Engineering Capability Leader- API

Apex Systems; San Antonio (TX); Hybrid; USD 221,000 - 256,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401K with company match

HSA (Health Savings Account)

Employee stock purchase program

EAP (counseling)

Job summary

Everforth Apex Systems seeks an Engineering Capability Leader to build and lead an enterprise API capability from the ground up, defining API strategy, governance, standards, platform architecture, and adoption practices across the organization.

This transformational leadership role drives enterprise adoption, creates a scalable framework for long-term growth, and partners with engineering, architecture, security, and business leaders to align priorities across multiple teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, integration, or API platforms.
• Demonstrated experience building enterprise API programs.
• Deep knowledge of API governance and platform strategy.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs, integration patterns, and microservices architectures.
• Experience implementing API security standards.
• Proven ability to lead enterprise-wide technology initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the enterprise API strategy.
• Establish API governance, standards, and operating models.
• Lead development of API platforms, developer portals, and API catalogs.
• Build scalable and secure integration frameworks.
• Drive API adoption across engineering teams and business units.
• Evaluate existing integration platforms and future-state architecture.
• Develop security standards for authentication, authorization, encryption, and threat protection.
• Partner with engineering, architecture, security, and business leaders to align priorities.
• Lead modernization initiatives related to integrations and APIs.

Skills

API governance

Enterprise API programs

REST APIs

Microservices

Security standards

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Enterprise-wide initiatives

Tools

MuleSoft

API portals

API catalogs

Kafka

Job description

• MuleSoft expertise

Job#: 3046339

Job Description

Engineering Capability Leader - API

Location

San Antonio, Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, or Houston (Hybrid)

Compensation

• San Antonio: $211,000 - $245,000 base + 15% target bonus
• Other Texas Markets: $231,000 - $268,000 base + 15% target bonus

About The Role

We are seeking an Engineering Capability Leader to build and lead an enterprise API capability from the ground up. This individual will define API strategy, governance, standards, platform architecture, and adoption practices across the organization.

This is a transformational leadership role responsible for establishing API capabilities, driving enterprise adoption, and creating a scalable framework that supports long-term business growth.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the enterprise API strategy
• Establish API governance, standards, and operating models
• Lead development of API platforms, developer portals, and API catalogs
• Build scalable and secure integration frameworks
• Drive API adoption across engineering teams and business units
• Evaluate existing integration platforms and future-state architecture
• Develop security standards for authentication, authorization, encryption, and threat protection
• Partner with engineering, architecture, security, and business leaders to align priorities
• Lead modernization initiatives related to integrations and APIs

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, integration, or API platforms
• Demonstrated experience building enterprise API programs
• Deep knowledge of API governance and platform strategy
• Strong understanding of REST APIs, integration patterns, and microservices architectures
• Experience implementing API security standards
• Proven ability to lead enterprise-wide technology initiatives
• Strong stakeholder management and leadership skills

Preferred Qualifications

• MuleSoft expertise
• Experience building API developer portals and API catalogs
• Kafka or event-driven architecture experienceBanking, financial services, or other regulated industry experience
• DevSecOps experience
• Open banking or partner integration experience

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

• Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection.
• We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure.
• Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts.
• In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA.
• Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach.
• You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

If you require an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to participate in an interview with a virtual recruiter or to use our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at [email protected] or 804-523-8228. Please note that this contact information is strictly to be used for medical ADA accommodations and that no other inquiries will be answered.

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Everforth Apex is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at [email protected] or 804-523-8228. (Do not submit resumes or solicit consultants to this email address). UnitedHealthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Everforth Apex.