Enterprise API Capability Leader

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

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.