Lead MuleSoft Platform & Integration Architect

Global Payments; United States; On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Payments seeks a Lead MuleSoft Platform & Integration Architect to drive the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform strategy within our Cloud Engineering – Boarding team. You will shape scalable architecture, govern API-led integration, and ensure secure, reliable, and resilient platforms powering global commerce.

You will own platform health, governance, and transformation plans while mentoring teams and accelerating delivery quality across the organization.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise technology, software engineering, or systems integration.
• Proven success delivering MuleSoft solutions within complex enterprise environments.
• Experience designing and governing large-scale API-led integration architectures.
• MuleSoft certifications are a plus; experience building centers of enablement is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the MuleSoft platform strategy with scalable architecture patterns.
• Own the performance, reliability, and security of the Anypoint Platform.
• Lead modernization initiatives to reduce technical debt and improve scalability.
• Influence engineering through architecture reviews, governance, and enablement.

Skills

MuleSoft

API-led integration

Enterprise architecture

Leadership

Cloud engineering

Tools

MuleSoft Anypoint Platform

Job description

Job Description

Ready to take your career global? Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We’re looking for a Lead MuleSoft Platform & Integration Architect to join our ever‑evolving Cloud Engineering – Boarding team and help shape the future of global commerce. In this role, you will drive the strategy, reliability, and evolution of our enterprise integration ecosystem, ensuring the platforms and APIs that power critical business capabilities remain secure, scalable, and resilient. By combining architecture leadership with hands‑on ownership of the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, you will influence how teams connect systems, accelerate innovation, and deliver seamless experiences for clients around the world. Your expertise will help strengthen operational excellence, enable business growth, and support Global Payments’ mission to deliver trusted payment solutions that connect people, businesses, and economies globally.

What you’ll own

Shape the future of enterprise integration by defining and executing the MuleSoft platform strategy, creating scalable architecture patterns and runtime roadmaps that improve agility, resilience, and long‑term business value.

Own the performance, reliability, and security of the Anypoint Platform, driving measurable improvements in platform health, availability, governance, and service outcomes that support business‑critical operations.

Lead modernization initiatives by evaluating current integration capabilities, identifying optimization opportunities, and delivering transformation plans that reduce technical debt, improve scalability, and increase operational efficiency.

Influence engineering excellence across the organization through architecture reviews, reusable frameworks, governance standards, and technical enablement that accelerate delivery quality and consistency.

Build and elevate enterprise integration capabilities by establishing enablement practices, mentoring teams, and driving adoption of best practices that strengthen organizational expertise and long‑term platform success.

What you’ll bring

10+ years of experience in enterprise technology, software engineering, or systems integration, including significant experience delivering MuleSoft solutions within complex enterprise environments.

Proven success designing and governing large‑scale API‑led integration architectures that improve scalability, reliability, security, and business outcomes.

Deep expertise administering MuleSoft Anypoint Platform environments, including platform governance, runtime management, security controls, observability, lifecycle management, and production operations.

Strong ability to lead technical strategy, influence stakeholders, and translate complex architectural decisions into clear business value and actionable outcomes.

Demonstrated track record of driving platform maturity, modernization initiatives, operational improvements, and enterprise‑wide adoption of integration standards and best practices.

It’s a bonus if you have MuleSoft Certified Platform Architect, MuleSoft Certified Integration Architect, or related MuleSoft certifications.

Experience building or scaling a MuleSoft Center for Enablement (C4E) or integration center of excellence.

Experience within payments, financial services, or other highly regulated, high‑availability environments requiring strong governance and operational rigor.

About the team

Our inclusive and global teams win together every day. We’re proud to have the best minds in the industry, who you can learn from as you grow your career. The people, the energy, the connections – it’s unmatched. Come and be part of an ever‑evolving company and get dynamic opportunities that go beyond borders.

What makes a Globalpayer? Globalpayers think like a client, act like an owner and win as one team. We’re curious and innovative – always finding better ways to deliver impact. We empower each other to make decisions, and it’s our passion that drives excellence in everything we set out to do.

Do you sound like a Globalpayer? Then you sound like a Globalpayer. Come and be part of an ever‑evolving company and get dynamic opportunities that go beyond borders.

EEOC Statement

Global Payments is an equal opportunity employer.

We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

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At Global Payments (NYSE : GPN), we empower simple, fast, secure payments for everyone. And to do that, we’ve built a complete, worldwide commerce ecosystem that delivers software and services at scale to millions of companies around the world—from ambitious startups to global enterprises.

Our team of 27,000 experts is dedicated to your success. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, we’re a Fortune 500® company and a member of the S&P 500 with worldwide reach spanning North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. Wherever you are—or wherever you want to be—we’re there, ready to support you.

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EEOC Statement

Global Payments Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.

Global Payments provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected by law.

Those applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application and/or interview process should notify [e-mail].