Lead MuleSoft Engineer

Position Summary:

The Lead MuleSoft Engineer provides technical leadership and integration expertise for MuleSoft based solutions across the organization. This role is responsible for designing building and governing scalable secure and reusable APIs and integrations that align with the enterprise integration architecture and overall business strategy. The individual collaborates with cross functional teams architects and partners to deliver reliable end to end system connectivity while mentoring engineers and promoting best practices across the integration landscape.

Position Responsibilities May include;

• Contribute to the enterprise integration strategy by defining API led connectivity patterns that support business scalability agility and reuse.
• Advocate for standard integration approaches aligned with enterprise architecture principles.
• Architectural Oversight: Lead the design development and implementation of MuleSoft integrations and APIs across system data and process layers. Ensure integrations are resilient secure and performant supporting mission critical business processes.
• Team Lead: Lead and mentor MuleSoft engineers supporting skill development code quality and adoption of best practices. Provide technical guidance design reviews and solution validation across projects.
• Collaboration: Partner with business stakeholders product owners architects and application teams to translate requirements into effective integration solutions. Coordinate with external partners and vendors to ensure alignment to internal integration standards.
• Solution Design: Oversee the design of integrated solutions that may span multiple platforms and applications ensuring inter-operability and scalability.
• Stay Updated: Monitor Mulesofts evolving capabilities and trends in the ecosystem. Ensure the organization maximizes the value from updates and new features.
• Governance: Establish and enforce Mulesoft standards guidelines best practices and approved patterns.
• Performance Tuning: Ensure solutions are optimized for performance and user experience.
• Risk Management: Identify potential technical risks and provide mitigation strategies.
• Vendor Management: Collaborate with third-party vendors and partners to ensure cohesive integration and alignment with architectural standards.
• Perform other tasks as assigned

Nature & Scope:

• Applies advanced knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience
• Manages projects and processes while working independently and with limited supervision
• Coaches and reviews the work of lower-level professionals
• Problems faced are difficult and sometimes complex; takes a new perspective on existing solutions

Knowledge & Skills:

• Deep understanding of the Salesforce platform including its capabilities limitations and integration patterns.
• Strong analytical problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Knowledge of other enterprise IT systems middleware and database technologies.
• Experience with Agile and DevOps methodologies.

Experience:

• Proven experience in a leadership role related to Mulesoft and additional Integration platform.
• 10 Years of experience in the Mulesoft/Salesforce ecosystem.
• Deep understanding of Mulesoft architecture design patterns and best practices with extensive experience designing solutions leading architectural/integration discussions
• May hold advanced certifications such as Mulesoft platform Integration Architect

Education/Certification:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Information Technology Engineering or related field.
• Mulesoft certifications are highly desired.