Lead Specialist Application Programming Interface & Integration

About the Role

Maaden is seeking a Lead Specialist, Application Programming Interface & Integration to join its team in Saudi Arabia. This full-time role is central to enabling seamless, secure, and reliable data exchange across enterprise systems, platforms, and applications.

Role Purpose and Impact

This position plays a critical part in connecting business and technology ecosystems through scalable integration services that support operational efficiency, digital transformation, and data-driven decision-making. By establishing robust integration standards and governing API delivery, the role ensures enterprise data is accessible, protected, and consumable through trusted interfaces. The Lead Specialist strengthens platform resilience, accelerates solution delivery, and enables consistent integration capabilities that support both internal stakeholders and external partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver secure, scalable APIs and integration services that enable 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Indicators of Success

• 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

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
• 5-10 years of relevant professional experience.

Application Information

Candidates meeting the specified qualifications and experience are encouraged to apply for this full-time opportunity.