Head of Enterprise API Platform
Guardian Life Insurance•New York, NY
•$178,690 - $293,560
About The Position
Guardian is transforming how we deliver digital and data-driven experiences. This role leads the strategy and execution of our enterprise API ecosystem—enabling secure, scalable, and reusable services that power customer, product, and AI capabilities across the organization. You will modernize our API landscape, establish engineering standards, and lead teams delivering high-quality integration solutions across the enterprise.
Requirements
- Experience leading API, platform, or integration engineering in large-scale environments
- Strong expertise in API design, microservices, and modern integration patterns
- Proven ability to establish standards and drive adoption across teams
- Experience modernizing legacy systems into scalable services
- Strong understanding of security (authentication, authorization, zero-trust)
- Experience leading and developing engineering teams
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive enterprise outcomes
Nice To Haves
- Experience with cloud-native architectures (e.g., AWS, Azure)
- Familiarity with event-driven architectures and distributed systems
- Exposure to data and AI integration patterns
- Experience implementing developer platforms or API marketplaces
- Background in financial services or regulated industries
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and delivery of scalable, reliable API platforms across the enterprise
- Establish and enforce API standards across security, performance, and lifecycle management
- Modernize legacy integrations into reusable, well-governed APIs
- Drive adoption and reuse of APIs across product and engineering teams
- Partner with architecture, cybersecurity, and platform teams to align on integration patterns
- Improve developer experience through tooling, automation, and self-service capabilities
- Build and lead high-performing engineering teams across platform and delivery
- Reduce duplication and improve efficiency across enterprise integrations
- Influence technology direction through strong cross-functional partnerships
Benefits
- Skill-building
- Leadership development
- Philanthropic opportunities
- Opportunities to build communities
- Supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
