Staff Engineer Connector API

An Amazing Career Opportunity for a Staff Engineer Connector API !!

Location:Cardiff UK

Job ID: 42842

A technical leadership role responsible for the architecture design direction and technical strategy of the Connectors product area.

Working under the overall guidance of the Solution Architect this role provides hands-on technical leadership and architectural direction to the software engineers responsible for implementing individual connectors. The Product-Level Architect ensures that all connectors adhere to a consistent framework design standards and security principles while remaining performant maintainable and extensible.

This role is expected to be roughly a 50% / 50% between product level architecture and writing code. It is ideal for those people who want to be involved with architecture but still want to write code.

This position combines architectural vision with practical engineering know-how setting standards reviewing implementations and occasionally contributing to core framework code to ensure quality and alignment across all integrations.

If this sounds like you keep on reading !

Who are we

HID powers the trusted identities of the worlds people places and things allowing people to transact safely work productively and travel freely.

We are a high-tech software company headquartered in Austin TX with over 4500 worldwide us out here: Access Control Solutions (PACS):

HID Physical Access Control Solutions (PACS) is at the forefront of securing spaces with advanced reliable access control solutions. From cutting-edge readers credentials and controllers to mobile and biometric technologies HID PACS empowers organizations worldwide to protect their people property and assets with scalable high-quality solutions.

This is more than just a job its your chance to join an industry leader to drive innovation in access control and make a real impact on global security solutions.

As our Staff Software Engineer youll support HIDs success by:

• Define and maintain the technical architecture for the Connectors product family.
• Provide technical leadership and direction to development teams ensuring adherence to design patterns and integration standards.
• Work closely with the Solution Architect to align product-level architecture with the wider system architecture.
• Design evolve and maintain shared libraries and framework components used across connectors.
• Lead architectural reviews and mentor engineers on best practices in system design performance and scalability.
• Evaluate third-party APIs SDKs and data models to determine optimal integration patterns.
• Define non-functional requirements such as security performance scalability and observability for connector solutions.
• Ensure all integrations follow security by design principles and comply with internal and industry standards.
• Document architectural decisions maintain technical diagrams and author reference implementations.
• Collaborate with the Product Owner to balance technical debt and new feature development.
• Engage in hands-on prototyping or complex debugging where deep expertise is needed.
• Stay current with evolving technologies relevant to integration connectivity and distributed systems.

What we will love about your background

• Understanding of security best practices: OAuth2 JWT TLS and security by design principles.
• Proficient Core &/or C C & C#
• Familiarity with messaging and event technologies such as MQTT
• Strong understanding of software design principles modularity SOLID and domain-driven design.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines automated testing and code quality tooling.
• Strong understanding of containerization and orchestration (Docker Kubernetes).
• Experience with cloud services (Azure AWS or GCP also valuable).
• Proven ability to guide others in code design review and system decomposition.
• Experience implementing monitoring and observability (e.g. Prometheus Grafana App Insights).

Your Experience and Education include:

• Engineering degree or equivalent or suitable experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of related industry experience.
• Proven experience designing and implementing scalable backend or integration architecture.
• Understanding of security best practices: OAuth2 JWT TLS and security by design principles.
• Proven experience designing and implementing scalable backend or integration architectures.
• Familiar creating multiple representative deployment environments to validate our solution.
• Experience of the access control industry.
• Experience developing networked applications in an enterprise environment would be an advantage.

What we can offer you:

• Competitive salary and rewards package.
• Competitive benefits and annual leave offering allowing for work-life balance.
• A vibrant welcoming & inclusive culture.
• Extensive career development opportunities and resources to maximize your potential.
• To be a part of a global organization that is pioneering the hardware software and services that allow people to confidently navigate the physical and digital worlds.

Why apply

• Empowerment:Youll work as part of a global team in a flexible workenvironment learning and enhancing your expertise. We welcome an opportunity to meet you and learn about your unique talents skills and experiences. You dont need to check all the you have most of the skills and experience we want you to apply.
• Innovation:You embrace challenges and want to drive change. We are open to ideas including flexible work arrangements job sharing or part-time job seekers.
• Integrity:You are results-orientated reliable and straightforward and value being treated accordingly. We want all our employees to be themselves to feel appreciated and accepted.

HID is committed to building a diverse equitable and inclusive workforce that reflects the global communities we serve. As an equal opportunity employer we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds experiences and perspectives. We evaluate applicants without regard to race color religion gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin disability age veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. Our goal is to create a workplace that empowers everyone to thrive and be their authentic selves fostering an environment of mutual respect and inclusivity. If you have a disability and require assistance or accommodation to participate in the application process or to perform essential job functions please

Please be aware that our recruitment process may include the use of AI-powered tools to assist in screening applicant resumes. These tools help us efficiently identify candidates whose qualifications and skills align with the job description. We use AI in a responsible manner and in accordance with applicable data privacy laws and regulations. Importantly all applicants are reviewed by our Talent Acquisition team. AI is used to support not replace human judgment in the evaluation process.

HID is certified as a Great Place to Work in the UK reflecting employee feedback on trust collaboration and workplace culture.

We are the ASSA ABLOY Group
Our people have made us the global leader in access return we open doors for them wherever they go. With nearly 63000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries we help billions of people experience a more open world. Our innovations make all sorts of spaces physical and virtual safer more secure and easier to access.

As an employer we value results not titles or backgrounds. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions supporting them with regular feedback training and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact and we encourage them to grow their role locally regionally or even internationally.

As we welcome new people on board its important to us to have diverse inclusive teams and we value different perspectives and experiences.