Technical Integrations Analyst
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Job description
This role is ideal for a software-oriented, technically hands-on professional, who is comfortable reading, testing and validating APIs directly and taking ownership of live integrations. The Integration Analyst facilitates the integration between financial partners (primarily insurance providers) and Seopa's price comparison platforms, enabling partners to provide quotes to end customers through APIs.
At Seopa, we value the contribution each one of our team members makes and so you will quickly be involved in meaningful work that has a demonstrable impact on the business and be empowered to take responsibility for other integration processes as you gain experience and build your skills. Tasks will include, but won't be limited to:
- ·Take end-to-end ownership of partner integrations, including onboarding, testing, go-live, ongoing maintenance, change management and issue resolution.
- Analyse partner API documentation and specifications, translating requirements, validation rules and business logic into clear internal documentation and accurate data mappings for Seopa's comparison platforms (e.g. Quotezone.co.uk, CompareNI.com).
- Produce and maintain comprehensive integration documentation (data mappings, assumptions, transformation rules and partner-specific variations), ensuring it remains accurate throughout the integration lifecycle.
- Work closely with internal stakeholders (e.g. software engineers, QA and Product Owners) and external partners to deliver successful integrations and certification.
- Manage and track integration requirements and technical tasks through JIRA, ensuring clear definition, prioritisation and delivery to agreed timelines.
- Independently test partner APIs using tools such as Postman, lead integration testing and certification, and collaborate with engineers to identify and resolve defects pre and post-go-live.
- Support and collaborate with the Product Owner on roadmap planning and delivery, with a clear path towards increased project ownership, accountability and progression.
Requirements
Do you have experience in cURL?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * Honours Degree in a computing, technology, science, engineering, mathematical or business-related discipline (minimum 2:1) ideally with some coding or programming experience.
- 3 grade 'B's or above at A-Level are desirable, although not essential.
Experience - essential:
- Circa 5 years' experience (which may include a placement year) in an IT, software development, website development, e-commerce, fintech or financial services environment.
- Practical experience working with APIs, including request/response structures, authentication methods and common data formats (JSON/XML).Coding or scripting knowledge (e.g. Python, JavaScript, SQL or similar).
- Experience using a software delivery platform such as JIRA.
Experience - Desirable: (experience in some of the following)
- Hands-on experience with API integration tools (e.g. Postman, Insomnia, Swagger, cURL)
- Experience in a work management tool (such as Trello, Click-up, Aha, Monday.com)
- Experience working in or closely alongside a software engineering team, contributing to technical problem-solving rather than purely documentation or coordination.
- Experience using AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) to support problem-solving, accelerate delivery, and improve efficiency in technical work
Capabilities:
- Excellent analytical and data interpretation skills
- Excellent skills in MS Office (particularly Excel and Power BI)
- Ability to manage projects successfully against tight deadlines
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to multi-task
- Ability to self-educate where required
- Strong customer-facing and stakeholder management skills
- Self-driven, delivery-focused approach with the ability to proactively manage dependencies and timelines
- Strategic mindset, supporting the development of configurable, self-service integration capabilities
Personal Qualities:
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Logical thinker with attention to detail
- Self-motivated and able to use your initiative where possible
- Can identify with and adhere to our company values - Smart, Efficient, Open, Passionate and Accountable
Benefits & conditions
Benefits - Seopa offers an excellent remuneration package consisting of a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package. Benefits include:
- Private medical insurance
- Life cover
- Pension and annual pension clinic
- Health cashback plan
- Hybrid working arrangements
- Additional service-related holidays
- Cycle to work scheme
- Wide-ranging discount reward schemes
- Full access to online training courses
- Paid for company events - including a fully funded Christmas party and other social/hosted events during the year.
Location - The company operates a hybrid working policy, where employees can work from home and from our offices at Floor 4, Blackstaff Studios, 8-10 Amelia Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT2 7GS.
