Posted 01 August, 2026
Integration Lead
StepChange Debt Charity
Leeds, ENG, GB
Full Time
Job Description
Ready to shape the future of our integration capability and become the technical authority behind enterprise-wide connectivity?Want to lead the design and delivery of scalable, secure, cloud-first integrations that power real business impact?Excited by the challenge of modernising legacy systems while driving best-practice engineering across Agile teams?As our Integration Lead Developer, youll drive the organisations integration capabilitydesigning and delivering secure, scalable solutions that connect systems, products and partners. Youll act as the technical authority for APIs, define integration patterns, build reusable components and champion cloud-first (AWS) delivery. Working hands-on in an Agile environment, youll modernise legacy systems, support enterprise architecture evolution and collaborate across teams to enable seamless, future-ready connectivity.What will you be doing?As a technical authority in integration and API design, youll set the standards that shape how our systems connectdefining integration patterns, ensuring architectural consistency and driving secure, scalable solutions across the organisation. Youll stay hands-on with AWS technologies like Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge and SQS/SNS, building reusable components, frameworks and high-quality code while championing modern engineering practices including CI/CD, automated testing and DevSecOps.Youll lead integration delivery within Agile squads, translating business needs into robust technical solutions and ensuring fast, high-quality execution. As a player-coach, youll mentor developers, promote API-first thinking and foster a culture of ownership and continuous improvement. With a focus on operational excellence, youll enhance onboarding, strengthen monitoring and reliability, support incident resolution and drive productivity and delivery velocityall while collaborating closely with stakeholders to shape enterprise-wide integration strategyYou will bringYour technical expertise to a role where youll shape how our systems connect and scale. With strong experience in system integration, API design and distributed systems, youll work hands-on with AWS technologies, modern iPaaS platforms and event-driven architectures to build secure, high-quality integrations. Youll apply deep knowledge of RESTful APIs, microservices, messaging patterns and cloud engineering, backed by skills in GitHub Actions, Terraform and observability tooling to deliver reliable, future-ready solutions.Youll thrive in an Agile environment, using your understanding of cloud concepts and engineering best practice to design clean, contract-driven APIs, strengthen security and drive consistency across our integration landscape. Whether mentoring engineers, promoting API-first thinking or ensuring integrations are robust, monitored and well-documented, youll play a key role in elevating capability across the team and enabling seamless, secure connectivity across the organisation.Equality, Diversity, and InclusionEquality, diversity, and inclusion are incredibly important to us; we have a culture of belonging. Were always looking to increase the diversity of our workforce to ensure we can provide the best service possible for everyone. Its not just about the professional experience you bring were interested in who you are and your potential. If theres an adjustment to our recruitment process that would help you to be your best, speak to our team and theyll be happy to help.TPBN1_UKTJ
