Solutions Architect - Integration

<div><h3>Globant — Riyadh, KSA</h3><p>Solution Architect - Integration</p><p><b>Location:</b>Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (on-site). Alternative locations: Jordan, Lebanon, UAE, Egypt — with regular travel to Riyadh required.</p><h3>Role Summary</h3><p>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.</p><h3>Key Responsibilities</h3><ul><li>Define integration architecture strategy aligned with organisational goals</li><li>Establish API standards, versioning strategies, and backward compatibility practices</li><li>Design and govern API gateway infrastructure and policies</li><li>Architect event-driven and message-based integration patterns</li><li>Define data flows, transformation logic, and contract standards between systems</li><li>Lead technical design reviews and key architectural decisions for integration</li><li>Design third party service integration approaches and manage external dependencies</li><li>Define error handling, retry, and circuit breaker strategies for integrations</li><li>Ensure security across integration points including authentication, authorisation, and data protection</li><li>Define monitoring, logging, and observability strategies for integration layers</li><li>Mentor engineering teams and support capability development in integration practices</li><li>Conduct code reviews and provide technical guidance</li><li>Produce and maintain integration architecture documentation, system diagrams, and data flow models</li><li>Evaluate integration technologies, middleware, and emerging approaches</li><li>Manage technical debt in integration layers and lead simplification initiatives</li><li>Present architectural decisions to senior stakeholders</li></ul><h3>Expected Outcomes</h3><ul><li>A coherent and consistent API and integration ecosystem</li><li>Improved reliability and observability across integration points</li><li>Reduced complexity through well designed integration patterns and standards</li><li>Adoption of consistent API and integration architecture patterns across teams</li></ul><h3>Cross Functional Design Leadership</h3><ul><li>Facilitate collaborative design sessions across engineering, product, and operations</li><li>Break down complex integration challenges into actionable design approachesSupport decision making during major incidents or significant integration changes</li><li>Improve cross team understanding of integration impacts, data flows, and system dependencies</li></ul><h3>Communication and Influence</h3><ul><li>Communicate complex integration and API concepts clearly to technical and non technical audiences</li><li>Produce clear diagrams, documentation, and integration models</li><li>Influence decisions through structured reasoning and architectural clarity</li><li>Build strong working relationships with stakeholders across engineering, architecture, cybersecurity, product, and delivery</li></ul><h3>Cross Discipline Architectural Competencies</h3><ul><li>Understanding of domain‑driven design principles</li><li>Strong awareness of enterprise integration patterns</li><li>Understanding of essential data architecture concepts</li><li>Awareness of cyber security fundamentals and secure by design practices</li><li>Understanding of DevOps and platform engineering practices</li><li>Ability to define and assess non‑functional requirements</li><li>Ability to evaluate third party systems and build versus buy decisions</li><li>Ability to balance performance, cost, resilience, and maintainability in designs</li></ul><h3>Shared Architecture Practice Expectations</h3><ul><li>Contribute to architectural standards and reusable patterns</li><li>Participate in architectural governance and review forums</li><li>Support development of technology roadmaps and long term design direction</li><li>Produce clear and consistent architectural artefacts</li><li>Share learning and reusable guidance across teams</li></ul><h3>Decision Making Authority</h3><ul><li>Acts as technical authority for integration and API architecture</li><li>Owns API standards, integration patterns, and gateway policies</li><li>Responsible for long term integration architectural direction</li><li>Makes informed decisions balancing immediate needs and strategic goals</li></ul><h3>Technical Skills</h3><p><b>Core technologies:</b>Apigee, NodeJS</p><p><b>Architecture and design:</b>RESTful API design, event-driven architecture, enterprise integration patterns, API gateway design and governance, API versioning and backward compatibility</p><p><b>Integration:</b>Message queuing and asynchronous processing, third party service integration, data transformation and contract management, orchestration and choreography patter