MuleSoft Architect (Remote)

Title: MuleSoft Architect

Location: 100% Remote work

Type: 6+ Months Contract to Hire

Position Description:

• Lead Technical Leads, Architects, and a mixed onshore/offshore team supporting enterprise integration and API platforms
• Manage a team of approximately 13-14 contractors plus onshore technical leads and full-time engineers
• Oversee MuleSoft, ESB technologies, and enterprise API ecosystems while driving modernization and cloud-native adoption
• Establish architectural standards, governance frameworks, and design reviews; partner with engineering, product, and security teams for aligned delivery
• Guide API-first, microservices, SOA, event-driven, and cloud integration practices across Azure (preferred), AWS, or Google Cloud Platform
• Ensure platform stability, incident response, high-quality engineering practices, and continuous improvement
• Support long-term modernization roadmaps, promote automation (including AI-driven automation), and encourage ongoing technical growth
• Continuously evaluate and adopt emerging technologies, tools, and integration approaches through a self-starter mindset

Required Skills:

• 5+ years of recent, hands on engineering work with MuleSoft
• Must already be onboarded in MuleSoft environments and capable of providing architectural leadership from day one
• 1+ year of direct people management experience, including hiring, performance management, and team leadership capacity
• Experience providing architectural guidance in SOA at enterprise level
• Strong communication skills
• Deep technical background in APIs, SOA, microservices, and architectural best practices
• Ability to champion API first, microservices, SOA, and cloud native approaches
• Provide technical direction and governance for Mulesoft
• Critical requirement: oversight of Mulesoft, ESB platforms
• Strong appetite for continuous learning and expanding technical breadth
• Solid understanding of SOA, API first integration, microservices, SSO, and container platforms
• Familiarity with cloud platforms Azure preferred, but AWS or Google Cloud Platform also relevant
• Broad understanding of cloud integration and migration strategies
• Lead architectural governance, standards, design reviews, and collaborate with engineering, product, and security teams to ensure cohesive delivery
• High level understanding of security architecture, including API security, identity and access models (OAuth, OIDC), zero trust concepts, and secure cloud design
• Must demonstrate active engagement with modern technologies (POCs, emerging AI concepts, etc.)