API Infrastructure Engineering Manager

Join us in revolutionizing the insurance industry! As an API Infrastructure Engineering Manager, you will lead transformative initiatives to modernize and automate our essential API infrastructure, focusing on platforms like Apigee and AWS API Gateway. We seek a dedicated leader who will enhance scalability, resilience, and innovation while fostering a collaborative and engaged team culture.

Role Overview:

This is a remarkable opportunity to make a lasting impact. Leading the Platform Engineering team for Enterprise API Platforms, you will shape our API strategies and drive significant transformations. If you thrive in a hands-on role while coaching your teams, this position is perfect for you!

The role includes a hybrid work schedule, requiring in-office attendance three days a week (Tuesday through Thursday) at one of our locations in Columbus, OH, Chicago, IL, Hartford, CT, or Charlotte, NC.

Key Responsibilities:

Platform Leadership: Serve as the Platform Application Owner, ensuring compliance with enterprise security standards and resiliency requirements.

Scalability & Performance: Design and implement auto-scaling strategies, optimizing for cost-effectiveness while continuously monitoring system performance.

Resiliency & Disaster Recovery: Develop and validate disaster recovery strategies to maintain high availability across regions.

Environment Configuration: Oversee Apigee configurations, including capacity planning, performance tuning, and auto-scaling efforts.

Infrastructure-as-Code: Spearhead automation initiatives using Infrastructure-as-Code for provisioning and configuration tasks.

Team Leadership: Mentor and guide a high-performing Platform Engineering team to meet and exceed ambitious goals and performance metrics.

Platform Stability: Establish robust monitoring and incident response strategies to guarantee reliable API operations.

Required Experience:

Overall Experience: 8+ years in platform engineering and infrastructure, with a proven track record of leading teams to create scalable and reliable systems.

Google Cloud Expertise: 2+ years of hands-on experience with Apigee in Google Cloud Platform (or similar), including configuration management and performance scalability.

Leadership: At least 2 years of direct management experience overseeing infrastructure or platform engineering teams.

Operational Excellence: Proven ability to maintain platform stability, execute disaster recovery tests, and manage incidents effectively.

Player-Coach: Willingness to engage in hands-on Apigee engineering while also mentoring team members.

Collaboration & Modernization: Demonstrated experience in driving platform transformation initiatives while fostering an inclusive and engaging team environment.

Preferred Experience:

Experience as an Enterprise Application Platform Owner for API or middleware platforms.

Involvement in API transformation, modernization, and migration projects.

Relevant Google Cloud and AWS certifications.

A background in the insurance industry is a plus.

Note: Candidates must be authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship. The company does not support the STEM OPT I-983 Training Plan endorsement for this role.

Compensation:

The annualized base pay range for this position is between $138,000 and $207,000, influenced by market analysis and individual qualifications. The total compensation package includes additional rewards such as bonuses and recognition programs.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to ensuring that all qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, veterans' status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, or age.