Lead Specialist, Application Programming Interface & Integration

Why This Role Matters What You Will Deliver API & Integration Delivery

• Deliver secure, scalable APIs and integration services that enable reliable data exchange across enterprise platforms and applications.
• Establish integration patterns and service standards that ensure consistency, performance, and long-term maintainability.
• Enable governed access to enterprise data products through stable interfaces and service contracts.

Security, Governance & Compliance

• Embed authentication, authorization, auditing, and access controls that protect enterprise data and services.
• Ensure API and integration solutions align with data governance, security, and enterprise architecture standards.
• Maintain effective lifecycle controls across API design, deployment, change management, and retirement.

Platform Reliability & Operations

• Deliver highly available and resilient integration services that meet performance and reliability requirements.
• Strengthen observability through monitoring, logging, metrics, and tracing capabilities.
• Resolve production incidents and drive continuous improvements that reduce operational risk and service disruption.

Technical Assurance & Stakeholder Collaboration

• Provide technical guidance and assurance for integration initiatives, projects, and vendor-delivered solutions.
• Partner with data engineering, platform, and application teams to deliver end-to-end integration outcomes.
• Enable effective API adoption through documentation, onboarding, and stakeholder engagement.

Continuous Improvement & Optimization

• Improve integration performance, scalability, and operational efficiency through ongoing enhancement initiatives.
• Drive standardization and automation opportunities that increase delivery quality and reduce complexity.
• Promote best practices that enhance the maturity of enterprise integration capabilities.

What Success Looks Like

• Secure and reliable APIs consistently meet business and technical performance expectations.
• Enterprise systems are integrated through standardized, governed, and scalable integration services.
• Production incidents and integration failures are minimized through proactive monitoring and operational excellence.
• Data consumers experience improved access, usability, and reliability of enterprise data services.
• Integration solutions comply with enterprise governance, architecture, and security requirements.
• Continuous improvements deliver measurable gains in performance, efficiency, and service quality.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline. 

Experience

• 7-10 years of experience in API development and integration engineering within enterprise environments.
• Experience delivering production-grade integrations with strong security and governance requirements.
• Experience supporting and optimizing mission-critical integration services.
• Experience collaborating across platform, engineering, architecture, and business teams. 

Skills That Matter Functional Expertise

• API Design & Development
• Integration Architecture & Engineering
• API Lifecycle Management
• Security Controls & Access Management
• Service Contracts, Versioning & Documentation
• Event-Driven and Enterprise Integration Patterns

Business & Delivery

• Operational Excellence
• Incident & Problem Management
• Performance Optimization
• Governance & Compliance
• Continuous Improvement
• Technical Assurance & Quality Delivery

People & Collaboration

• Stakeholder Management
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Vendor Coordination
• Communication & Influence
• Technical Leadership
• Ownership & Accountability