Solution Architect

• Integration

Globant — Riyadh, KSA

Location:

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (on-site). Alternative locations: Jordan, Lebanon, UAE, Egypt — with regular travel to Riyadh required.

Role Summary

This role is responsible for leading the architecture of integration and API layers across the platform. The architect defines standards for APIs, integration patterns, event-driven messaging, and third party connectivity. The role requires broad architectural understanding across multiple disciplines alongside deep expertise in integration technologies and API management.

Key Responsibilities

Define integration architecture strategy aligned with organisational goals

Establish API standards, versioning strategies, and backward compatibility practices

Design and govern API gateway infrastructure and policies

Architect event-driven and message-based integration patterns

Define data flows, transformation logic, and contract standards between systems

Lead technical design reviews and key architectural decisions for integration

Design third party service integration approaches and manage external dependencies

Define error handling, retry, and circuit breaker strategies for integrations

Ensure security across integration points including authentication, authorisation, and data protection

Define monitoring, logging, and observability strategies for integration layers

Mentor engineering teams and support capability development in integration practices

Conduct code reviews and provide technical guidance

Produce and maintain integration architecture documentation, system diagrams, and data flow models

Evaluate integration technologies, middleware, and emerging approaches

Manage technical debt in integration layers and lead simplification initiatives

Present architectural decisions to senior stakeholders

Expected Outcomes

A coherent and consistent API and integration ecosystem

Improved reliability and observability across integration points

Reduced complexity through well designed integration patterns and standards

Adoption of consistent API and integration architecture patterns across teams

Cross Functional Design Leadership

Facilitate collaborative design sessions across engineering, product, and operations

Break down complex integration challenges into actionable design approaches

Support decision making during major incidents or significant integration changes

Improve cross team understanding of integration impacts, data flows, and system dependencies

Communication and Influence

Communicate complex integration and API concepts clearly to technical and non technical audiences

Produce clear diagrams, documentation, and integration models

Influence decisions through structured reasoning and architectural clarity

Build strong working relationships with stakeholders across engineering, architecture, cybersecurity, product, and delivery

Cross Discipline Architectural Competencies

Understanding of domain driven design principles

Strong awareness of enterprise integration patterns

Understanding of essential data architecture concepts

Awareness of cyber security fundamentals and secure by design practices

Understanding of DevOps and platform engineering practices

Ability to define and assess non functional requirements

Ability to evaluate third party systems and build versus buy decisions

Ability to balance performance, cost, resilience, and maintainability in designs

Shared Architecture Practice Expectations

Contribute to architectural standards and reusable patterns

Participate in architectural governance and review forums

Support development of technology roadmaps and long term design direction

Produce clear and consistent architectural artefacts

Share learning and reusable guidance across teams

Decision Making Authority

Acts as technical authority for integration and API architecture

Owns API standards, integration patterns, and gateway policies

Responsible for long term integration architectural direction

Makes informed decisions balancing immediate needs and strategic goals

Technical Skills

Core technologies:

Apigee, NodeJS

Architecture and design:

RESTful API design, event-driven architecture, enterprise integration patterns, API gateway design and governance, API versioning and backward compatibility

Integration:

Message queuing and asynchronous processing, third party service integration, data transformation and contract management, orchestration and choreography patterns

Security and performance:

Authentication and authorisation patterns including OAuth and JWT, data encryption and secure data handling, resilience and fault tolerance patterns, rate limiting and throttling

Competencies: Strong understanding of distributed systems and integration complexity, experience designing API ecosystems at scale, strategic architectural planning, clear and structured communication, mentorship and technical leadership, effective stakeholder engagement.