Lead Application Development Engineer

job summary:

Enterprise Healthcare client has an immediate opening for a highly motivated Lead Application Development Engineer to join their dynamic and growing team. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply!

location: Telecommute

job type: Contract

salary: $55.73 - 65.73 per hour

work hours: 8am to 5pm

education: Bachelors



responsibilities:

- What is the purpose of this team?

- What is driving this need? (ex. Backfill for FTE or CW, new project, business growth)

- Describe the surrounding team (team culture, work environment, etc.) & key projects.

- Do you have any additional upcoming hiring needs or is this request part of a larger hiring initiative? The Lead MuleSoft Developer serves as the technical leader responsible for designing, developing, governing, and supporting enterprise integration solutions using the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform. This role owns the end-to-end integration architecture, API strategy, implementation standards, and delivery execution across cloud and on-premises applications.

The individual partners with business stakeholders, enterprise architects, product owners, platform teams, and development teams to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performing integration solutions. The role provides technical leadership, establishes development standards, mentors developers, conducts code reviews, drives modernization initiatives, and ensures compliance with enterprise integration best practices. This description aligns with responsibilities identified in internal integration and leadership-focused developer roles.

Typical Day in the Role

- Walk me through the day-to-day responsibilities and a description of the project (Outside of the Workday JD).

- What are the performance expectations/metrics?

- What makes this role unique? Technical Leadership

- Lead the design and implementation of enterprise integration solutions using MuleSoft Anypoint Platform.

- Establish integration architecture standards, development guidelines, and coding best practices.

- Provide technical leadership for multiple concurrent integration projects.

- Conduct design reviews, code reviews, and architecture assessments.

- Mentor developers and provide technical coaching across integration teams.

- Participate in project estimation, planning, and roadmap development.

API & Integration Development

- Design, build, and support reusable APIs following API-led connectivity principles.

- Develop System APIs, Process APIs, and Experience APIs.

- Build integrations utilizing REST, SOAP, GraphQL, JMS, MQ, File, FTP/SFTP, Database, and SaaS connectors.

- Develop and maintain RAML/OpenAPI specifications.

- Implement orchestration patterns, event-driven integrations, and real-time processing workflows.

- Create reusable frameworks, templates, accelerators, and integration assets.

Platform Administration & Operations

- Support and administer MuleSoft CloudHub, Runtime Fabric, and Anypoint Platform components.

- Monitor platform performance, capacity, reliability, and operational health.

- Troubleshoot and resolve production incidents and integration failures.

- Define observability, logging, alerting, and monitoring standards.

- Participate in production support and on-call activities when required.

Security & Compliance

- Implement enterprise security standards including OAuth 2.0, JWT, Mutual TLS, SAML, and client credential flows.

- Ensure compliance with healthcare, privacy, and regulatory requirements where applicable.

- Enforce API governance, security policies, and data protection standards.

- Support architecture reviews and security assessments.

DevOps & Quality Engineering

- Establish CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or equivalent platforms.

- Implement automated testing strategies including MUnit.

- Maintain code quality metrics and governance through SonarQube and related tools.

- Drive deployment automation and release management best practices.

Required Skills:

Experience

- 8+ years of software development and integration experience.

- 5+ years of hands-on MuleSoft development experience.

- 3+ years of experience leading integration teams or enterprise integration initiatives.

- Proven experience delivering large-scale enterprise integration programs.

- Experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery environments.

Technical Skills

- Expert-level experience with MuleSoft Anypoint Platform.

- Strong proficiency with:

- Mule 4

- DataWeave 2.x

- API Manager

- Exchange

- Runtime Manager

- CloudHub

- Runtime Fabric

- Anypoint Monitoring

- Experience developing REST and SOAP services.

- Strong understanding of integration architectures and design patterns.

- Experience with messaging platforms such as IBM MQ, RabbitMQ, Kafka, or Azure Service Bus.

- Experience integrating Salesforce, SAP, Workday, Snowflake, Oracle, SQL Server, and other enterprise applications.

- Strong knowledge of SQL and database design.

- Experience with Git, branching strategies, and source control management.

Leadership Competencies

- Strong technical leadership and decision-making skills.

- Ability to influence cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting capabilities.

- Ability to balance strategic architecture decisions with hands-on development responsibilities.

- Proven experience mentoring and developing technical teams.

- Ability to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence

Success Metrics

- API adoption and reuse across business domains.

- Integration platform reliability and uptime.

- Reduction in production defects and incidents.

- Delivery of projects on schedule and within budget.

- MUnit test coverage and code quality metrics.

- Compliance with enterprise architecture and security standards.

- Successful mentoring and growth of development team members.

Typical Technology Stack

- MuleSoft Anypoint Platform

- DataWeave

- CloudHub / Runtime Fabric

- API Manager

- Exchange

- Azure DevOps / GitHub / Jenkins

- Salesforce

- Snowflake

- Oracle

- SQL Server

- Kafka

- IBM MQ

- REST / SOAP APIs

- OAuth 2.0 / JWT / SAML

- Docker / Kubernetes

qualifications:

Bachelors

skills:

Experience with AWS,containerization technologies,Docker and Kubernetes,event-driven architecture,Google Cloud,computer science,microservices,Azure,MuleSoft,Salesforce integration,analytical skills,Ability to communicate,excellent judgment,decision making skills,Soft Skills,Ability to work independently,Certified Developer,Change Management,collect data,Enterprise Architecture,establish facts,Healthcare,mathematics,statistics,project management skills,technical aptitude

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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.


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