Principal Engineer — Graph & API

About The Role

• Define and own the API and graph architecture strategy for Servicing Digital, including schema design, federation patterns, and versioning governance.
• Architect and steward the abstraction layer that decouples client-facing experiences from underlying systems during and after the System of Record migration.
• Establish API design standards, schema governance practices, and developer contracts that scale across multiple product teams.
• Guide technology adoption across GraphQL, schema federation, REST, and event-driven integration patterns.
• Build and maintain API platform tooling, documentation standards, and developer experience infrastructure that accelerates team velocity.
• Integrate and advocate for AI-assisted tooling throughout the API development lifecycle.
• Mentor engineers and technical leads, elevating graph and API craft across the vertical.
• Represent Servicing Digital's API strategy in architecture reviews, executive discussions, and cross-vertical technical forums.

About You

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher in Computer Science or a related field.
• 12+ years in professional software engineering and architecture roles.
• Demonstrated experience leading API or graph platform strategy at enterprise scale.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced expertise in GraphQL, schema federation, API design and governance, REST, and event-driven integration patterns.
• Demonstrated experience designing abstraction layers that insulate consumer experiences from backend system changes, including migrations and re-platforming efforts.
• Deep fluency in TypeScript and AWS-native service patterns relevant to API and graph infrastructure.
• Track record of establishing API standards and governance that scale across multiple teams and domains.
• Excellent communicator, equally effective in engineering design reviews and executive-level architecture discussions.

Pay

The compensation for this position is $169,500.00-$366,000.00. The position may also be eligible for an annual bonus, incentives, and other employment-related benefits.

Schedule

This role may include participation in an on-call rotation to support production systems and ensure service reliability. On-call responsibilities may include coverage during nights and weekends. If applicable, frequency and scheduling will be determined by team needs and communicated accordingly.