Principal API Solution Architect, Digital Experience

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU. 

In this role, you will:

This role shapes the digital backbone of our consumer experiences. This is more than just a technical position; it's a leadership role at the forefront of scalable system design, robust integration, and high-performance engineering. As part of the Digital Technology Solutions team, you will define, design, and implement enterprise-grade APIs that connect mobile apps, services, cloud, and partner platforms. Your solutions will support millions of users across products while driving innovation and performance.
If you’re passionate about delivering scalable, secure, and future-proof digital architectures—and enjoy staying hands-on with technology—this is your chance to drive meaningful impact across the organization.

• Design and lead architecture for scalable, secure, and high-performing APIs within the KC ecosystem.

• Be hands-on in developing prototypes and reference implementations to guide engineering teams.

• Build resilient middleware and service integration layers using microservices and serverless architecture (e.g., Azure Functions).

• Define API standards, versioning strategies, schema validation, and robust error handling mechanisms.

• Drive data modeling and transformation strategies for consistent and efficient API consumption.

• Optimize latency, throughput, and responsiveness of APIs through performance profiling and monitoring.

• Implement caching, batching, and connection reuse strategies to improve response times and resource efficiency.

• Set up comprehensive observability using tools like Datadog, Splunk, etc

• Design and execute strategies for load testing, rate limiting, and failover to ensure service reliability during scale.

• Explore and implement advanced integration patterns such as GraphQL, gRPC, and event-driven architectures.

• Drive the adoption of best practices for secure authentication, access control (OAuth2, JWT), and encryption.

• Lead code reviews, technical design discussions, and mentoring sessions to raise team capability.

• Evaluate emerging technologies and cloud-native solutions to enhance API ecosystem scalability and flexibility.

• Work closely with mobile, frontend, security, and DevOps teams to align backend services with business and technical requirements.

• Partner with product owners to translate requirements into technical specs and delivery plans.

• Define governance models for API documentation, versioning, access management, and developer onboarding.

• Collaborate with InfoSec and compliance teams to ensure APIs meet regulatory and enterprise security standards.

About Us

Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You

About You

You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring.  You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development. You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, you’ll experience Flex That Works: flexible work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.

In one of our technical roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

Key Qualifications and Experiences: 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related technical field.

• 15+ years of experience in backend development and system integration, including at least 5 years in an architectural or technical leadership role.

• Proven experience with building and scaling APIs for large-scale consumer or enterprise applications.

• Expertise in designing secure, performant, and reusable APIs in cloud-native environments (preferably Azure).

• Deep understanding of RESTful API design principles, asynchronous communication, and middleware architectures.

• Strong programming skills in Node.js (with Express.js), Spring Boot, or Python.

• Solid grasp of API security, authentication flows (OAuth2, JWT), and access control models.

• Excellent problem-solving, stakeholder communication, and cross-functional collaboration abilities.

• Ability to balance long-term architectural vision with short-term delivery needs.

• Cloud Platforms: Azure, GCP.

• API Technologies: REST, GraphQL, Webhooks, gRPC, Swagger/OpenAPI, Postman.

• Monitoring & Observability: Datadog, Splunk.

• DevOps & Infrastructure: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Terraform, CloudFormation.

• API Management: Kong, Apigee, API Gateway.

To Be Considered
Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role.

In the meantime, please check out the careers website.

And finally, the fine print….

For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world.  We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers.  When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, and DMV check.

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