Senior EDI Developer / Lead Developer

Senior EDI Developer / Lead Developer

Role overview

This role is for a senior EDI developer / lead developer responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining EDI integrations and platforms for enterprise customers. The position demands working closely with business, infrastructure, and application teams to deliver highly available B2B solutions.

Key responsibilities :

-- Design, develop, and maintain EDI integrations and maps across multiple trading partners and business domains (logistics, warehouse management etc.).

-- Own end-to-end EDI transaction flows, including envelope creation, translations, acknowledgements, error handling, and monitoring.

-- Act as a key contributor in defining and driving the EDI roadmap in collaboration with product owners, architects, and business stakeholders.

-- Provide technical leadership to junior team members through code reviews, design reviews, and mentorship.

-- Collaborate with infrastructure, security, and cloud teams on deployments, upgrades, containerization, and platform hardening.

Required skills and experience :

-- 7+ years of strong EDI experience, both functional (business processes, partner onboarding) and technical (mapping, scripting, integrations).

-- Deep understanding of IBM Sterling B2B Integrator (SI) including core tables, processes, adapters, services, and end-to-end architecture.

-- Strong knowledge of EDI standards including EDIFACT and ANSI X12, with hands-on experience implementing common transaction sets and message types.

-- Solid experience with communication protocols used in EDI such as FTP, SFTP, AS2, HTTP, and HTTPS, including security configuration and certificate management.

-- Good understanding of integration and edge products, preferably IBM Sterling Secure Proxy, Sterling External Authentication Server, ITX/ITXA, and related accelerators (e.g., Lightwell, REMEDI).

Technical stack :

-- Hands-on experience with IBM Sterling Integrator in on-prem, cloud, or containerized deployments (AKS or other managed Kubernetes platforms preferred).

-- Working knowledge of APIs (REST/JSON), web services, and integration patterns for hybrid B2B/API architectures.

-- Advanced skills in XSLT, XML, JSON, and SQL for mapping, data transformation, and troubleshooting.

-- Basic to intermediate understanding of cloud concepts (Azure preferred), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes/AKS), and CI/CD practices for EDI deployments.

Nice-to-have :

-- Experience with monitoring and alerting tools for EDI/SI (e.g., ELK/Elastic, Splunk, AppDynamics, or similar) to improve observability and MTTR.

-- Familiarity with modern B2B/API gateways, API management platforms, and security standards (OAuth2, JWT, TLS) as they relate to B2B integrations.

-- Prior experience in a lead role handling customer communication, estimations, and coordination with global teams.