Senior Enterprise Integration Architect: API-led, Cloud-Scale

Askblue; Almada; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Mentorship program

Wellness days

Volunteer days

Job summary

Merkle, a dentsu company, is seeking a Senior Integration Architect to lead end-to-end enterprise integration design and delivery across complex ecosystems. You will define patterns, platform choices, API strategies, and reference architectures while guiding delivery teams and collaborating with product managers, data engineers, and architects.

You will own integration architecture across programs, produce artifacts, ensure security and performance, participate in presales and roadmapping, and

Qualifications

• 10+ years IT experience with 6+ years in integration architecture; enterprise patterns, APIs, messaging, ETL/ELT.
• Proven API-led architectures across CRM/ERP, CDPs, data platforms, CMS/composable stacks.
• Hands-on with iPaaS and cloud services (AWS/Azure/GCP) for integration workloads.
• Strong security, observability, and nonfunctional requirements knowledge (scalability, performance).

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end design and delivery of enterprise integration solutions.
• Define integration patterns, platform selections, and API strategies; reference architectures.
• Guide delivery teams and participate in presales, estimation, and roadmapping.
• Own integration architecture across programs, data models, and API-led connectivity.
• Produce architecture artifacts and ensure traceability to business outcomes.
• Mentor engineers and ensure compliance with enterprise standards.

Skills

IT experience

Integration architecture

API design

Security (OAuth/JWT)

RAML/OpenAPI specs

Communication skills

Tools

MuleSoft

Workato

Azure Integration Services

Boomi

Job description

Merkle, a dentsu company, is seeking a Senior Integration Architect to lead end-to-end enterprise integration design and delivery across complex ecosystems. You will define patterns, platform choices, API strategies, and reference architectures while guiding delivery teams and collaborating with product managers, data engineers, and architects.

You will own integration architecture across programs, produce artifacts, ensure security and performance, participate in presales and roadmapping, and