This role is responsible for leading the architecture of integration and API layers across the platform. The architect defines standards for APIs, integration patterns, event-driven messaging, and third-party connectivity. The role requires broad architectural understanding across multiple disciplines alongside deep expertise in integration technologies and API management.
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Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (on-site). Alternative locations: Jordan, Lebanon, UAE, Egypt — with regular travel to Riyadh required.
Key Responsibilities
- Define integration architecture strategy aligned with organisational goals
- Establish API standards, versioning strategies, and backward compatibility practices
- Design and govern API gateway infrastructure and policies
- Architect event-driven and message-based integration patterns
- Define data flows, transformation logic, and contract standards between systems
- Lead technical design reviews and key architectural decisions for integration
- Design third-party service integration approaches and manage external dependencies
- Define error handling, retry, and circuit breaker strategies for integrations
- Ensure security across integration points including authentication, authorisation, and data protection
- Define monitoring, logging, and observability strategies for integration layers
- Mentor engineering teams and support capability development in integration practices
- Conduct code reviews and provide technical guidance
- Produce and maintain integration architecture documentation, system diagrams, and data flow models
- Evaluate integration technologies, middleware, and emerging approaches
- Manage technical debt in integration layers and lead simplification initiatives
- Present architectural decisions to senior stakeholders
