Chief Enterprise API Platform & Integration

Guardian Life Insurance; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 179,000 - 294,000; Full time

Job summary

Guardian Life Insurance is seeking a Head of API Engineering, Platforms & Modernization to lead the strategy and execution of our enterprise API ecosystem. The role focuses on secure, scalable, and reusable services powering customer, product, and AI capabilities, while modernizing the API landscape and establishing engineering standards.

You will lead teams delivering high-quality integration solutions and drive adoption across product and engineering, partnering with architecture,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in CS, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, API development, or platform engineering.
• 5+ years of experience leading engineering teams and delivering at enterprise scale.
• Proven experience designing and implementing API strategies and integration architectures.
• Experience modernizing legacy systems into scalable, service-based architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of scalable, reliable API platforms across the enterprise
• Establish and enforce API standards across security, performance, and lifecycle management
• Modernize legacy integrations into reusable, well-governed APIs
• Drive adoption and reuse of APIs across product and engineering teams
• Partner with architecture, cybersecurity, and platform teams to align on integration patterns
• Improve developer experience through tooling, automation, and self-service capabilities
• Build and lead high-performing engineering teams across platform and delivery
• Reduce duplication and improve efficiency across enterprise integrations
• Influence technology direction through strong cross-functional partnerships

Skills

API design

Leadership experience

Security & governance

Microservices

Enterprise-scale delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in CS/Engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

Job description

Guardian Life Insurance is seeking a Head of API Engineering, Platforms & Modernization to lead the strategy and execution of our enterprise API ecosystem. The role focuses on secure, scalable, and reusable services powering customer, product, and AI capabilities, while modernizing the API landscape and establishing engineering standards.

You will lead teams delivering high-quality integration solutions and drive adoption across product and engineering, partnering with architecture,