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Senior Staff Software Engineer – API Platform Enablement
We’re hiring a hands-on Senior Staff Engineer to join our API platform and enablement team. This role is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of full-stack development, API-centric integration, and cloud-native engineering—and who is passionate about improving the developer experience across the enterprise.
What You’ll Do
- Engineer APIs and Integrations: Design and build scalable APIs and app-centric integrations using platforms like Apigee, AWS API Gateway, and Google Cloud. Apply deep knowledge of REST, GraphQL, OpenAPI, and API security (OAuth2, JWT, OpenID Connect).
- Enable Developer Experience: Create self-service tools, CI/CD pipelines, and onboarding accelerators that reduce toil and empower teams to own their APIs end-to-end.
- Coach and Connect: Lead by example in forums, sprint reviews, and office hours. Share best practices, mentor engineers, and foster a strong engineering community.
- Drive Reliability: Apply SRE principles to ensure platform and integration reliability. Participate in 24x7 on-call rotations as a subject matter expert for incidents and changes.
- Automate and Optimize: Champion automation in testing, deployment, and governance. Build observability into everything you deliver using tools like Dynatrace, Splunk, and CloudWatch.
- Innovate and Experiment: Lead technical Proof of Concepts (POCs), including GenAI use cases, to explore new capabilities and improve platform offerings.
What You Bring
- Full-stack engineering experience with backend and frontend technologies (e.g., Java, Python, React).
- API expertise: Deep experience with API lifecycle management, API platforms (Apigee, AWS API Gateway), and integration patterns.
- Cloud fluency: Hands-on experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure, and infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform.
- DevOps mindset: Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions, and automated testing frameworks.
- Bias for action: You automate toil, reduce friction, and continuously improve developer workflows.
- Community builder: You coach, mentor, and elevate others—through documentation, forums, and peer engagement.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years software engineering
- Deep expertise in API development and app-centric integrations
- Experience in one or more API platforms such as Apigee, API Connect, Kong and AWS API Gateway.
- Proficiency in: OpenAPI (Swagger), REST, GraphQL, JSON
- Solid understanding of: OAuth2, JWT, OpenID Connect, IAM.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and microservices architecture.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps tooling, and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform).
- Ability to participate in 24x7 on-call rotations and be a SME for incident management and structured triage
- Strong communication skills and ability to coach engineers and foster technical community.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in the insurance industry and productization of insurance business capabilities.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience with Generative AI (GenAI) and Agentic AI. Experience with low-code/no-code platforms (e.g., Microsoft Power Suite).
- Knowledge of observability tools: Dynatrace, Splunk, CloudWatch.
- Proven track record of driving developer experience (DevEx) improvements through shared components and enablement tooling.
- Adaptability in fast-paced environments and ability to respond to shifting priorities.
This role can have a Hybrid or Remote work schedule. Candidates who live near one of our office locations (Hartford, CT, Charlotte, NC, Chicago, IL, Columbus, OH) will have the expectation of working in an office 3 days a week (Tuesday through Thursday) Candidates who do not live near an office will have a remote work schedule, with the expectation of coming into an office as business needs arise.
Candidate must be authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship. The company will not support the STEM OPT I-983 Training Plan endorsement for this position.
Compensation
The listed annualized base pay range is primarily based on analysis of similar positions in the external market. Actual base pay could vary and may be above or below the listed range based on factors including but not limited to performance, proficiency and demonstration of competencies required for the role. The base pay is just one component of The Hartford’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include short-term or annual bonuses, long-term incentives, and on-the-spot recognition. The annualized base pay range for this role is:
$126,160 - $189,240Equal Opportunity Employer/Sex/Race/Color/Veterans/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity or Expression/Religion/Age
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