Lead Specialist, Application Programming Interface & Integration

Role Overview

Lead Specialist, Application Programming Interface & Integration at Ma'aden. This role enables seamless, secure, and reliable data exchange across enterprise systems, platforms, and applications.

Role Purpose

The Lead Specialist, API & Integration II connects business and technology ecosystems through scalable integration services that support operational efficiency, digital transformation, and data-driven decision-making. The position establishes robust integration standards and governs API delivery to ensure enterprise data is accessible, protected, and consumable through trusted interfaces.

Key Responsibilities

API & Integration Delivery

• Deliver secure, scalable APIs and integration services that enable reliable data exchange across enterprise platforms and applications.
• Establish integration patterns and service standards that ensure consistency, performance, and long-term maintainability.
• Enable governed access to enterprise data products through stable interfaces and service contracts.

Security, Governance & Compliance

• Embed authentication, authorization, auditing, and access controls that protect enterprise data and services.
• Ensure API and integration solutions align with data governance, security, and enterprise architecture standards.
• Maintain effective lifecycle controls across API design, deployment, change management, and retirement.

Platform Reliability & Operations

• Deliver highly available and resilient integration services that meet performance and reliability requirements.
• Strengthen observability through monitoring, logging, metrics, and tracing capabilities.
• Resolve production incidents and drive continuous improvements that reduce operational risk and service disruption.

Technical Assurance & Stakeholder Collaboration

• Provide technical guidance and assurance for integration initiatives, projects, and vendor-delivered solutions.
• Partner with data engineering, platform, and application teams to deliver end-to-end integration outcomes.
• Enable effective API adoption through documentation, onboarding, and stakeholder engagement.

Continuous Improvement & Optimization

• Improve integration performance, scalability, and operational efficiency through ongoing enhancement initiatives.
• Drive standardization and automation opportunities that increase delivery quality and reduce complexity.
• Promote best practices that enhance the maturity of enterprise integration capabilities.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
• 7-10 years of experience in API development and integration engineering within enterprise environments.
• Experience delivering production-grade integrations with strong security and governance requirements.
• Experience supporting and optimizing mission-critical integration services.
• Experience collaborating across platform, engineering, architecture, and business teams.

Skills & Competencies

Functional Expertise

• API Design & Development.
• Integration Architecture & Engineering.
• API Lifecycle Management.
• Security Controls & Access Management.
• Service Contracts, Versioning & Documentation.
• Event-Driven and Enterprise Integration Patterns.

Business & Delivery

• Operational Excellence.
• Incident & Problem Management.
• Performance Optimization.
• Governance & Compliance.
• Continuous Improvement.
• Technical Assurance & Quality Delivery.

People & Collaboration

• Stakeholder Management.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration.
• Vendor Coordination.
• Communication & Influence.
• Technical Leadership.
• Ownership & Accountability.