Senior Integration Architect — Real-Time Kafka & AWS

Sanderson Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 132,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site London office four days a week

Competitive daily rate inside IR35 via

Umbrella company payroll

Job summary

Sanderson Recruitment is seeking an experienced Integration Architect to lead the design and delivery of large-scale integration solutions in a major transformation programme. The role combines hands-on technical work with architectural leadership, focusing on Kafka platforms, event-driven patterns, and real-time processing.

The successful candidate will translate business needs into scalable technical solutions, engage senior stakeholders, and drive governance and standards across programmes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Integration Architect in complex enterprise environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Apache Kafka.
• Deep understanding of event-driven and message-based architectures.
• Experience designing high-volume, real-time integration solutions.
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems, APIs, and microservices architectures.
• Experience working in cloud environments, particularly AWS.
• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver enterprise integration solutions across complex technology estates.
• Define event-driven architecture patterns and best practices.
• Lead the implementation and optimisation of Apache Kafka platforms.
• Produce high-quality architecture artefacts and technical designs.
• Work closely with engineering teams to support delivery and resolve complex technical challenges.
• Engage with senior stakeholders across technology and business functions.
• Drive integration standards, governance, and architectural direction across programmes.

Skills

Integration Architecture

Apache Kafka

Event-driven design

Real-time integration

Distributed systems

APIs & microservices

AWS

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Tools

AWS

Cloud

Kubernetes

Job description

Sanderson Recruitment is seeking an experienced Integration Architect to lead the design and delivery of large-scale integration solutions in a major transformation programme. The role combines hands-on technical work with architectural leadership, focusing on Kafka platforms, event-driven patterns, and real-time processing.

The successful candidate will translate business needs into scalable technical solutions, engage senior stakeholders, and drive governance and standards across programmes.