Integration Engineer

Integration Engineer – Backend & APIs

Location: London (Hybrid)

Job Type: Permanent

About Albany Beck

Albany Beck is a consultancy dedicated to delivering tailored talent and operational solutions to our clients across Financial Services and beyond. We partner with top-tier financial institutions to deliver expert consulting and transformation services. Our collaborative approach places experienced professionals in high-impact roles, helping our clients to navigate complex challenges and realise strategic outcomes. We are currently seeking an experienced Integration Engineer to support our client, based in London. This role will focus on designing, building, and maintaining backend and API-based integration solutions across a modern cloud ecosystem.

Role Overview

The Integration Engineer – Backend & APIs will join a dynamic technology team supporting our clients global operations. This role is ideal for a highly skilled engineer with a strong background in backend development, systems integration, and API architecture, particularly in a regulated financial services environment. You’ll be key to delivering scalable and secure integration solutions that connect internal platforms, third-party services, and cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust backend integration solutions across internal systems, cloud platforms, and third-party services.
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs and service layers, using API gateways to ensure secure and efficient connectivity.
• Work with architects and product owners to translate integration needs into technical implementations.
• Develop solutions using event-driven architecture and messaging platforms (e.g. Kafka, Azure Event Grid, Azure Service Bus).
• Ensure compliance with security standards, data governance, and regulatory frameworks.
• Troubleshoot integration issues and drive resolution across development and production environments.
• Automate deployment and testing of integration components using CI/CD pipelines.
• Help define and enforce integration standards, reusable components, and best practices across teams.

Key Skills and Experience

• 6+ years of experience in backend development and integration engineering.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as C#, .NET, Java, or Python.
• Experience in financial services or banking, with an understanding of regulatory and security requirements.
• Strong experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and working with API gateways (Azure API Management, Apigee, etc.).
• Experience with cloud-based integration approaches, particularly in Microsoft Azure environments.
• Knowledge of messaging and event platforms such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus, or Event Grid.
• Familiarity with authentication protocols such as OAuth2, JWT, and SAML.
• Solid understanding of data formats (JSON, XML) and transformation tools (e.g. XSLT).
• Experience using CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins, and scripting with PowerShell or Bash.
• Strong skills in debugging, testing, and performance optimisation.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Desirable Skills

• Familiarity with integration platforms such as MuleSoft, Dell Boomi, or Azure Logic Apps.
• Knowledge of microservices architecture and containerisation technologies (e.g. Docker, AKS).
• Experience working within Agile or DevOps environments.