Senior Enterprise API Platform Architect: Scale & Govern

Guardian Life; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Guardian Life in Holmdel, NJ is seeking a Principal Solution Architect for the Enterprise API Platform to define, scale, and govern enterprise-wide architecture across platforms and teams. You will translate API modernization objectives into practical, value-generating modernization decisions, reusable architecture patterns, MCP-enabled platform direction, and executable engineering outcomes.

You will collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Engineering, Product, Cybersecurity, and Platform

Qualifications

• Deep experience designing and governing enterprise-scale solution architectures across multiple teams/domains.
• Experience modernizing API ecosystems, including API management platforms and lifecycle platforms.
• Strong ability to define and drive adoption of architecture standards, frameworks, and reusable patterns.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with business and technology stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own and shape enterprise architecture strategy, standards, and patterns across platforms/domains.
• Define reusable design patterns and reference architectures for solution delivery.
• Establish guardrails for scalable, secure, and consistent design across teams.
• Mentor architects and senior engineers to elevate architectural maturity.
• Translate business strategy into actionable architecture direction for API platforms and transformations.
• Partner with Security, Risk, and Compliance to embed governance and regulatory requirements.
• Lead cross-team design decisions for high-impact initiatives spanning value streams or units.
• Drive API modernization, MCP gateway patterns, and domain-aligned data models across platforms.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

API modernization

Stakeholder management

Cloud platforms

Security governance

Mentoring

Agile delivery

Communication

Regulated environments

AI enablement

Context-layer architecture

Observability & governance

Job description

Guardian Life in Holmdel, NJ is seeking a Principal Solution Architect for the Enterprise API Platform to define, scale, and govern enterprise-wide architecture across platforms and teams. You will translate API modernization objectives into practical, value-generating modernization decisions, reusable architecture patterns, MCP-enabled platform direction, and executable engineering outcomes.

You will collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Engineering, Product, Cybersecurity, and Platform