Lead Integration/Data Architect

rindus; Málaga; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

International team

Flexible schedule

Core hours

Job summary

rindus, a people company in Málaga, is seeking a Senior API Architect to define and govern the unified API strategy for CUE (REST and GraphQL), design modular integration patterns, and lead teams through event-driven architectures.

You will align domain boundaries, data governance and service ownership with architecture leadership, working with AWS, Kubernetes, and multi-tenant SaaS considerations to deliver durable platform standards.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software/data engineering or architecture.
• 5+ years in a senior role focused on integration, APIs, events, and/or data architecture.
• Proven experience designing and governing APIs in large, distributed, multi-team environments.
• Strong experience with REST and GraphQL API design, versioning, and contract-first approaches.
• Hands-on experience with event-driven architecture in production, preferably Kafka.
• Experience with integration patterns: messaging, pub/sub, request/reply, outbox, saga/process manager, and CDC.
• Strong understanding of schema modeling and schema evolution for APIs and events.
• Experience defining data domains, ownership models, and data governance.
• Ability to connect DDD concepts (bounded contexts, domain events, aggregates) to integration and data design.
• Understanding of AWS, Kubernetes-based platforms, and multi-tenant SaaS implications for data isolation and integration boundaries.
• Security-aware design across APIs and events, authentication, authorization, zero-trust principles.

Responsibilities

• Define and govern the unified API strategy for CUE (REST and GraphQL), design standards, versioning, deprecation, breaking-change discipline, and consistency across teams.
• Design integration patterns for a modular, microservices-based platform, sync vs async, anti-corruption layers, adapters, and migration from bespoke customer integrations to standardized platform interfaces; guide teams on when to use events vs APIs and how to avoid tight coupling.
• Own event-driven architecture on Kafka, topic design, event contracts, schema evolution, CDC/streaming, and consistency models (ordering, idempotency, replay).
• Establish data domains and governance, ownership models, schema definition and evolution, metadata, lineage, quality, classification, retention, and compliance readiness.
• Align contracts with domain boundaries, connect bounded contexts, domain events, and service ownership to API, event, and data design, in close collaboration with the Software Architect.
• Enable teams through architecture leadership, produce reference architectures and integration blueprints, shepherd ADRs, review high-risk designs, and coach teams on better patterns without blocking delivery.
• Reduce fragmentation and drive consolidation, identify one-off approaches early and steer teams toward reusable platform standards.
• Partner across architecture and delivery, work with platform, product, and engineering teams to ensure standards are usable, adopted, and durable.

Skills

API design

REST and GraphQL

Event-driven architecture

Data governance

DDD concepts

Security design

Tools

Kafka

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

Get ready to set sails and navigate the rindus wave

We're rindus, a People company. We love IT professionals, and our passion is to help and empower our crew to get the best out of themselves, unfold their full potential, and help them grow.

Because growth is in our mindset, we've been doing it since 2017 closely with our German Partners, helping them shape their software development teams.

So far, we have 160+ crew members of 14 different nationalities sailing with us in the open seas. We‘re expanding our team and looking for a new rinder to get on board. Are you the next to be reeled in?

About our partner

On behalf of our partner StiboDX, we are looking for the best talent to join rindus. Stibo DX is a market leader In digital asset management, content creation, and publishing platforms for the media industry.

Every day, more than 800 media brands across five continents rely on Stibo DX’s platforms to create and publish content. Their systems ensure efficient and consistent publishing of more than 600 websites and thousands of daily print publications worldwide. You will work in a distributed new team from our office in Málaga.

What you'll be doing

• Define and govern the unified API strategy for CUE (REST and GraphQL), design standards, versioning, deprecation, breaking-change discipline, and consistency across teams.
• Design integration patterns for a modular, microservices-based platform, sync vs async, anti-corruption layers, adapters, and migration from bespoke customer integrations to standardized platform interfaces; guide teams on when to use events vs APIs and how to avoid tight coupling.
• Own event-driven architecture on Kafka, topic design, event contracts, schema evolution, CDC/streaming, and consistency models (ordering, idempotency, replay).
• Establish data domains and governance, ownership models, schema definition and evolution, metadata, lineage, quality, classification, retention, and compliance readiness.
• Align contracts with domain boundaries, connect bounded contexts, domain events, and service ownership to API, event, and data design, in close collaboration with the Software Architect.
• Enable teams through architecture leadership, produce reference architectures and integration blueprints, shepherd ADRs, review high-risk designs, and coach teams on better patterns without blocking delivery.
• Reduce fragmentation and drive consolidation, identify one-off approaches early and steer teams toward reusable platform standards.
• Partner across architecture and delivery, work with platform, product, and engineering teams to ensure standards are usable, adopted, and durable.

What you'll bring

10+ years in software/data engineering or architecture, with 5+ years in a senior role focused on integration, APIs, events, and/or data architecture

• Proven experience designing and governing APIs in large, distributed, multi-team environments
• Strong experience with REST and GraphQL API design, versioning, and contract-first approaches
• Hands-on experience with event-driven architecture in production, preferably Kafka
• Experience with integration patterns: messaging, pub/sub, request/reply, outbox, saga/process manager, and CDC
• Strong understanding of schema modeling and schema evolution for APIs and events
• Experience defining data domains, ownership models, and data governance in a product or platform context
• Ability to connect DDD concepts (bounded contexts, domain events, aggregates) to integration and data design
• Understanding of AWS, Kubernetes-based platforms, and multi-tenant SaaS implications for data isolation and integration boundaries
• Security-aware design across APIs and events, authentication, authorization, zero-trust principles

Nice to have

• Media, publishing, CMS/DAM, or content-heavy platforms
• API gateways, developer portals, or API catalog tools
• Data catalog, lineage, or metadata management tools
• GraphQL federation or unified API platform strategies
• Analytics/AI data pipelines or workflow automation data needs
• Strong sense of ownership for platform-wide standards, contracts, and outcomes
• Proactive in identifying fragmentation, risks, and improvement opportunities across teams and products
• Clear communicator who can explain complex integration and data concepts in practical, understandable terms
• Collaborative and credible with engineers, architects, product owners, and senior stakeholders
• Pragmatic, balances strong standards with risk-based governance and delivery needs
• Curious, adaptable, quality-conscious, and motivated by contract clarity, data ownership, maintainability, and long-term platform coherence

What we offer

• Being part of dynamic and highly motivated international multicultural team of skilled professionals.
• Flexible schedules with core working hours.