Integration & MDM Lead Developer

Kaveltech Limited is seeking an experienced Integration & MDM Lead Developer to take technical ownership of a major enterprise integration and Master Data Management (MDM) implementation programme in the UK.

The programme aims to establish a single, trusted source of workforce data across core HR and operational systems, supporting Joiner, Mover and Leaver (JML) processes and enterprise-wide data management.

This is a hands‑on technical leadership role. You will lead a small development team, act as the technical design authority for integrations and MDM implementation, and drive delivery across architecture, development, testing and production go‑live.

The successful candidate will combine strong technical expertise with architectural thinking, proactive delivery management and the ability to coordinate across multiple technical and business work streams.

• Lead and manage a development team comprising a Senior Integration Consultant and Developers.
• Own the development backlog, priorities, technical direction and code reviews.
• Provide technical guidance, mentoring and support to team members.
• Drive delivery proactively, identifying priorities, managing blockers and ensuring progress.
• Remain hands‑on with complex integration development and technical implementation.

• Act as the technical design authority for enterprise integration interfaces.
• Design and implement an Integration Hub as the central orchestration point across enterprise systems.
• Define and finalise event catalogues, interface contracts, data mappings and technical dependencies.
• Design and develop integrations using APIs, extracts, messaging and enterprise integration platforms.
• Establish engineering standards and best practices across integration development.
• Ensure integrations are scalable, secure, resilient and maintainable.

• Lead integration design for MDM ingestion and outbound data flows.
• Work closely with the MDM Lead and technology providers.
• Assess data matching, merging and survivorship rules and their impact on downstream systems.
• Support data mapping, crosswalks and golden-record distribution.
• Coordinate initial data loads and integration activities across implementation phases.
• Ensure data consistency and integrity across HRIS and operational platforms.

• Coordinate with integration, MDM, HR, testing and third‑party vendor teams.
• Identify and resolve technical dependencies, risks and design conflicts.
• Lead integration design reviews and technical discussions.
• Maintain technical decisions, risk, action and dependency logs.
• Present technical design decisions and architectural trade‑offs to senior stakeholders.
• Coordinate API readiness, interface dependencies and release schedules.

• Define and support the integration testing strategy and requirements traceability.
• Oversee contract testing, system integration testing (SIT) and reconciliation testing.
  
  Act as the technical escalation point for integration defects.
• Ensure appropriate error handling, retry, replay, audit and monitoring mechanisms.
• Own release readiness, deployment planning and cutover activities.
• Develop rollback plans and support production go‑live and post‑go‑live hyper‑care.
• Prepare integration runbooks and lead technical knowledge transfer.

Candidates must demonstrate the following:

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise integration development and architecture.
• At least 3 years of experience as a Lead Developer, Technical Lead or Technical Design Authority.
• Proven…