Head of Enterprise API Platform & Modernization

Guardian Life; Town of Bethlehem (NY); Hybrid; USD 179,000 - 294,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

Guardian Life is seeking a Head of API Engineering, Platforms & Modernization to lead the strategy and execution of the enterprise API ecosystem. You will modernize our API landscape, set engineering standards, and oversee teams delivering scalable integration solutions across the organization.

You will drive API design, governance, and adoption while partnering with architecture, security, and platform teams to align on patterns and tooling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of software engineering, API development, or platform engineering.
• 5+ years leading engineering teams at enterprise scale.
• Proven experience designing and implementing API strategies and integration architectures.
• Experience modernizing legacy systems into scalable, service-based architectures.
• Strong understanding of API security, governance, and lifecycle management.
• Experience operating in complex, cross-functional environments with multiple stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders and drive enterprise-wide initiatives.

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

Microservices

Modern integration patterns

Security concepts

Team leadership

Stakeholder influence

Architecture alignment

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS or Engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

Job description

Guardian Life is seeking a Head of API Engineering, Platforms & Modernization to lead the strategy and execution of the enterprise API ecosystem. You will modernize our API landscape, set engineering standards, and oversee teams delivering scalable integration solutions across the organization.

You will drive API design, governance, and adoption while partnering with architecture, security, and platform teams to align on patterns and tooling.