Lead Integration Engineer

About Us: Balsam Brands is a global, eCommerce retailer with roots in holiday and home décor. We strive for excellence in everything we do and present a unique opportunity for those seeking to have a meaningful impact in a people-first company that values relationship building, authenticity, and doing the right thing. We have steadily growing teams in Boise, the Bay Area, Dublin, and the Philippines**.**

The company's mission is to create joy together. We empower our team and partners to love what they do, provide products and experiences that inspire meaningful moments with family and friends, and give back to our families and communities in impactful ways. When you join Balsam Brands, you'll find a culture of caring people doing challenging work and building a welcoming workplace.

As a Lead Integration Engineer (Technical Lead), you will be responsible for developing practical and workable digital solutions for our business and technical teams. You will analyze and evaluate systems and business requirements to craft scalable and adaptable solutions, collaborating with Operations, Enterprise, Growth, and Digital teams. We are seeking individuals with a strong background in developing such systems and a genuine enthusiasm for empowering team members to contribute to their construction and maintenance. The Integration Lead will collaborate closely with both our business users and technical team, serving as the authoritative figure in the domain and subject matter. Ideally, candidates should have experience guiding the planning, creation, and deployment of MuleSoft integration solutions within a corporate setting.

This full-time position reports to the Director of Strategy & Architecture and will work remote in Mexico City. To ensure sufficient overlap with functional and cross-functional team members globally, some flexibility with this role's regular work schedule will be required. Most of our teams have overlap with early morning and/or early evening PST. Specific scheduling needs for this role will be discussed in the initial interview.

What you’ll do:

• Design and architect MuleSoft integration solutions that align with the organization's business needs and standards
• Represent and communicate technical requirements and trade-offs in a business environment to facilitate effective decision making
• Build architecture diagrams and workflows to demonstrate steps and describe logical operational steps of the system
• Create accurate work estimates and design solutions for execution
• Work on complex projects independently and with a team during multiple phases of a project
• Be the subject matter expert who acts as a “consultant” on complex projects/initiatives

What you bring to the table:

• 5+ years in integration development and MuleSoft implementation
• Must be fluent in English, both written and verbal
• In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience with MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, including Mule Runtime, Anypoint Studio, DataWeave, and API management
• Ability to design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain integration solutions using MuleSoft
• Familiarity with MuleSoft best practices and design patterns
• Experience working with ERP, CRM & Data Warehouse systems
• Experience in designing scalable and high-performance integration solutions
• Expertise in API design and management using MuleSoft's API Manager
• Proficiency in the fundamentals of Java programming, including syntax, data types, control flow, and object-oriented programming (OOP) concepts
• Experience with popular Java frameworks such as Spring Framework, Hibernate, and Apache Struts
• Retail and eCommerce industry experience is desirable
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field

Notes: This is a full-time, permanent position with benefits. Velocity Global is the Employer of Record for Balsam Brands' Mexico City location, and you will be employed and provided benefits under their payroll. Balsam Brands has partnered with Velocity Global to act as your Employer of Record to ensure your employment will comply with all local laws and regulations and you will receive an exceptional employment experience.

• Check out our flagship brand, Balsam Hill: www.balsamhill.com
• Balsam Brands in Forbes: [https://bit.ly/balsambrandsforbes2023>
• Balsam Brands on LinkedIn: [http://www.linkedin.com/company/balsam-brands/>
• Glassdoor: [https://bit.ly/balsambrands-glassdoor>