Lead Enterprise API & Integration Architect – Remote

Humana; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 142,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

Humana seeks a Lead Enterprise Architect for Enterprise API and Integration to define architecture, standards, and governance across the API lifecycle. You will drive reusable patterns, AI-enabled governance, and platform scalability while collaborating with security, data, and business teams.

The role focuses on building federated API platforms, promoting developer self-service, and delivering metrics dashboards to monitor API health and integration outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience as a senior architect or technical lead in large-scale enterprise systems.
• 8+ years of experience in API architecture, integration, or application development.
• Strong experience with API governance frameworks and lifecycle management.
• Hands-on experience with API management platforms (e.g., Apigee, Kong, Azure API Management, AWS API Gateway).
• Expertise in API security standards (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, mTLS, etc.).
• Strong knowledge of REST, GraphQL, and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Experience with monitoring, observability, and operational standards for APIs and microservices.
• Experience working in multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Define, evolve, and promote enterprise API architecture, design patterns, and standards, including transition and target-state architectures.
• Lead enterprise-wide API governance, including intake, design review, lifecycle management, and compliance enforcement.
• Partner with architecture, engineering, security, data, and business teams to drive adoption of API standards and reusable integration patterns.
• Build and scale enterprise API platforms enabling federated development, developer self-service, and catalog-driven discovery.
• Develop AI-enabled governance capabilities, including automation, AI-ready API design, and gap detection across the API lifecycle.
• Define and implement reference architectures for modern integration patterns, including event-driven architectures, microservices integration, LLM integration, RAG, and vector data platforms.
• Architect and operationalize agentic ecosystems, including orchestration frameworks and MCP-based integrations.
• Establish governance metrics and KPIs, including API adoption, lifecycle maturity, reuse, performance, and compliance.
• Design and deliver executive dashboards and reporting on API ecosystem health and integration outcomes.
• Lead prototyping, proof-of-concepts, and evaluation of emerging technologies in APIs, AI, and integration.
• Improve engineering velocity, scalability, and API quality through standardized practices and platform capabilities.
• Coach and mentor architects and engineering teams on modern API design, governance, and integration best practices.
• Collaborate with external partners, vendors, and industry forums to align enterprise integration strategy with industry trends.

Skills

API governance

Enterprise API architecture

REST & GraphQL

OAuth 2.0 / OIDC

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Event-driven architectures

AI integration patterns

Multi-cloud / hybrid

Education

Bachelors in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Apigee

Kong

Azure API Management

AWS API Gateway

Job description

Humana seeks a Lead Enterprise Architect for Enterprise API and Integration to define architecture, standards, and governance across the API lifecycle. You will drive reusable patterns, AI-enabled governance, and platform scalability while collaborating with security, data, and business teams.

The role focuses on building federated API platforms, promoting developer self-service, and delivering metrics dashboards to monitor API health and integration outcomes.