Principal Enterprise API Architect

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Guardian Life seeks a Principal Solution Architect to define, scale, and govern enterprise-wide architecture across platforms, domains, and delivery teams. This role shapes how technology solutions are designed, integrated, secured, and operated consistently across the organization, partnering with business and technology stakeholders.

Located in the Guardian office network with a hybrid schedule, you will drive architectural patterns, guardrails, and reusable designs to enable teams to deliver

Qualifications

• Deep experience designing and governing enterprise-scale solution architectures across multiple teams and domains.
• Experience modernizing API ecosystems, including API management platforms and lifecycle patterns.
• Strong ability to translate strategy into architectural direction and concrete patterns.
• Experience collaborating with business and technology stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure solutions.

Responsibilities

• Own and shape enterprise or business solution architecture strategy, standards, and patterns across platforms and domains.
• Define and maintain reference architectures and reusable design patterns for solution delivery.
• Establish architectural guardrails that enable scalable, secure, and consistent design across teams.
• Lead enterprise-level design decisions for high-impact initiatives spanning multiple value streams.
• Provide architectural oversight to ensure alignment to enterprise standards and long-term strategy.
• Translate business and technology strategy into actionable architecture direction and designs.

Skills

Enterprise-scale architecture

API modernization

Governance & security

Agile delivery models

Job description

Guardian Life seeks a Principal Solution Architect to define, scale, and govern enterprise-wide architecture across platforms, domains, and delivery teams. This role shapes how technology solutions are designed, integrated, secured, and operated consistently across the organization, partnering with business and technology stakeholders.

Located in the Guardian office network with a hybrid schedule, you will drive architectural patterns, guardrails, and reusable designs to enable teams to deliver