Integration Developer
Overview:
Here at apetito we are embracing a period of exciting change, delivering a modern, secure, and consistent approach to software development.
As part of this change, we are looking for an Integration Engineer to join our Innovation and Development team within IT and help us deliver our ambitious digital transformation agenda. This role is key to helping drive value for the business and our customers by connecting our systems through integration.
As an experienced Integration Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, implementing, and managing integration solutions that connect our systems, data, and processes. You should have experience of developing integrations using Apigee and Azure Logic Apps, which helps us keep our stack simple.You will also help us follow the best practices and standards for integration development and security. As we build out our foundations the three key tenets of predictability, security, and sustainability will continue to inform our work.
This role is based in our Trowbridge Head office, with remote working available for up to 2 days.
Our team
You will work within the Enterprise Application pillar of the I.T. team delivering innovative integration solutions.
Our goal is to deliver fast paced and appropriate change, which means there is a constant stream of varied and challenging projects ahead of us.
We embrace new technology and processes, aspiring to modern development techniques, while adhering to our Cloud First strategy.
Who we are:
apetito is the UK’s leading food supplier to the health and social care sectors serving more than 1,300 care homes, health care and education settings.
Our meals are expertly crafted by our dieticians and chefs, and then frozen to lock in the goodness.
Wiltshire Farm Foods, our sister company, is the UK’s largest ready meal supplier cooking and delivering over 330 different delicious frozen ready meals across the UK.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities- Design and develop scalable, performant, cost effective and secure integration solutions.
- Audit and improve the security, performance, reliability and scalability of the existing integration estate.
- Help us define, implement and embed integration standards and best practices, driving integration maturity forward.
- Work with third parties to improve delivery, quality and cost-effectiveness of integration solutions
- Lead and mentor other integration engineers and developers.
- Create a re-usable integration catalogue which simplifies and improves pace of future delivery.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, project managers, and other members of the IT team to understand and deliver integration requirements.
Qualifications/Personal Qualities:
Essential skills & experience:
- Knowledge of integration patterns, standards and best practices
- Experience in designing, developing and testing integration solutions ideally using Apigee and Azure Integration Services (Logic Apps, Function Apps, Event Hubs, etc.)
- Experience with RESTful APIs.
- Experience with API Management platforms
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Self-motivated and proactive learner
Desirable:
- Awareness of modern development tools and processes, such as deployment pipelines, Git, CI/CD.
- Ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex integration issues
- A demonstrable awareness of the wider integration technology landscape
- Experience with application performance monitoring tooling ideally Application Insights or NewRelic
Company Benefits:
- Competitive salary – accredited Living Wage employer
- 25 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays
- Option to purchase up to 5 additional days annual leave per year
- Discretionary annual bonus scheme
- Pension scheme - employer matched contributions up to 4%
- Life assurance scheme worth at least 1x annual salary
- Subsidised canteen
- Free parking
- Free turkey or voucher at Christmas
- apetito perks scheme including salary sacrifice options and retail discounts
Our Values:
As a family-owned business, we take great pride in being a company that makes a real difference and is dedicated to creating outstanding meals to be proud of.
We develop a range of products designed to enhance health and well-being for all our customers.
We are driven by a passion for service, and dedicated to feeding some of the UK’s most vulnerable people.
We proudly support British food and farming, focusing on using the best ethical and sustainable produce in alignment with our goal to reach Net Zero by 2040.
Our ethical standards are recognised by the ETI and we are an accredited Living Wage employer.Learn more about apetito’s commitment to a more sustainable future.
We embrace inclusion, empowering individuals from diverse backgrounds.
Our commitment to making a real difference extends to customers, communities, and staff and we're on a mission to build an inclusive workplace where everyone reaches their full potential.