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to lead technical discussions and provide architectural guidance to development teams.

• Experience working in Agile and DevOps environments is an advantage.