Cloud-Native Middleware Architect & API Governance Lead

StarHub; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

StarHub is seeking a senior Enterprise Middleware Architect to define, standardize, and evolve our middleware and integration architecture. You will lead cloud-native, API-driven solutions to support digital, partner, and internal platform demands, while reducing operational risk.

You will provide technical leadership across teams, govern APIs and microservices, and ensure security, resilience, and scalable designs across services and integrations.

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years IT experience in middleware/integration/platform engineering.
• Proven ability to define and govern API-led and microservices architectures.
• Hands-on backend development with a widely used programming language.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain reference architectures for middleware, APIs, and distributed systems.
• Architect cloud-native, containerized services that are scalable, secure, and highly available.
• Govern API lifecycle design guidelines, versioning, traffic management, and consumption models.
• Collaborate with DevOps, security, and operations to ensure observability and production readiness.
• Provide architectural guidance, conduct design reviews, and mentor engineering teams.

Skills

Middleware architecture

API governance

Cloud-native & containers

Backend development

Leadership & mentoring

Tools

Cloud platforms

Job description

StarHub is seeking a senior Enterprise Middleware Architect to define, standardize, and evolve our middleware and integration architecture. You will lead cloud-native, API-driven solutions to support digital, partner, and internal platform demands, while reducing operational risk.

You will provide technical leadership across teams, govern APIs and microservices, and ensure security, resilience, and scalable designs across services and integrations.