Principal Engineer - Integration

Our purpose

Here at Datacom we connect people and technology in order to solve challenges, create opportunities and discover new possibilities for the communities we live in

About the Role

We know Payroll and have been processing payroll accurately and compliantly for over 50 years. The Principal Integration Developer is a new role and in this instance is responsible for leading the software development of the API/integration stream of our next generation SaaS Payroll Product, Datapay.

We are modernising the way that our services talk to each other and how our product talks with external parties. This role will suit an experienced hands-on developer responsible with all phases of integration development, from architecture and technical design to implementation and customer engagement.

As a technical leader you will be collaborating with the Product and Design team, Tech Leads/Architects and working with Development teams to maximise our value delivery pipeline as part of our Datapay Agile delivery approach. You will play a critical leadership role in the design, development, and implementation of our payroll solution platform helping to build design patterns, mentor engineers, set coding standards and ensure end to end quality of work. While the technology selection below is very broad we will expect expert level capability in some areas and general knowledge experience in others and we look forward to discussing that with you at interview.

What you’ll bring: Integration expertise and experience

• · Extensive experience and expertise in integration platforms, patterns, and architecture
• · Deep knowledge of information security principles and data integrity measures.
• · Proficiency in performance optimisation techniques for integration processes. Knowledge of caching, load balancing, and monitoring techniques
• · Expertise in integrating with a range of partner applications across different domains.
• · While deep integration knowledge is a must, you have reasonable knowledge across current software toolsets such as C#/.Net, C#/.Net Core
• · Experience defining integration patterns and architecture for different types of integration (files, messages, services/APIs), ensuring optimal performance, security, and data integrity.
• · Experience in designing and implementing integration service platforms that support enterprise-scale, composability, and configurability.
• · Expertise in integrating with a range of partner applications across different domains.
• · Experience implementing secure API management solutions on leading cloud platforms, ensuring seamless connectivity between systems and applications

Responsibilities

• · Leading development teams through influence, including planning, controlling and reporting on progress.
• · Working with payroll application architects to ensure harmonization of internal and external services with the objective of being an API driven business.
• · Capturing knowledge continuously as part of your work
• · Mentoring Developers in technical and other complementary team delivery skills.
• · Ensuring that systems are developed within agreed budgets and time frames and achieving necessary design and systems security standards.
• · Overseeing the analysis, design, programming, debugging, and modification of software for our Datapay product.
• · Working closely with Product teams to ensure quality solutions are delivered on time.
• · Leads communication and collaboration across Development, and Product teams, to ensure alignment and create successful outcomes.

Why you want to join us

Datacom is one of the largest suppliers of Information Technology professional services in New Zealand and Australia. As an ANZ company, we have managed to maintain a dynamic, agile, small business feel that is often diluted in larger organisations of our size. It's our people that give us our unique culture and energy that you can feel from the moment you meet with us.

At Datacom, you'll be recognized and valued for your contributions. We're growing year on year and can provide career opportunity in a collegial and agile environment that empowers people and promotes innovation. We care about our people and provide a range of perks such as health

insurance, employee discounts, social events, remote working, flexi-hours, and professional development courses to name a few. We operate at the leading edge of technology to help our largest enterprise organisations explore possibilities and solve their biggest challenges, so you will never run out of interesting new challenges and opportunities.