PBT Group is a leading data and analytics consultancy, helping organisations unlock value through data-driven transformation. As part of our continued growth, we are expanding our Digital and Data capability to support modern, scalable, and real-time integration across enterprise ecosystems.
Role Overview
We are looking for a highly skilled Data Integration Engineer to design, build, and support modern integration solutions across enterprise systems, applications, APIs, and data platforms.
This role sits at the centre of our transformation journey towards an event-driven, API-enabled architecture , enabling real-time and scalable data exchange. You will play a key role in building backend services, APIs, middleware, and event-based integration solutions that support both operational systems and downstream analytics platforms.
This is a hands-on engineering role suited to someone passionate about distributed systems, cloud-native development, and modern integration patterns .
Key Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain backend integration services and middleware.
Build scalable APIs enabling connectivity across enterprise systems.
Develop RESTful APIs and asynchronous integration patterns.
Integrate internal systems, third-party services, and cloud platforms.
Design and implement event-driven solutions using Kafka and/or Azure Event Hubs .
Build real-time and near real-time data pipelines.
Develop resilient producer and consumer services.
Implement advanced messaging patterns, including:
Routing
Retry strategies
Replay processing
Develop cloud-native integration services using:
Confluent Kafka
Enable integration into enterprise data and analytics platforms.
Collaborate with data and platform teams on scalable data exchange solutions.
Architecture & Technical Delivery
Contribute to architecture and solution design for integration platforms.
Ensure scalability, performance, security, and reliability of integration services.
Define and promote integration standards and reusable frameworks.
Support CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments.
Monitoring, Support & Governance
Implement observability (monitoring, logging, alerting) for services.
Troubleshoot and resolve integration and production issues.
Ensure adherence to security and governance standards.
Maintain technical documentation, including:
API specifications
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Partner with Product, Engineering, Data, and Operations teams.
Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
Clearly communicate technical risks, trade-offs, and recommendations.
6–8 years in:
Technical Skills
Strong hands-on experience with:
REST APIs
SQL and relational databases
System integration patterns
Experience with event-driven architectures and distributed systems
Exposure to:
Core Competencies
Strong understanding of:
Synchronous vs asynchronous integration patterns
Proven ability to design scalable, secure, and resilient services
Strong troubleshooting and analytical problem-solving skills
Experience working in Agile environments
Preferred / Nice to Have
CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code
Monitoring and observability platforms (e.g., Application Insights, Prometheus, Grafana)
Data platform integration and streaming analytics
Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
Ability to simplify complex technical concepts
Collaborative team player across cross-functional teams
Adaptable and comfortable in fast-paced environments
Curious and passionate about modern engineering and integration practices
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Delivery of robust, scalable integration solutions
High reliability and performance of APIs and event-driven services
Reduction in integration failures and production incidents
Quality, maintainability, and reusability of code
Effective monitoring and observability implementation
Strong collaboration across teams
Continuous improvement of integration standards
Contribution to modernising enterprise integration architecture
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