Manager, Product & Engineering – Digital Common API Platform (DCAP)

T-Mobile • Bellevue, WA

2d

About The Position

At T-Mobile, we invest in YOU! Our Total Rewards Package ensures that employees get the same big love we give our customers. All team members receive a competitive base salary and compensation package - this is Total Rewards. Employees enjoy multiple wealth-building opportunities through our annual stock grant, employee stock purchase plan, 401(k), and access to free, year-round money coaches. That’s how we’re UNSTOPPABLE for our employees! Job Overview The Manager, Product & Engineering – Digital Common API Platform (DCAP) leads the strategy, delivery, and evolution of a shared, enterprise-grade API platform that enables digital products, channels, and partner integrations at scale. This role blends product leadership, engineering execution, and people management to ensure APIs are secure, scalable, reusable, and aligned to business outcomes. Operating in an Agile/DevOps environment, this leader manages cross-functional teams of product managers, software engineers, and platform specialists (typically 5–10 FTEs plus onshore/offshore partners). As adoption of the platform continues to grow, this role is critical to ensuring DCAP remains reliable, secure, and easy to consume — while scaling to support higher traffic volumes, broader enterprise usage, and new integration patterns. Why This Role Matters The Digital Common API Platform is a foundational capability that enables teams across the organization to build, integrate, and deliver digital experiences faster and more consistently. As more products and partners rely on shared APIs, the platform must balance speed with stability, flexibility with governance, and near-term delivery with long-term scalability. This role plays a central part in establishing DCAP as a trusted, reusable platform that reduces duplication, improves developer experience, and accelerates time-to-market across digital initiatives. The Manager, Product & Engineering is accountable for: End-to-end product and engineering ownership of the Digital Common API Platform Delivery of reliable, secure, and well-governed APIs consumed by multiple teams Building and leading high-performing product and engineering teams Driving platform adoption, standardization, and continuous improvement Partnering closely with application teams, architecture, security, and vendors to align platform capabilities to enterprise needs In the near term, this role will focus on stabilizing and optimizing the platform as adoption grows, improving delivery predictability, governance, and developer experience. Over time, the role will evolve toward scaling the platform, expanding reusable APIs, and advancing observability, resiliency, and automation.

Requirements

• Experience building and operating API platforms at scale
• Deep understanding of RESTful APIs, event-driven architectures, and integration patterns
• Experience with microservices-based architectures
• Hands-on knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and infrastructure-as-code
• Strong understanding of API security, authentication/authorization, and Zero Trust principles
• Familiarity with API gateways, service meshes, and observability tools
• Experience leading Agile/Scrum teams
• Bachelor's Degree plus 5 years of related work experience OR Advanced degree with 3 years of related experience (Required)
• Acceptable areas of study include Computer Science or in a computer programming related field. (Required)
• 5–7+ years of experience in product and/or engineering leadership roles
• Proven experience managing software or platform engineering teams
• Experience delivering large-scale, complex technology platforms in an Agile environment

Nice To Haves

• Experience with API management platforms (e.g., Apigee, Kong, Azure API Management, MuleSoft)
• Experience supporting high-traffic, mission-critical platforms

Responsibilities

• Product & Platform Leadership Own the API platform vision, roadmap, and backlog, aligned to enterprise digital strategy Balance scalability, usability, security, and performance with evolving business needs Partner with stakeholders to prioritize features, platform enhancements, and technical debt Drive adoption of common APIs, standards, and best practices across consuming teams Establish and evolve API design, versioning, and lifecycle management standards
• Engineering & Delivery Lead Agile delivery of platform capabilities, ensuring high availability, performance, and security Oversee design and implementation of RESTful and event-driven APIs, integration patterns, and shared services Champion CI/CD automation, infrastructure-as-code, observability, and reliability engineering practices Improve delivery predictability through clear prioritization, dependency management, and execution discipline Ensure platform solutions are well-documented, reusable, and production-ready
• Cross-Functional Collaboration Build strong partnerships with application teams, enterprise architecture, security, infrastructure, and operations Navigate competing priorities across multiple consuming teams while protecting platform health Act as a point of escalation for platform-related risks, dependencies, and delivery challenges Manage technical relationships with vendors and partners, influencing roadmaps where applicable
• Operational Excellence Ensure APIs meet security, compliance, resiliency, and SLA requirements Strengthen Zero Trust authentication and authorization capabilities across the platform Track platform health using metrics such as availability, latency, adoption, and developer satisfaction Improve incident detection, response, and resolution through enhanced observability and tooling Actively manage technical debt and continuously improve platform operating models
• People Leadership Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of product managers and engineers Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement Set clear expectations, provide actionable feedback, and support career growth and development Build sustainable team capacity through thoughtful hiring, onboarding, and succession planning Balance delivery pressure with team well-being, encouraging a sustainable pace and healthy work practices Create an inclusive environment that values learning, transparency, and constructive feedback

Benefits

• Employees enjoy multiple wealth-building opportunities through our annual stock grant, employee stock purchase plan, 401(k), and access to free, year-round money coaches.
• employees in regular, non-temporary roles are eligible for an annual bonus or periodic sales incentive or bonus, based on their role.
• Most Corporate employees are eligible for a year-end bonus based on company and/or individual performance and which is set at a percentage of the employee’s eligible earnings in the prior year.
• Full and part-time employees have access to the same benefits when eligible. We cover all of the bases, offering medical, dental and vision insurance, a flexible spending account, 401(k), employee stock grants, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and up to 12 paid holidays - which total about 4 weeks for new full-time employees and about 2.5 weeks for new part-time employees annually - paid parental and family leave, family building benefits, back-up care, enhanced family support, childcare subsidy, tuition assistance, college coaching, short- and long-term disability, voluntary AD&D coverage, voluntary accident coverage, voluntary life insurance, voluntary disability insurance, and voluntary long-term care insurance.
• eligible employees can also receive mobile service & home internet discounts, pet insurance, and access to commuter and transit programs!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees