API/Integrations Lead

Ryan Specialty•Carmel, IN

11h

About The Position

The API / Integrations Lead owns the design, development, and operational support of enterprise APIs and integration services. This is a hands-on technical leadership role — building scalable, secure, and reliable APIs while coordinating offshore delivery teams and collaborating with application, cloud, security, DevOps, and business stakeholders.

Requirements

8+ years in software/integration engineering; 3+ years in a lead or senior API/integration role.
Enterprise-scale environments with production SLA ownership.
Leading and coordinating offshore delivery teams.
Hands-on with .NET or Python and Azure services (Functions, API Management).
Strong grasp of RESTful design, API versioning, and integration patterns (event-driven, messaging).
Solid knowledge of OAuth2 / OpenID Connect authentication and JSON/XML data formats.
Experience with SQL/NoSQL backends, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.
Familiarity with monitoring and observability tooling for distributed systems.
Experience integrating AI/LLM capabilities into APIs (RAG, prompt design, guardrails).
Mandatory: hands-on experience with Claude Code, Codex or something similar.
Strong technical leadership with an ownership mindset.
Clear communicator with solid stakeholder management.
Comfortable working independently and making sound technical decisions.
Collaborative across cross-functional teams.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field (required).
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

Nice To Haves

Experience with MCPs and other AI native technologies will be a huge plus.
Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, AI, or related discipline (preferred).

Responsibilities

Lead design and development of RESTful APIs and integration services.
Own API specifications (Open API/Swagger) and enforce standards across teams.
Provide technical leadership, code reviews, and mentoring to offshore developers.
Configure and manage the API platform (Azure API Management) security policies, traffic management, versioning.
Integrate APIs with backend systems, cloud services, and third-party platforms.
Drive CI/CD automation and DevOps practices.
Serve as the onshore escalation point for production incidents and root-cause analysis.
Collaborate with product owners and stakeholders to deliver production-ready solutions.