API Platform Architect – Lead Integrations & AI

Mindlance; Houston (TX); Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Mindlance is seeking a Platform API Design Lead in the United States (Houston area) for a 12-month contract with potential conversion to FTE. The role focuses on API design as products, event-driven architecture, and integration with AWS services across the insurance and retirement platform.

You will lead cross-functional teams, shape strategy, mentor engineers, and explore AI-assisted development patterns to accelerate delivery while maintaining security and governance.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of development and integration experience.
• Strong API-first design and cloud background.
• Experience guiding developers and designers in enterprise-scale delivery.
• Experience with Agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead integration delivery for the Acquisition Platform ensuring alignment with standards.
• Define APIs as products and drive scalable API-driven solutions.
• Collaborate with Product and Platform teams to translate requirements into designs.
• Mentor and guide development teams; promote continuous improvement.

Skills

API Design standards

API as Product

Domain-driven design

External partners collaboration

Event-driven architecture

API contracts standardization

Microservices mindset

AWS environments experience

Cross-functional collaboration

AI-assisted development tools

Financial services exposure helpful

Tools

AWS

Job description

Mindlance is seeking a Platform API Design Lead in the United States (Houston area) for a 12-month contract with potential conversion to FTE. The role focuses on API design as products, event-driven architecture, and integration with AWS services across the insurance and retirement platform.

You will lead cross-functional teams, shape strategy, mentor engineers, and explore AI-assisted development patterns to accelerate delivery while maintaining security and governance.