Senior Middleware Architect—API-First, Cloud-Native

PARK AND PARTNERS CONSULTANCY PTE. LTD.

Singapore

On-site

SGD 240,000 - 300,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Job summary

PARK AND PARTNERS CONSULTANCY PTE. LTD. in Singapore seeks a Principal Lead – Middleware & Integration Architecture to provide technical leadership and shape enterprise middleware strategy in a large-scale environment.

You will drive API-first architecture, cloud adoption and modernisation to cloud-native, microservices and container-based architectures while guiding senior engineers and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

8–12+ years of experience in enterprise middleware, integration or platform engineering.
5+ years in a senior technical leadership, architecture or Principal-level role.
Proven experience designing and operating large-scale enterprise middleware platforms.
Strong architecture expertise across API Management, ESB/integration, messaging and event-driven architectures.
Demonstrated experience leading cloud migration and middleware modernisation.

Responsibilities

Define and drive the enterprise middleware and integration strategy, aligned with business objectives, cloud adoption and API-first architecture.
Establish architecture standards, design patterns and engineering best practices across APIs, integration, messaging and event-driven platforms.
Lead the design, review and approval of middleware solutions, ensuring scalability, security, resilience and compliance with enterprise architecture standards.
Drive legacy-to-cloud, monolith-to-microservices and on-premise-to-Kubernetes modernisation initiatives.
Partner with delivery teams to plan and execute API, integration and messaging initiatives, providing technical guidance for complex or high-risk implementations.
Ensure middleware platforms meet requirements for high availability, observability, performance, disaster recovery and operational readiness.
Act as a senior technical escalation point for complex middleware platform incidents and production issues.
Evaluate middleware products, cloud services and open-source technologies, recommending solutions based on scalability, cost and risk.
Establish engineering best practices across DevSecOps, CI/CD, automation, documentation and knowledge sharing.
Provide technical leadership and coaching to middleware engineers, senior engineers and solution architects.
Work closely with Enterprise Architecture, Application Development, Cloud & Infrastructure, SRE, DevOps, Security and Network teams.
Manage technology vendors and partners to ensure successful delivery and platform performance.