What are the responsibilities and job description for the API System Architect position at American National?
Job Title: API System Architect (Experienced)
Location: League City, Texas / Marina Plaza (Onsite, Monday-Friday) / Full Time, Salaried
Reports to: Assistant Vice President, Solution Architecture Practice
Are you ready to take your career to the next level? We are looking for talented individuals to join our team and contribute to our innovative projects. You will be responsible for setting the strategy and guidelines for extending our API architecture, collaborating across disciplines, and working closely with system developers to ensure business value and scalability.
What You’ll Do
American National offers eligible employees and their families medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan. Employees also receive annually a bank of paid time off and paid holidays. We aspire to see people for what they bring to our corporate culture by supporting an inclusive work environment, including an emphasis on a healthy work-life balance, development opportunities, and a casual dress code.
American National is an established, stable, and successful multi-line insurance corporation that has provided financial strength and a sense of security to employees, customers and business partners since 1905. With focus on our organization’s values and cultural richness: Financial Strength, Integrity, Respect, Service and Teamwork (FIRST) and Agility, Collaboration, and Engagement (ACE) we continue to pursue our vision to be a leading provider of financial products and services for current and future generations.
Hiring Practices
The preceding job posting was designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this position. It is not intended to be interpreted as a comprehensive list of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications. We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the job qualifications, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this position or other opportunities at American National.
American National’s recruitment policies help us place individuals in a timely and efficient manner. Only the most qualified candidates will be contacted by our recruiting team. Candidates may check the status of their application(s) by logging into their account. Learn more about our company, by following us on social media: LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram
American National is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, genetic information or any other legally protected categories. American National is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.
Location: League City, Texas / Marina Plaza (Onsite, Monday-Friday) / Full Time, Salaried
Reports to: Assistant Vice President, Solution Architecture Practice
Are you ready to take your career to the next level? We are looking for talented individuals to join our team and contribute to our innovative projects. You will be responsible for setting the strategy and guidelines for extending our API architecture, collaborating across disciplines, and working closely with system developers to ensure business value and scalability.
What You’ll Do
- Collaborate across business and technical domains to establish an API strategy that will allow for an extension of the API catalog that balances business priority and technical runway
- Create and maintain API standards and guidelines
- Work across technical teams to educate and mentor on API design and development
- Collaborate with SOA platform team on extending usage and documentation of API tools
- Work outside of, but closely with, agile teams and release trains
- Help to translate high level solution roadmaps into detailed enablers, where needed
- Responsible for ensuring architecture of the systems(s) aligns with architectural guidelines and roadmaps
- Develop system(s) Nonfunctional Requirements (NFRs) to ensure reliability, stability, and performance
- Ensure system(s) meet technical, regulatory, and security standards
- Collaborate on software coding standards
- Lead the evaluation and selection of optimal tools for software development
- Support DevOps processes, i.e., implementation of automated CI/CD pipelines, system logging and monitoring, and cloud/infrastructure automation efforts
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT or related field
- Relevant experience and/or certifications may be considered in lieu of Bachelor's degree
- Proven professional work experience in API development and integration
- Strong understanding of IT infrastructure and software development
- Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills
American National offers eligible employees and their families medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan. Employees also receive annually a bank of paid time off and paid holidays. We aspire to see people for what they bring to our corporate culture by supporting an inclusive work environment, including an emphasis on a healthy work-life balance, development opportunities, and a casual dress code.
American National is an established, stable, and successful multi-line insurance corporation that has provided financial strength and a sense of security to employees, customers and business partners since 1905. With focus on our organization’s values and cultural richness: Financial Strength, Integrity, Respect, Service and Teamwork (FIRST) and Agility, Collaboration, and Engagement (ACE) we continue to pursue our vision to be a leading provider of financial products and services for current and future generations.
Hiring Practices
The preceding job posting was designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this position. It is not intended to be interpreted as a comprehensive list of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications. We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the job qualifications, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this position or other opportunities at American National.
American National’s recruitment policies help us place individuals in a timely and efficient manner. Only the most qualified candidates will be contacted by our recruiting team. Candidates may check the status of their application(s) by logging into their account. Learn more about our company, by following us on social media: LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram
American National is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, genetic information or any other legally protected categories. American National is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.