Hiring: Principal Solution Architect, Enterprise API Platform Company: Guardian Life Location: New York, NY Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 07:43:24 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords : API Design, Agile, MVP About the job Required Skills: •Operating at an enterprise or portfolio level, the Principal Solution Architect focuses less on individual solution delivery and more on establishing architecture patterns, standards, guardrails and building solutions that enable teams to deliver high-quality, scalable, and secure solutions at speed. •This role partners closely with Enterprise Architecture, Engineering, Product, Cybersecurity, and Platform teams to ensure solutions align to business strategy, are resilient and compliant, and can scale across multiple use cases—without becoming a bottleneck to delivery. •Own and shape enterprise or business solution architecture strategy, standards, and patterns across multiple platforms and domains •Define and maintain reference architectures and reusable design patterns (“golden paths”) for solution delivery •Establish architectural guardrails that enable scalable, secure, and consistent solution design across teams •Owns reusable solution patterns, reference architectures, golden paths, and cross-team design consistency •Interface directly with Solution Architects to drive adoption; Head of Portfolio Architecture to tailor for BU context; Principal Enterprise Architect to align with enterprise standards •Lead enterprise-level or business-level design decisions for complex, high-impact initiatives that span multiple value streams or business units Compensation: •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!