Lead Integration Engineer.

Lead Integration Engineer (Contract)

Contract Length: ~6 Months
Location: Hybrid with an expectation to spend approximately one day per week on-site in Stratford, London
Day Rate: Up to £500
Start Date: End of September
Interview Process: Initial interview followed by one or two client interviews

This role requires a highly skilled, hands-on Lead Integration Engineer with significant experience in AWS, Python, and integration platforms.

The successful candidate will provide both technical and thought leadership, driving integration initiatives in a complex and evolving environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Scope, design, and build integrations across third-party platforms leveraging AWS infrastructure
• Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines using Python, ensuring data quality, consistency, and reliability
• Ensure secure and efficient data exchange between platforms by applying best-practice design principles
• Collaborate with Data and Infrastructure teams to translate requirements into robust technical solutions that align with the overall integration architecture
• Produce and maintain clear documentation of integration flows

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong experience with RESTful API integrations
• Proven understanding of integration ETL/ELT concepts
• Advanced proficiency in Python for data transformation, scripting, and automation, including handling sparsely populated data sets
• Experience with database structures (SQL/DDL), including the creation and management of staging tables
• Ability to translate requirements into actionable technical tasks
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
• Solid understanding of software engineering principles (testing, version control, CI/CD)

Nice to Have

• Experience with AWS services such as Glue, Aurora, S3, and RDS
• Ability to design and optimize schemas for structured and semi-structured data
• Familiarity with authentication protocols (OAuth2, API keys)
• Experience working with highly diverse datasets in technically complex environments