Senior Software Engineer

About the role

Role: Senior Software Engineer (Enterprise Integration & Data Exchange)

Location: Hybrid, Oak Park Heights/Cottage Grove, MN area

Compensation: $63-$71/hour W2

Employment Type: Contract-to-Hire

Preference: Local candidates who can regularly collaborate onsite with business and technical teams

Position Summary

We're seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build and scale a new enterprise data exchange capability for a large, enterprise organization. This role will play a critical part in designing and developing the APIs, integration services, and reusable patterns that enable secure, scalable data sharing between internal systems and external business partners.

This is more than a traditional development role. You'll join a newly forming team responsible for establishing foundational integration standards, architecture patterns, and best practices that will influence future enterprise integration initiatives. The initial focus is Azure-based integration development, but success in this role requires strong integration fundamentals and the ability to adapt as technologies and platform strategies evolve.

The ideal candidate combines deep hands-on engineering expertise with solution-oriented thinking, strong stakeholder communication skills, and the ability to work effectively in an environment where new patterns and standards are still being defined.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, and support Azure-hosted APIs, integration services, and data exchange capabilities.

Create scalable, reusable integration patterns that can support multiple business partners and use cases rather than one-off solutions.

Develop and maintain RESTful APIs and enterprise integration services using modern cloud-native development approaches.

Evaluate and recommend appropriate integration patterns, including APIs, messaging, event-driven architectures, and batch data movement solutions.

Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, data teams, and integration partners to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

Partner with existing integration teams to understand the current enterprise integration landscape and identify opportunities for modernization.

Contribute to integration standards, governance practices, and architectural guidelines for future enterprise initiatives.

Help establish development tooling, deployment processes, and operational practices supporting Azure integration development.

Participate in CI/CD, DevOps, testing, and deployment activities to ensure reliable and maintainable solutions.

Support ongoing evolution of integration platforms and technologies while maintaining a focus on sound engineering principles.

Required Qualifications

Strong experience designing and developing enterprise integrations and APIs.

Hands-on experience with Azure integration development, including Azure Functions and other Azure-native services.

Experience building and consuming REST APIs in enterprise environments.

Strong understanding of integration architecture, API design principles, and distributed system integration patterns.

Experience with Azure messaging and eventing technologies such as Azure Service Bus, Event Hubs, or similar solutions.

Experience integrating enterprise applications across internal and external systems.

Proficiency with Visual Studio and/or VS Code development environments.

Experience with Python scripting.

Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and cloud application deployment.

Experience working in large-scale enterprise environments.

Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.

Proven ability to work independently, navigate ambiguity, and drive solutions with limited oversight.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with MuleSoft, Boomi, or other enterprise integration platforms.

Experience building API gateways and reusable service layers.

Exposure to event-driven architectures and messaging technologies such as Kafka, ActiveMQ, Azure Event Hubs, or Service Bus.

Experience integrating CRM, sales, marketing, finance, or customer-facing platforms.

Experience with Snowflake, Fivetran, or other ETL/data movement technologies.

Experience helping define engineering standards, governance models, or reusable integration frameworks.

Familiarity with multiple integration approaches, including APIs, messaging, ETL, replication, and batch processing patterns.

Technical Environment

Primary Technologies

Microsoft Azure

Azure Functions

Azure Service Bus

Azure Event Hubs

Azure Storage

Azure API Management

REST APIs

API Gateway Patterns

Python

Visual Studio / VS Code

CI/CD Pipelines

DevOps Practices

Adjacent Technologies

MuleSoft

Boomi or other iPaaS platforms

Kafka

ActiveMQ

Snowflake

Fivetran

Enterprise CRM and business platforms

Methodologies

Cloud-native development

API-first architecture

Event-driven design

Enterprise integration patterns

Agile delivery practices

What Success Looks Like

The most successful person in this role will:

Build high-quality integration solutions that are scalable, reusable, and maintainable.

Demonstrate strong API and integration architecture expertise rather than focusing on a single platform or tool.

Partner confidently with business stakeholders and technical teams to define and deliver solutions.

Ask thoughtful questions, challenge assumptions, and help guide technical decisions.

Operate effectively in an environment where standards and processes are still evolving.

Balance hands-on development work with broader architectural and solution-oriented thinking.

Adapt quickly to changing technologies, priorities, and integration strategies.

Take ownership of outcomes and make progress without requiring significant day-to-day direction.

Contribute ideas that help shape enterprise integration standards and future-state architecture.

Why Join This Opportunity

Help build a brand-new enterprise data exchange capability from the ground up.

Influence the architecture, standards, and integration patterns that will support future business initiatives.

Work on meaningful projects involving internal and external system integrations across multiple business domains.

Gain exposure to modern Azure integration technologies and cloud-native development practices.

Collaborate with architecture, engineering, data, and business stakeholders across the organization.

Join a team where your technical expertise will have visible impact and long-term influence.

Enjoy the opportunity to solve complex integration challenges while helping an enterprise modernize its technology landscape.

This opportunity is ideal for a senior integration engineer who enjoys creating new capabilities, designing scalable solutions, and helping define the future of enterprise integration in a growing cloud-first environment.