Remote Lead Enterprise API Architect | AI-Driven Governance

Humana; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 142,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Humana is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead API strategy, governance, and integration across the enterprise. You will define architecture standards, promote reuse, and drive AI-enabled capabilities to accelerate digital transformation.

You will collaborate with architecture, security, data, and business teams to implement scalable API programs, manage lifecycle processes, and ensure compliance while advancing developer self-service and platform capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 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).
• 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.
• Master’s degree in a related field.
• Experience building and scaling enterprise API programs and governance models.
• Experience with AI/ML integration patterns, LLM ecosystems, or agentic frameworks.
• Exposure to platform engineering and developer experience (DX) practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead Enterprise Architect, Enterprise API and Integration is an important role in leading the technology transformation efforts focused on defining the architecture, standards and governance for API development across the enterprise.
• This role ensures effective lifecycle management, promotes reuse, and drives consistency across all enterprise integrations while enabling AI-driven and agentic capabilities.
• 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.
• LLM integration, RAG, and vector data platforms.
• Establish governance metrics and KPIs, including API adoption, lifecycle maturity, reuse, performance, and compliance.
• 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.

Skills

API architecture

API governance

Cloud platforms

Monitoring/Observability

Multi-cloud / Hybrid

AI/ML integration

DX / Developer experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

Apigee

Kong

Azure API Management

AWS API Gateway

Job description

Humana is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead API strategy, governance, and integration across the enterprise. You will define architecture standards, promote reuse, and drive AI-enabled capabilities to accelerate digital transformation.

You will collaborate with architecture, security, data, and business teams to implement scalable API programs, manage lifecycle processes, and ensure compliance while advancing developer self-service and platform capabilities.