Lead Integration Engineer (Python)

Project overview

Lead Integration Engineer (Python) | Global Pharmaceutical Company

📄 Contract: B2B

⏳ Project duration: Long-term cooperation with possibility of extension

🌍 Industry: Pharmaceutical / Research & Development

For one of our clients, a global pharmaceutical company, we are looking for an experienced Lead Integration Engineer to join a central integration team responsible for modernizing how Research & Development systems exchange data and support scientific work across the organization.

This is an opportunity to work on a strategic initiative focused on building a modern integration platform, enabling seamless data flow between critical R&D applications and accelerating innovation across the business.

If you're passionate about building integration platforms, API ecosystems, and event-driven solutions that enable innovation at scale, we'd love to hear from you.

• Location: Warsaw (hybrid model)
• Your Responsibilities
• Lead the design and development of scalable integration solutions using Python
• Define and implement API-first integration architectures
• Build reusable integration services and components
• Establish API standards, governance practices, and integration patterns
• Drive the adoption of event-driven architecture using Kafka
• Design and implement event-based integration solutions
• Collaborate closely with architects, technical teams, and business stakeholders
• Influence engineering best practices, technology direction, and solution architecture
• Ensure integration platforms are secure, maintainable, and s

Requirements

• Strong commercial experience as a Python Backend Engineer
• Experience in a technical leadership or lead engineering role
• Proven track record building enterprise integrations and APIs
• Strong knowledge of API design, REST principles, and API governance
• Experience with event-driven architectures
• Hands-on expertise with Apache Kafka
• Experience designing scalable and maintainable backend systems
• Ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Strong communication skills and experience working in distributed teams
• Fluent English (written and spoken)

Nice to have

• Experience in the pharmaceutical, healthcare, or life sciences sector
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and integration platforms
• Experience supporting R&D or scientific systems
• Knowledge of data governance and enterprise integration standards

Project details

• Start: ASAP
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: Warsaw, Warszawa
• Rate: 160-175 EUR/h
• Languages: English