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About Ma'aden

Ma'aden - Saudi Arabian Mining Company | معادن, established in 1997, is a prominent multi-commodity mining and metals company in the Middle East and one of the fastest-growing globally. The company plays a strategic role in developing the mining industry to become a key pillar of Saudi Arabia’s economy by building a world-class, integrated mining value chain.

Role Summary

Ma'aden is seeking a Lead Specialist, Application Programming Interface & Integration to join its team in Riyadh. This full-time role is critical for enabling seamless, secure, and reliable data exchange across enterprise systems, platforms, and applications. The specialist will connect business and technology ecosystems through scalable integration services that support operational efficiency, digital transformation, and data-driven decision-making. This position involves establishing robust integration standards and governing API delivery to ensure enterprise data is accessible, protected, and consumable through trusted interfaces, thereby strengthening platform resilience and accelerating solution delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• API & Integration Delivery: Deliver secure, scalable APIs and integration services for reliable data exchange across enterprise platforms and applications. Establish integration patterns and service standards to ensure consistency, performance, and long-term maintainability. Enable governed access to enterprise data products through stable interfaces and service contracts.
• Security, Governance & Compliance: Embed authentication, authorization, auditing, and access controls to protect enterprise data and services. Ensure API and integration solutions align with data governance, security, and enterprise architecture standards. Maintain effective lifecycle controls across API design, deployment, change management, and retirement.
• Platform Reliability & Operations: Deliver highly available and resilient integration services that meet performance and reliability requirements. Strengthen observability through monitoring, logging, metrics, and tracing capabilities. Resolve production incidents and drive continuous improvements to reduce operational risk and service disruption.
• Technical Assurance & Stakeholder Collaboration: Provide technical guidance and assurance for integration initiatives, projects, and vendor-delivered solutions. Partner with data engineering, platform, and application teams to deliver end-to-end integration outcomes. Enable effective API adoption through documentation, onboarding, and stakeholder engagement.
• Continuous Improvement & Optimization: Improve integration performance, scalability, and operational efficiency through ongoing enhancement initiatives. Drive standardization and automation opportunities to increase delivery quality and reduce complexity. Promote best practices that enhance the maturity of enterprise integration capabilities.

Expected Contributions

• Secure and reliable APIs consistently meet business and technical performance expectations.
• Enterprise systems are integrated through standardized, governed, and scalable integration services.
• Production incidents and integration failures are minimized through proactive monitoring and operational excellence.
• Data consumers experience improved access, usability, and reliability of enterprise data services.
• Integration solutions comply with enterprise governance, architecture, and security requirements.
• Continuous improvements deliver measurable gains in performance, efficiency, and service quality.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 5 to 10 years of experience in application programming interface and integration roles.
• Demonstrated expertise in delivering secure, scalable APIs and integration services.
• Proven ability to establish integration patterns, service standards, and governance frameworks.
• Experience with embedding security controls, ensuring compliance, and managing the full API lifecycle.
• Capability to ensure platform reliability, including monitoring, incident resolution, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Application Information

Candidates interested in this full-time Lead Specialist position in Riyadh are encouraged to apply.