[Hiring] Head of Enterprise API Platform @Guardian Life Insurance

Role Description

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.

• 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

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, API development, or platform engineering
• 5+ years of experience leading engineering teams and delivering at enterprise scale
• Proven experience designing and implementing API strategies and integration architectures
• Experience modernizing legacy systems into scalable, service-based architectures
• Strong understanding of API security, governance, and lifecycle management
• Experience operating in complex, cross-functional environments with multiple stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders and drive enterprise-wide initiatives

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

Benefits

• Support and flexibility to achieve professional and personal goals
• Skill-building, leadership development, and philanthropic opportunities
• Contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources