Remote Lead Enterprise Architect

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

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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.

Requirements

• 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

Job Details

Work at Home Requirements: To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees’ ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees must meet the following criteria: wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested. Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.

The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. 142,300 - $195,700 per yearThis job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.

Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.

About Humana

Humana Inc. (S. healthcare company. Through our Humana insurance services and our CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health – delivering the care and service they need, when they need it. These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare and Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large. It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA, to employ and to advance in employment individuals with disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.