Principal Engineer - Data and Integration

Summary

Join Datacom as a Principal Integration Developer and lead the software development of the API/integration stream for our next-generation SaaS Payroll Product, Datapay. You will be a technical leader, collaborating with various teams to modernize our services and integrate with external parties. This hands-on role involves all phases of integration development, from architecture and design to implementation and customer engagement. You will mentor engineers, set coding standards, and ensure high-quality work. Datacom offers a dynamic work environment with perks such as remote work, flexible hours, and professional development opportunities.

Requirements

• Integration expertise and experience
• Expert knowledge of database technologies such as relational, NoSQL and graph
• Experience leveraging event-driven architectures that enable seamless integration and real-time data processing
• Experience in integrating legacy and modern platforms together via data architecture
• Extensive public cloud experience using Apache Spark or Microsoft Fabric, and Azure Logic Apps
• Experience implementing and optimising data storage solutions, ensuring data encryption, access controls, and compliance with data privacy regulations
• Extensive experience and expertise in integration platforms, patterns, and architecture
• Deep knowledge of information security principles and data integrity measures
• Proficiency in performance optimisation techniques for integration processes. Knowledge of caching, load balancing, and monitoring techniques
• Experience defining integration patterns and architecture for different types of integration (files, messages, services/APIs), ensuring optimal performance, security, and data integrity
• Experience in designing and implementing integration service platforms that support enterprise-scale, composability, and configurability
• Experience implementing secure API management solutions on leading cloud platforms, ensuring seamless connectivity between systems and applications

Responsibilities

• Lead development teams through influence, including planning, controlling and reporting on progress
• Work with payroll application architects to ensure harmonization of internal and external services with the objective of being an API driven business
• Capture knowledge continuously as part of your work
• Mentor Developers in technical and other complementary team delivery skills
• Ensure that systems are developed within agreed budgets and time frames and achieving necessary design and systems security standards
• Oversee the analysis, design, programming, debugging, and modification of software for our Datapay product
• Work closely with Product teams to ensure quality solutions are delivered on time
• Lead communication and collaboration across Development, and Product teams, to ensure alignment and create successful outcomes

Benefits

• Remote working
• Flexi-hours
• Professional development courses