Integration Engineering — Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) Roadmap
Connecting new solutions into a client's existing, often legacy, technology stack
Steps in Integration Engineering
- Understanding a Client's Existing Systems — intermediate · Mapping out what systems already exist before proposing anything new
- REST and SOAP API Integration — intermediate · Integrating with both modern REST APIs and the SOAP/XML APIs still common in enterprise systems
- Authentication in Enterprise Systems — intermediate · Working with SSO, SAML and OAuth as implemented by real corporate identity providers
- Webhooks and Event-Driven Integration — intermediate · Reacting to events from client systems in near real time via webhooks and message queues
- Working with Legacy and On-Prem Systems — intermediate · Integrating with systems that predate modern APIs: mainframes, FTP drops, and scheduled batch exports
- Building Custom Connectors — intermediate · Building a reusable connector when no off-the-shelf integration exists for a client's system
Part of
- Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) roadmap — the full learning path