SENIOR MULESOFT API & INTEGRATION ENGINEER-Financial/Banking
CLIENT: Financial Services / Banking
INTERVIEW: Telephonic & Webcam
LOCATION: Hybrid – Iselin, NJ (Remote may be considered for exceptional candidates)
EMPLOYMENT: Corp-to-Corp (C2C)
EXPERIENCE: 10+ Years Mandatory
JOB SUMMARY
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior MuleSoft API & Integration Engineer with 10+ years of enterprise integration experience and extensive Banking/Financial Services domain experience.
The ideal candidate must have strong hands-on MuleSoft experience, including MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Mule 4, Anypoint Studio, API Manager, Runtime Manager, Design Center, Exchange, CloudHub/CloudHub 2.0, and DataWeave.
Extensive Banking/Financial Services experience is mandatory. Candidates should have worked on large-scale, long-term banking or financial transformation programs, developing and supporting secure, highly scalable API and integration solutions across critical financial applications.
Candidates without substantial MuleSoft + Banking/Financial Services experience will not be considered.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design, develop, implement, and support enterprise-grade MuleSoft API and integration solutions.
- Develop scalable integrations using Mule 4, Anypoint Platform, Anypoint Studio, DataWeave, API Manager, Runtime Manager, Exchange, and CloudHub.
- Design and implement REST APIs, SOAP Web Services, system APIs, process APIs, and experience APIs using MuleSoft API-led connectivity.
- Develop reusable MuleSoft APIs and integration services following API-led architecture and enterprise integration patterns.
- Integrate banking and financial applications with core banking systems, payment platforms, lending systems, treasury systems, wealth management platforms, databases, third-party applications, and external financial services.
- Implement secure API integrations using OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT, mTLS, API Keys, SAML, and enterprise IAM standards.
- Develop complex DataWeave transformations involving JSON, XML, CSV, Java objects, flat files, and other enterprise data formats.
- Build integrations using HTTP, HTTPS, REST, SOAP, JMS, MQ, SFTP, JDBC, Kafka, and other enterprise connectivity mechanisms.
- Implement error handling, exception strategies, retry mechanisms, logging, transaction management, and fault-tolerant integration solutions.
- Configure and manage MuleSoft API Manager, including policies, authentication, authorization, throttling, rate limiting, security, versioning, and API lifecycle management.
- Design and implement highly available and scalable MuleSoft deployments using CloudHub/CloudHub 2.0 and containerized/cloud environments.
- Troubleshoot complex production MuleSoft/API integration issues, including performance, connectivity, transformation, security, and downstream system failures.
- Implement monitoring and observability using tools such as Splunk, ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, or equivalent enterprise monitoring platforms.
- Develop automated CI/CD pipelines for MuleSoft applications using Jenkins, GitHub/GitLab, Maven, Azure DevOps, or similar tools.
- Create and maintain Technical Design Documents (TDD), Solution Design Documents (SDD), API specifications, integration specifications, and deployment documentation.
- Collaborate with Enterprise Architects, Application Teams, Security Teams, Infrastructure Teams, Business Stakeholders, and Banking Technology teams.
REQUIRED MULESOFT SKILLS
- 10+ years of Enterprise API & Integration experience.
- Strong hands-on MuleSoft development experience is mandatory.
- Expert-level knowledge of Mule 4 and Anypoint Platform.
- Strong experience with:
- Anypoint Studio
- API Manager
- Runtime Manager
- Anypoint Exchange
- Design Center
- CloudHub / CloudHub 2.0
- DataWeave 2.0
- Strong experience designing MuleSoft API-led connectivity architecture.
- Hands-on development of System APIs, Process APIs, and Experience APIs.
- Strong knowledge of REST, SOAP, HTTP/HTTPS, JSON, XML, SFTP, JDBC, JMS, MQ, and Kafka.
- Advanced DataWeave transformation experience.
- Strong understanding of API security, including OAuth2, OIDC, JWT, mTLS, API Keys, and SAML.
- Experience with MuleSoft API policies, governance, versioning, throttling, security, and lifecycle management.
- Strong knowledge of MUnit for unit and integration testing.
- Experience with CI/CD and DevOps for MuleSoft deployments.
- Strong troubleshooting and performance-tuning experience in production MuleSoft environments.
- Experience integrating MuleSoft with databases, cloud platforms, enterprise applications, and third-party systems.
MANDATORY BANKING / FINANCIAL SERVICES EXPERIENCE
Extensive Banking or Financial Services experience is a MUST.
Candidates must demonstrate experience working on large-scale enterprise banking/financial programs, preferably involving multiple years with major financial institutions.
Strong preference for candidates with experience in one or more of the following:
- Retail / Commercial Banking
- Investment Banking
- Digital Banking
- Payments / Payment Processing
- Credit & Lending
- Cards / Consumer Finance
- Treasury Management
- Wealth Management
- Capital Markets
- Trading / Brokerage
- Financial Risk & Compliance
- Regulatory Reporting
- Core Banking Integration
- Banking Modernization / Digital Transformation
The candidate should have experience integrating MuleSoft with core banking platforms, payment systems, financial applications, customer-facing digital channels, regulatory systems, databases, and third-party financial services.
BANKING DOMAIN REQUIREMENTS
- Proven experience delivering long-term Banking/Financial Services transformation projects.
- Strong understanding of financial data security, regulatory requirements, compliance, auditability, and enterprise API governance.
- Experience working in highly regulated financial environments with strict requirements around security, availability, data privacy, and resiliency.
- Ability to work with Banking Business Analysts, Enterprise Architects, Security Teams, Application Owners, and Financial Technology stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of integration requirements for high-volume, mission-critical financial transactions.
NICE TO HAVE
- MuleSoft certification such as MuleSoft Certified Developer (Mule 4) or Architect certification.
- Experience with CloudHub 2.0 and Runtime Fabric.
- Experience with Kafka / IBM MQ / JMS in banking environments.
- Experience with Kubernetes and Docker.
- Experience with Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, or similar monitoring tools.
- Experience with AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform integration environments.
- Experience implementing enterprise-wide API Centers of Excellence (CoE) and API governance frameworks.
CANDIDATE MUST HAVE
MUST HAVE #1: 10+ Years Enterprise Integration Experience
MUST HAVE #2: Strong Hands-on MuleSoft / Anypoint Platform Experience
MUST HAVE #3: Advanced DataWeave / Mule 4 Experience
MUST HAVE #4: Strong API-led Connectivity / REST / SOAP Experience
MUST HAVE #5: Extensive Banking / Financial Services Domain Experience
MUST HAVE #6: Experience with Large-Scale, Long-Term Financial Transformation Programs
MUST HAVE #7: Strong API Security & Governance Experience
MUST HAVE #8: Experience Supporting Mission-Critical Financial Integrations
Candidates with generic integration experience but without strong MuleSoft and extensive Banking/Financial Services experience should NOT be submitted.
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