smarsh - MuleSoft Integration Architect

• 10+ years of experience in software and integration architecture, including significant ownership of large-scale, distributed systems. • Strong AWS architecture and development experience, including designing and building production systems using services such as Lambda, API Gateway, S3, RDS/DynamoDB, ECS/EKS, and event-driven components. • Proficiency in Python for building services, automation, or integration logic; experience with other object-oriented programming languages (e.g., Java, C#) is also acceptable. • Solid experience with front-end development and architecture using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, including integration with backend APIs. • Deep understanding of microservices architectures, including service decomposition, API design, asynchronous messaging, resiliency, and scalability patterns. • Experience with enterprise integration platforms such as MuleSoft, positioned as part of a broader architectural ecosystem rather than a standalone solution. • Experience designing secure, scalable APIs and integration patterns (REST, event-driven, batch, etc.). • Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, and data protection best practices. • Demonstrated experience working within Scrum or similar Agile delivery frameworks. • Proven ability to design architectures and decompose them into well-structured Jira tickets that enable effective execution by development teams. • Experience designing and executing testing strategies for complex systems, including functional and non-functional testing. • Excellent communication and collaboration skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Ability to drive architecture decisions and execution with a high degree of autonomy. • MuleSoft Certified Integration Architect or equivalent experience is preferred. • AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional) is preferred. • Experience working in SaaS, platform, or data-intensive environments is preferred. • Familiarity with analytics, telemetry, or operational data pipelines is preferred. • Experience designing or supporting UI frameworks or internal tooling is preferred.