Principal Lead, API & AI Enterprise Integration Services

Job Summary / Introduction - Define and lead the strategic vision for API, AI, and domain services engineering across the value streams. - Break the bank into reusable API services by decomposing legacy systems into modular, discoverable, and consumable capabilities. - Provide engineering leadership to build scalable, secure, and scalable platforms that power digital transformation. - Drive cross-value stream collaboration to ensure platform services are aligned with business outcomes and domain-specific needs. - Foster innovation and operational excellence through modern engineering practices and emerging technologies. Key Responsibilities - Lead engineering teams in building robust domain services. - Promote API reuse and developer enablement across value streams. - Define and evolve the enterprise API, AI, and domain services strategy. - Collaborate with product owners, architects, and engineering leads across value streams. - Identify common capabilities and build shared services to support multiple domains. - Ensure platform services are extensible, discoverable, and well-documented. - Adopt emerging technologies (e.g., GenAI Agentic). - Provide leadership to delivery teams, fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement. - Maintain delivery roadmaps, capacity plans, and resource forecasts. - Ensure compliance with IT governance, risk, and regulatory requirements. - Collaborate with enterprise architecture, security, infrastructure, and operations teams. - Track and report KPIs, including audit and risk metrics. - Promote a culture of innovation, agility, and continuous learning. Requirements / Qualifications - Exp Overall: 15+ Years, Banking 10+ Years. - Implement API-first - prioritizes APIs at the beginning of the SDLC process, positioning APIs as the building blocks. - Ensure domain services reflect real-world business capabilities and priorities. - Ensure architectural integrity, scalability, and performance of platform components. - Promote engineering best practices, including CI/CD, DevSecOps, and test automation. - Translate enterprise goals into platform engineering strategies. - Champion platform modernization and domain-driven design. - Build and mentor high-performing engineering teams.