Overview:
The Lead Integrations Architect is responsible for designing, building, and governing scalable, secure, and reliable system integrations across enterprise applications, platforms, and external partners. This role bridges business requirements and technical implementation, ensuring data flows seamlessly across systems using modern integration patterns and technologies.
This role specializes in Legal Technology integrations, connecting Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), Enterprise Legal Management (ELM), eBilling, matter management, document management, compliance and specialist AI platforms with enterprise systems such as ERP, CRM, finance, identity, and data tools.
Responsibilities:
- Lead technical discovery workshops and architecture discussions with clients and internal stakeholders
- Design end-to-end integration architectures across on-premise and cloud systems
- Translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and well documented technical designs
- Define integration standards, patterns, and best practices (API-led, event-driven, batch, real-time)
- Lead the design and implementation of APIs, middleware, and integration platforms
- Establish error handling, monitoring, logging, and alerting strategies
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to integration developers
- Review solution designs and perform architecture assurance
- Support data governance, compliance, and regulatory requirements
- Troubleshoot complex integration issues and lead root-cause analysis
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, and engineering teams to translate requirements into integration solutions
- Evaluate and select integration technologies, tools, and vendors
- Ensure integrations meet performance, scalability, reliability, and security requirements
- Govern API lifecycle management, versioning, and documentation
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 5+ years of experience in systems integration or enterprise architecture
- Proven experience leading technical workshops in enterprise environments
- Strong hands-on experience in Java & Python
- Deep understanding of APIs (ReST, SOAP, GraphQL), messaging, and event streaming
- Experience with data formats and protocols (i.e JSON, XML, HTTP, AMQP, Kafka)
- Solid understanding of security concepts (OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, TLS, API security)
- Strong experience with range of iPaaS / integration platforms and middleware
- Experience producing formal technical design documentation
- Able to work US hours where required on an ad hoc basis to support project delivery
Desirable Experience
- Design and implement integrations with CLM systems, ELM / Matter management and/or eSignature platforms
- Integrations with ERP and finance systems (i.e SAP, Oracle, Workday, NetSuite)
- Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (i.e AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Experience in the legal technology space
- TOGAF or similar architecture certification