Lead Enterprise Architect

Lead Enterprise Architect, Enterprise API and Integration

Lead Enterprise Architect, Enterprise API and Integration is an important role in leading the technology transformation efforts focused on defining the architecture, standards and governance for API development across the enterprise.

The Lead Enterprise Architect will establish and govern a comprehensive enterprise API ecosystem by bringing together API providers and consumers through a unified, business-aligned API catalog. This role ensures effective lifecycle management, promotes reuse, and drives consistency across all enterprise integrations while enabling AI-driven and agentic capabilities.

Define, evolve, and promote enterprise API architecture, design patterns, and standards, including transition and target-state architectures.

Lead enterprise-wide API governance, including intake, design review, lifecycle management, and compliance enforcement.

Partner with architecture, engineering, security, data, and business teams to drive adoption of API standards and reusable integration patterns.

Build and scale enterprise API platforms enabling federated development, developer self-service, and catalog-driven discovery.

Develop AI-enabled governance capabilities, including automation, AI-ready API design, and gap detection across the API lifecycle.

Define and implement reference architectures for modern integration patterns, including:

• Event-driven architectures
• Microservices integration
• LLM integration, RAG, and vector data platforms

Architect and operationalize agentic ecosystems, including orchestration frameworks and MCP-based integrations.

Establish governance metrics and KPIs, including API adoption, lifecycle maturity, reuse, performance, and compliance.

Design and deliver executive dashboards and reporting on API ecosystem health and integration outcomes.

Lead prototyping, proof-of-concepts, and evaluation of emerging technologies in APIs, AI, and integration.

Improve engineering velocity, scalability, and API quality through standardized practices and platform capabilities.

Coach and mentor architects and engineering teams on modern API design, governance, and integration best practices.

Collaborate with external partners, vendors, and industry forums to align enterprise integration strategy with industry trends.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 8+ years of experience as a senior architect or technical lead in large-scale enterprise systems
• 8+ years of experience in API architecture, integration, or application development
• Strong experience with API governance frameworks and lifecycle management
• Hands-on experience with API management platforms (e.g., Apigee, Kong, Azure API Management, AWS API Gateway)
• Expertise in API security standards (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, mTLS, etc.)
• Strong knowledge of REST, GraphQL, and event-driven architectures
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Experience with monitoring, observability, and operational standards for APIs and microservices
• Experience working in multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments

• Master's degree in a related field
• Experience building and scaling enterprise API programs and governance models
• Experience with AI/ML integration patterns, LLM ecosystems, or agentic frameworks
• Exposure to platform engineering and developer experience (DX) practices