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About the Role
As an Engineering Capability Leader - API at Frost, you are a subject matter expert, bringing together various technical areas to assist in the creation of new systems. You will lead design and change in the IT realm, believing in servant leadership and working with development teams to thoughtfully create and deliver top-quality systems throughout the organization.
Responsibilities
- Define and evolve the bank’s enterprise API strategy, ensuring APIs become the primary mechanism for system integration and service delivery.
- Manage the entire development lifecycle of API operating models, including establishing design standards, documentation, governance, and adoption practices across technology teams.
- Own the enterprise API platform, including gateway, authentication frameworks, developer portal, and API catalog.
- Utilize subject matter expertise to build secure and reusable frameworks that enable teams to deliver APIs consistently and effectively.
- Define and enforce standards for API design, error handling, security controls, and performance management.
- Collaborate with and provide technical advice to Product Owners, Business Analysts, Software Engineers, and lines of business to estimate level-of-effort, timing, and feasibility, to design new systems based on program requirements, and to optimize system and program functionality.
- Implement strong API governance covering authentication, authorization, encryption, and threat protection.
- Provide strategic thought leadership while ensuring a tactical execution and implementation of initiatives.
- Take action using Integrity, Caring, and Excellence to achieve all-win outcomes.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, in a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated ability to develop technical solutions, typically requiring a minimum of 6 years of experience in software engineering, integration platforms, or distributed systems.
- Demonstrated experience designing and implementing enterprise APIs and microservices architectures.
- Experience building and operating API platforms and gateway technologies.
- Deep understanding of operational reliability, identifying issues and designing solutions for the biggest and most complex programs and systems at the bank.
- Experience synthesizing and directing engineering standards and platform adoption across multiple teams.
- Proven ability to lead a team.
- Current knowledge of emerging market trends, development methodologies, and development frameworks that improve application security, such as OAuth2, OpenID Connect, and mTLS.
- Strong understanding of REST APIs, service-based architectures, and integration patterns.
- Background in financial services, payments, or other highly regulated industries.
- Hands-on experience designing and implementing API developer portals and enterprise API catalogs.
- Working knowledge of event‑driven architectures and streaming technologies such as Kafka.
- Experience integrating APIs across cloud‑native and microservices‑based platforms.
- Proven support for open banking initiatives and partner integration ecosystems.
- Experience developing API analytics and usage insights to inform platform evolution.
- Experience applying DevSecOps practices to automate and govern the API lifecycle.
Skills
- API strategy
- API operating models
- API platform ownership
- Secure framework development
- API design standards
- Error handling
- Security controls
- Performance management
- Technical advice
- API governance
- Authentication
- Authorization
- Encryption
- Threat protection
- Strategic thought leadership
- Tactical execution
- Integrity
- Caring
- Excellence
- Software engineering
- Integration platforms
- Distributed systems
- Enterprise APIs
- Microservices architectures
- API platforms
- Gateway technologies
- Operational reliability
- Engineering standards
- Team leadership
- OAuth2
- OpenID Connect
- mTLS
- REST APIs
- Service-based architectures
- Integration patterns
- Financial services
- Payments
- Highly regulated industries
- API developer portals
- Enterprise API catalogs
- Event‑driven architectures
- Streaming technologies
- Kafka
- Cloud‑native platforms
- Microservices‑based platforms
- Open banking initiatives
- Partner integration ecosystems
- API analytics
- DevSecOps practices
Location
- Texas
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Minimum of 6 years of experience in software engineering, integration platforms, or distributed systems
Education Level
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, in a related field, or equivalent experience
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Generous holiday and paid time off schedule
- Tuition reimbursement
- Extensive health and wellness programs, including our Employee Assistance Program
- Referral bonus program
About the Company
- At Frost, it’s about more than a job. It’s about having a flourishing career where you can thrive, both in and out of work.
- At Frost, we’re committed to fostering an environment that reflects our values and encourages team members to be the best they can be.
- In joining our adaptable, integrity-driven team, you’ll become part of Frost’s over 150-year legacy of providing unparalleled banking services.
- Since 1868, Frost has dedicated their expertise to provide exceptional banking, investment, and insurance services to businesses and individuals throughout Texas.
- Frost is one of the 50 largest U.S. banks by asset size and is a leader in banking customer satisfaction.
- At Frost, it’s about being part of something bigger.