Integration Developer - Technical Lead

Integration Developer - Technical Lead London · Hybrid

Are you an experienced Integration Developer ready to step into a Technical Lead role where you can shape modern engineering practices, influence architectural direction, and deliver high‑impact solutions across a globally recognised consumer brand. We are recruiting for a hands‑on, technically strong Integration Developer / Tech Lead to join a growing engineering team and play a key role in transforming a modern digital and operational technology landscape.

About the Role

As the Integration Developer Technical Lead, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and leading the delivery of integration solutions that connect core business systems, digital products, data services, and cloud platforms. You will own end-to-end integration architecture, champion modern engineering standards, and guide engineers through best practices in API design, cloud-native development, and scalable integration patterns. This is a hands-on leadership role, ideal for someone who enjoys coding, problem‑solving, and steering technical direction while mentoring engineers and collaborating with product, data, and platform teams.

What You'll Be Doing

Lead the design, development, and delivery of integration solutions across a diverse technology ecosystem Develop secure, scalable APIs, services, and messaging-based integrations Champion best practices in engineering, DevOps, automation, testing (TDD) and CI/CD Work closely with architects, digital product and design team, and stakeholders to define integration strategy Provide technical leadership, supporting developers through coaching and code reviews Contribute hands-on to development using modern .NET, cloud, and database technologies Influence and shape cloud-based integration modernisation (Azure preferred) Troubleshoot complex integration issues, ensuring performance, reliability, and data quality Support documentation, standards, and governance for integration patterns Play a key role in solution design for business and digital transformation initiatives We're looking for someone passionate about engineering, integration design, and leading by example. You'll thrive here if you're proactive, collaborative, and comfortable working across multiple systems in a fast-paced environment.

Essential skills and experience:

Strong background in C# / .NET, API development, and integration technologies Experience designing and delivering integrations using RESTful services, messaging, or service bus patterns Solid understanding of SQL Server, T-SQL, and database performance optimisation Experience working with Azure (Functions, Service Bus, Logic Apps, AKS, or related services) Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps tooling, automation and testing Ability to lead technical discussions, coach developers, and set engineering standards Experience working in Agile environments Nice to have:

Containerisation experience (Docker, Kubernetes) Nice to have messaging integration experience with Kafka or RabbitMQ Exposure to event-driven architectures Experience integrating systems within membership, retail, leisure, or consumer-facing industries Security, identity, or enterprise authentication experience This is a permanent role based in London with a hybrid working model of three days a week in the office based in central London. Salary range £90,000 - £100,000.

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Morgan Philips Group is a global talent solutions business that disrupts conventional thinking in executive search, recruitment and talent consulting. We operate in over 18 markets in Europe, North & South America, Asia, and the Middle East & Africa. We understand that the future is digital and social, so we embrace the latest technology, including video ads and CVs, as well as social recruiting. Our innovative services are tailored to the new world of work yet we do not lose sight of the fact that employees be they existing and potential are ultimately human beings.

We are committed to ensuring that all job applicants are treated equally, without discrimination because of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age