Senior API & Middleware Platform Leader

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 170,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability leave

Parental leave

Paid time off

401k contribution

Job summary

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. is seeking a Senior Manager of API & Middleware Engineering to lead enterprise middleware, API standards, and reusable connectivity patterns across core systems.

You will partner with Architecture, Security, Data, AI, and DevOps to operationalize governance and enable secure, scalable integrations. The role combines strategic platform ownership with hands‑on engineering leadership, managing a blended team of employees, contractors, and partners to deliver

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Hands-on experience with MuleSoft Anypoint Platform.
• Experience leading blended teams of internal staff and external contractors.
• Strong governance, backlog management, and delivery execution skills.
• Strong communication across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead MuleSoft engineering delivery and production troubleshooting across enterprise integration initiatives.
• Own the middleware platform operating model, delivery governance, engineering standards, and operational maturity.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership and serve as a senior escalation point for solution design, reviews, and implementation oversight.
• Coordinate with Product Owners, PMO, Enterprise Architecture, Security, Data, AI, Infrastructure, Quality Engineering, DevOps, and application teams.
• Lead blended team including internal employees, contractors, and vendor partners with work allocation and performance oversight.
• Define and evolve reusable integration patterns, shared services, API standards, connectors, and lifecycle practices.

Skills

MuleSoft Anypoint Platform

Enterprise integrations

API design

Middleware engineering

Team leadership

Vendor management

REST APIs

API governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

CI/CD tools

DevOps tooling

API gateways

Job description

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. is seeking a Senior Manager of API & Middleware Engineering to lead enterprise middleware, API standards, and reusable connectivity patterns across core systems.

You will partner with Architecture, Security, Data, AI, and DevOps to operationalize governance and enable secure, scalable integrations. The role combines strategic platform ownership with hands‑on engineering leadership, managing a blended team of employees, contractors, and partners to deliver