Confidential
Job Title: Engineering Manager
Company: Confidential
Location: Belfast, BT1 3FE, United Kingdom
Work Type: remote
Team Context
At Aflac Northern Ireland, we’re building a comprehensive ecosystem of Third-Party Integrations (TPI) that seamlessly connect external partners, vendors, and service providers with our core insurance platform.
Our Third Party Integration strategy centres on integration-first, API-driven engineering leadership that enables effortless connectivity across our partner ecosystem. As Engineering Manager for TPI, you will lead a team specializing in third-party system integrations, API management, and data synchronization solutions that power Aflac’s expanding network of external partnerships.
The Role
We’re seeking an Engineering Manager passionate about system integration, API architecture, and partner enablement who can balance technical leadership with effective stakeholder management across internal teams and external partners. You’ll lead engineers while driving adoption of modern integration patterns, event-driven architectures, and scalable API ecosystems.
As the TPI Engineering Manager, you’ll have accountability for all third-party integrations and will work closely with Director of Engineering, Product Managers, Architecture teams, and external partner technical teams to deliver seamless integration experiences while growing specialized integration engineering talent.
Key Responsibilities
Leading, mentoring, and developing a specialized team of integration engineers and API developers
Building expertise in API design, integration patterns, data transformation, and partner onboarding processes
Coordinating with partner technical teams, vendor representatives, and internal stakeholders on integration requirements
Fostering a partnership-minded, solution-oriented engineering culture focused on external collaboration and system reliability
Technical Leadership & Integration Architecture
Overseeing AWS API Gateway configurations, throttling, authentication, and API lifecycle management for external partner access
Managing integrations with CRM systems, document management platforms, and industry-specific insurance software
Leading development of data transformation services, schema mapping, and format conversion for diverse partner data formats
Creating streamlined processes and tools for rapid integration of new partners and vendors into the Aflac ecosystem.
Skills and Experience
We’re looking for a blend of integration expertise and proven leadership capabilities. Don’t rule yourself out if you don’t have everything listed—your integration mindset, partner collaboration approach, and passion for connecting systems matter most.
Essential Criteria
5+ years software engineering experience with at least 2+ years in system integration or API development leadership
AWS integration services expertise including API Gateway,Java Spring Boot, Lambda, EventBridge, SQS, and SNS
API design and management experience with RESTful services, and API versioning strategies
Third-party integration experience including partner onboarding, data mapping, and system connectivity
Team leadership experience managing integration engineers and coordinating with external stakeholders
Strong communication skills for managing both internal teams and external partner relationships
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or STEM (or comparable experience)
Problem-solving leadership: Resolving integration challenges and technical conflicts between systems
Vendor management: Coordinating technical requirements and delivery timelines with external partners
Documentation leadership: Ensuring comprehensive integration documentation and partner onboarding materials
Candidates must
be perman ently based in Northern Ireland with the relevant Right to Work Visa
Desirable Criteria
Message queuing systems: SQS, SNS, MSK, Apache Kafka, and event streaming platforms
Data transformation: ETL processes, schema mapping, JSON/XML transformation, and data validation
Authentication & security: OAuth2, JWT, API key management, and secure integration patterns
Monitoring & observability: API monitoring, integration health checks, and alerting systems
Enterprise integration patterns: ESB, message routing, content-based routing, and saga patterns
Database integration: Multi-database synchronization, CDC (Change Data Capture), and data replication
Real-time streaming with Kinesis, Kafka, or similar event streaming technologies
Please note that this is NOT a remote role, you will be required to come into the office 2 days per week.
So that’s us. Thanks for taking the time to read this far. We look forward to hearing from you if you fancy joining an innovative technology company that runs locally and is supported by a well-established, highly recognised Fortune 500 company in the US.
Aflac Northern Ireland is an equal opportunities employer.
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