- Photon
- United States,
- Full-Time
- 85 days ago
- $56,000–$196,000
Technical Lead - Integration Enablement | Onsite - Delaware.
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Technical Lead - Integration Enablement | Onsite - Delaware: our view in 3 lines...
- The Role:This role is for a technical lead in integration and API engineering with experience in enterprise platforms, event-driven systems, and regulated-industry delivery.
- The Person:The person will own API standards, Mulesoft rollout, contract testing, API security, event-driven infrastructure, schema registry standards, workflow automation, and day-to-day delivery of an offshore team.
- Requirements:The ideal candidate has 8+ years in integration/API engineering, 3+ years as a tech lead, and experience with OpenAPI 3.0/REST, Mulesoft Anypoint Platform, API Gateway patterns, Kafka, Avro/Protobuf, BPMN 2.0, Camunda, and Drools.
About the role
Key Responsibilities
- Own delivery of enterprise API design standards using OpenAPI 3.0/REST, including versioning, lifecycle, and governance.
- Drive rollout of the organization's API Gateway patterns and Mulesoft Anypoint Platform usage/topology.
- Set the strategy for contract testing and API lifecycle management across producing and consuming teams.
- Own API security delivery for both internal and external-facing APIs (authN/authZ, rate limiting, threat protection).
- Drive delivery of event-driven infrastructure: topic/queue design, Kafka/EventBridge/SNS/MSK topology, and event production/consumption patterns.
- Define schema registry standards (Avro/Protobuf) for event and API contracts.
- Own delivery of workflow/business-process automation using BPMN 2.0, Camunda, and rules engines (Drools) where applicable.
- Run day-to-day delivery of the offshore team: sprint commitments, code/design review, real-time unblocking, and hands-on work on critical-path integrations.
- Report delivery status, risks, and blockers to engineering leadership.
Must-Have Qualifications
- 8+ years in integration/API engineering, with 3+ years as a tech lead owning end-to-end delivery (not a pure design/review architect role).
- Proven track record of shipping integration platforms on committed timelines, including hands-on troubleshooting under delivery pressure.
- Expert-level API design using OpenAPI 3.0/REST; proven experience setting org-wide standards.
- Hands-on architecture experience with Mulesoft Anypoint Platform.
- Deep knowledge of API Gateway patterns and API lifecycle management at scale.
- Proven experience designing contract testing strategy across teams.
- Strong API security expertise — internal and external-facing, including OAuth2/JWT, rate limiting, and threat mitigation.
- Architecture-level experience with event-driven infrastructure and at least one of Kafka, EventBridge, SNS, or MSK in production.
- Solid understanding of schema registry design (Avro/Protobuf) and schema evolution/compatibility strategy.
- Financial-services or regulated-industry API/integration experience.
- Strong stakeholder communication and ability to directly manage day-to-day delivery of an offshore team (standups, unblocking, sprint accountability).
Nice-to-Have Qualifications
- Experience architecting workflow automation with BPMN 2.0 and Camunda.
- Experience with rules engines such as Drools.
- Exposure to multiple event brokers (beyond primary platform) and migration between them.
- Relevant certifications (Mulesoft Certified Architect, Confluent Kafka certifications).
Compensation, Benefits and Duration
Minimum Compensation: USD 56,000
Maximum Compensation: USD 196,000
Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full-time employees.
This position is not available for independent contractors
No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post

