Senior MuleSoft Integration Lead

Cognizant; Salem (OR); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Paid holidays

Stock purchase plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a MuleSoft Tech Lead to design, build, and maintain integration solutions using MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform. This role focuses on APIs, data transformations, and cross-system integrations to enable seamless enterprise communication.

The position is hybrid, with 2 days per week in a Cognizant office in San Francisco, CA. Candidates should have deep MuleSoft expertise and strong API governance capabilities to lead secure, scalable integrations.

Qualifications

• 10–13 years of enterprise integration experience.
• Strong hands-on MuleSoft Anypoint Platform expertise.
• Experience with API Manager and end-to-end API lifecycle management.
• Experience with AWS Kiro or similar AI-assisted design tools.
• Knowledge of API security and data protection practices.
• Experience in outage management or utilities domains is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of secure, scalable integrations with MuleSoft and AWS Kiro.
• Drive end-to-end API lifecycle, from design to monitoring and governance.
• Define reusable API-led integration patterns and security standards.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership across architecture, development, testing, and reviews.
• Implement authentication, authorization, encryption, logging, and alerting controls.
• Optimize performance, availability, and incident response for integrations.

Skills

MuleSoft Anypoint

API-led connectivity

API lifecycle management

AWS integration

Security & encryption

Education

MuleSoft Certification (CIA)

Tools

MuleSoft Studio

AWS Kiro

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a MuleSoft Tech Lead to design, build, and maintain integration solutions using MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform. This role focuses on APIs, data transformations, and cross-system integrations to enable seamless enterprise communication.

The position is hybrid, with 2 days per week in a Cognizant office in San Francisco, CA. Candidates should have deep MuleSoft expertise and strong API governance capabilities to lead secure, scalable integrations.