Senior Engineer, Data Integration

Contract Senior Engineer, Data Integration

Department: Engineering

Employment Type: Contract

Location: Remote

Compensation: $75.00 - $85.00 / hour

Description

At Thorne, we work to deliver high-quality, science-backed solutions to empower individuals to take a proactive approach to their well-being. Each day begins with a mission to help others discover and achieve their best health. We count on our team members to challenge and push the boundaries to make that happen. At Thorne, you'll be joining a team of more than 750 passionate individuals committed to our cause of providing superior health solutions at every age and life stage.

The Senior Engineer - Data Integration is responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing enterprise data integration solutions that enable secure, reliable, and scalable data exchange across Thorne''s technology ecosystem. Serving as a technical leader for enterprise integrations, this role will leverage MuleSoft as Thorne''s strategic integration platform to standardize APIs, integration patterns, orchestration, monitoring, and governance while supporting the modernization and retirement of legacy integration technologies.

Working closely with business stakeholders, application owners, and cross-functional IT teams, the Senior Engineer - Data Integration will translate business requirements into scalable integration solutions that improve operational efficiency, data quality, and system interoperability. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in enterprise integration architecture, API development, and modern integration platforms, along with a passion for building reusable, secure, and high-performing solutions that support Thorne''s continued growth and digital transformation.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the technical strategy, architecture, and implementation of Thorne''s enterprise data integration platform, with MuleSoft serving as the organization''s primary integration and API management solution.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support scalable APIs, application integrations, data pipelines, and event-driven solutions across enterprise systems and third-party platforms.
• Partner with business stakeholders and cross-functional technology teams to translate business requirements into secure, scalable, and reusable integration solutions aligned with enterprise architecture standards.
• Lead the migration from legacy integration technologies to MuleSoft by assessing existing integrations, defining migration roadmaps, and executing remediation, cutover, and decommissioning activities.
• Establish and maintain integration standards, architecture documentation, operational runbooks, support procedures, and technical knowledge resources to ensure long-term operational sustainability.
• Design integrations with scalability, resiliency, fault tolerance, and high availability to support business-critical operations and future organizational growth.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, release management processes, and environment promotion strategies using Azure DevOps and other enterprise DevOps tools.
• Implement integration security best practices by protecting data in transit, managing authentication and credentials, and ensuring compliance with applicable security, privacy, and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve integration incidents, production issues, and data flow interruptions while driving root cause analysis and continuous service improvements.
• Collaborate with Salesforce administrators, developers, architects, and other application teams to design and implement enterprise integrations utilizing APIs, Apex, Flow, Lightning components, and platform automation where appropriate.
• Participate in capacity planning, disaster recovery, business continuity, and operational readiness initiatives to ensure the reliability and availability of enterprise integration services.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship by promoting best practices in MuleSoft development, API-led connectivity, CI/CD, documentation, and integration architecture across the engineering organization.
• Communicate technical strategies, project status, risks, and dependencies to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior leadership, translating complex concepts into clear business outcomes.
• Stay current on emerging technologies and industry best practices in MuleSoft, API management, cloud integration, observability, automation, and enterprise architecture, making recommendations that improve platform capabilities and operational efficiency.

WHAT YOU NEED

Education & Experience

• Bachelor''s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical discipline; equivalent professional experience will also be considered.
• 7+ years of experience designing, developing, implementing, and supporting enterprise integration solutions.
• Hands-on experience with MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, including API-led connectivity, REST and SOAP APIs, JSON, XML, data transformation, error handling, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Experience modernizing enterprise integration environments, including migrating legacy integration technologies to modern API and integration platforms.
• MuleSoft Developer or MuleSoft Architect certification is preferred.

Technical Knowledge

• Deep understanding of enterprise integration architecture, API management, and distributed systems design.
• Experience building scalable, secure, and highly available integration solutions using MuleSoft Anypoint Platform.
• Proficiency with source control, CI/CD pipelines, API testing tools, observability and monitoring platforms, and Azure DevOps or similar enterprise DevOps toolsets.
• Experience implementing integration security best practices, including authentication, authorization, encryption, credential management, and secure data transmission.
• Strong understanding of integration monitoring, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and production support.
• Experience developing technical documentation, including API specifications, interface documentation, architecture diagrams, operational runbooks, and migration plans.

Core Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to diagnose complex integration, data quality, and system performance issues.
• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable, maintainable technical solutions aligned with enterprise architecture standards.
• Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives while managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated experience collaborating across Engineering, IT, Data, Operations, Finance, Quality, E-commerce, and external technology partners.
• Strong attention to detail, particularly in API design, data mapping, interface contracts, security, validation, and deployment readiness.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently while mentoring team members and promoting engineering best practices.
• Results-oriented with a collaborative mindset and a passion for continuous improvement, innovation, and technical excellence.