Senior API Enablement Engineer - REMOTE

The Hartford; Charlotte (NC); Remote; USD 126,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company is seeking a Senior Staff API Software Engineer to lead the API Enablement Team. This hands-on role focuses on API modernization, technical delivery, and mentoring team members. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in API development, full-stack engineering, and incident management. Join us to shape the future of API solutions within a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in technical roles with leadership experience.
• 3+ years hands-on experience with API platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead the API Enablement Team and guide API solutions.
• Drive high-value POCs and stay current with industry trends.

Skills

API Management

Leadership

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science

Master's in Computer Science

Tools

API Connect

Apigee

AWS API Gateway

Dynatrace

Splunk

CloudWatch

Job description

Senior Staff Software Engineer - IE07HE

We’re committed to making a difference and are proud to be an insurance company that goes beyond coverages and policies. Working here offers opportunities to achieve your goals and help others do the same. Join us as we shape the future.

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Staff API Software Engineer for a hands-on technical role. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in software engineering, API development, and integrations, with a passion for coding and full-stack development. A key focus will be API modernization and working with distributed teams to enable federated API management.

Responsibilities:

1. API Software Engineering: Lead the API Enablement Team, guiding API solutions, Gateway configuration, and administration on platforms like API Connect, Apigee, Azure API Management, and Amazon API Gateway.
2. Create Innovative API Solutions: Develop solutions to accelerate API delivery, improve developer experience, and enhance security, performance, and resiliency through shared components and best practices.
3. API Governance and Quality: Ensure API scalability, performance, and security, participate in governance, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.
4. Technical Delivery and Leadership: Lead software development, demonstrate full-stack capabilities, and adapt to new technologies, including programming languages, low-code/no-code tools, and architectural patterns.
5. API SRE and Incident Management: Drive SRE practices ensuring API reliability and lead incident response, including on-call rotations.
6. Innovation and POCs: Drive high-value POCs and stay current with industry trends, including GenAI.
7. Communication and Collaboration: Foster team collaboration, solve technical challenges, and adapt to changing requirements.
8. Team Coaching: Mentor team members and promote a culture of continuous learning.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years in technical, engineering, or operations roles with leadership experience, especially in API technical leadership.

API Management & Integrations:

• 3+ years hands-on experience with API platforms (API Connect, Apigee, AWS API Gateway).
• Deep knowledge of API design (OpenAPI, JSON, REST, GraphQL).
• Experience with API lifecycle, cloud, microservices, event-driven architecture, and service buses.
• Proficiency in API security, OAuth2, JWT, and IAM frameworks.

Full Stack Engineering:

• Proven ability to lead technical delivery, with skills in Java, Python, React, low-code/no-code tools, and DevOps.
• Experience with distributed systems, cloud platforms, and GenAI.

Incident & SRE:

• Expertise in incident management, resiliency, monitoring, and diagnosis tools (Dynatrace, Splunk, CloudWatch).
• Ability to participate in 24x7 on-call rotations.

Cloud & Innovation:

• Experience with AWS, Azure, GCP, and executing POCs, including GenAI projects.

Collaboration & Communication:

• Ability to mentor, communicate effectively, and partner across teams.

Additional: Must be authorized to work in the US without sponsorship; STEM OPT I-983 endorsement not supported.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or related field.
• Insurance industry experience and familiarity with insurance productization.
• Experience with GenAI and Agentic AI.

Compensation:

The annual base pay range is $126,160 - $189,240, based on market analysis and individual factors. Compensation includes bonuses, incentives, and other rewards.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and value diversity in our workforce.

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