Principal Engineer: Graph & API Platform

RiseMe; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 170,000 - 366,000; Full time

Job summary

Rocket, a Detroit-based company, seeks a Principal Engineer for Servicing Digital to define and govern the API and graph architecture, including schema design, federation, and versioning, as Rocket modernizes its System of Record.

You will mentor engineers, set standards across GraphQL, REST, and event-driven patterns, and partner with product teams and executives to shape engineering strategy during a pivotal migration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher in Computer Science or a related field.
• 12+ years in professional software engineering and architecture roles.
• Demonstrated experience leading API or graph platform strategy at enterprise scale.
• Advanced expertise in GraphQL, schema federation, API design and governance.
• Experience designing abstraction layers that insulate consumer experiences from backend system changes, including migrations and re-platforming efforts.
• Deep fluency in TypeScript and AWS-native service patterns relevant to API and graph infrastructure.
• Track record of establishing API standards and governance that scale across multiple teams and domains.
• Excellent communicator, equally effective in engineering design reviews and executive-level architecture discussions.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the API and graph architecture strategy for Servicing Digital, including schema design, federation patterns, and versioning governance.
• Architect and steward the abstraction layer that decouples client-facing experiences from underlying systems during and after the System of Record migration.
• Establish API design standards, schema governance practices, and developer contracts that scale across multiple product teams.
• Guide technology adoption across GraphQL, schema federation, REST, and event-driven integration patterns.
• Build and maintain API platform tooling, documentation standards, and developer experience infrastructure that accelerates team velocity.
• Integrate and advocate for AI-assisted tooling throughout the API development lifecycle.
• Mentor engineers and technical leads, elevating graph and API craft across the vertical.
• Represent Servicing Digital's API strategy in architecture reviews, executive discussions, and cross-vertical technical forums.

Skills

GraphQL

Schema federation

API design

REST

Event-driven integration

TypeScript

AWS-native

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or higher in Computer Science

Tools

GraphQL tooling

Job description

Rocket, a Detroit-based company, seeks a Principal Engineer for Servicing Digital to define and govern the API and graph architecture, including schema design, federation, and versioning, as Rocket modernizes its System of Record.

You will mentor engineers, set standards across GraphQL, REST, and event-driven patterns, and partner with product teams and executives to shape engineering strategy during a pivotal migration.