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Manager, Integrations

Forward Air Corp

  • Coppell, TX
  • 30+ days ago

    Highlights

    Experience: 10+ years of hands-on experience designing and building integrations using cloud-based technologies, including REST/SOAP APIs, event-driven architectures, and middleware platforms. Hands-on experience architecting and operating cloud-based integration solutions on AWS or Azure (e.g., API Gateway, Lambda/Functions, SQS/Service Bus, EventBridge, Java, Spring Boot, MuleSoft).

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationCoppell, TX
    IndustryTransport and Storage - Materials
    Company Size2,500 to 4,999 employees
    Year Founded1981
    Websitehttps://www.forwardair.com/content/careers-0

    Description

    The Manager, Integrations serves as a technical leader responsible for the design, development, implementation, and ongoing support of enterprise and customer integrations across multiple technology platforms. They drive architectural direction and ensure the delivery of scalable, secure, and high-performing API-driven solutions that enable business growth and customer onboarding. The ideal candidate blends deep hands-on technical expertise with strong leadership capabilities, guiding both internal engineers and external partners. They champion best practices, establish standards, and ensure integration reliability and operational excellence. In close collaboration with IT and business stakeholders, they play a critical role in aligning integration strategy with organizational priorities. This role operates in a fast-paced environment where innovation, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration are essential.

    Responsibilities

    • Provide technical leadership and architectural direction for internal and vendor teams to deliver new customer onboarding solutions within required timelines.
    • Own and evolve integration design standards, ensuring performance, reliability, scalability, and security across all customer-facing and internal integrations.
    • Lead root-cause analysis and hands-on troubleshooting of complex integration issues across APIs, middleware, and data pipelines.
    • Partner with IT and business stakeholders to evaluate, select, and implement optimal integration technologies, platforms, and architectural patterns.
    • Design and oversee API-driven, event-based, and batch integration solutions across distributed systems.
    • Maintain comprehensive documentation for integration architectures, solutions, and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
    • Mentor and develop engineering talent through technical coaching, design reviews, and adherence to coding standards.
    • Establish and enforce engineering best practices, including code quality, reusability, and testing standards.
    • Monitor integration health using observability tools and implement proactive measures to ensure uptime and performance.
    • Manage multiple concurrent integration projects and ensure delivery aligns with business priorities and quality expectations.
    • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to communicate project status, risks, and dependencies effectively.
    • Support vendor relationships and ensure alignment with organizational technical standards and delivery expectations.
    • Drive continuous improvement initiatives to optimize integration processes, tools, and frameworks.
    • All other duties as assigned to meet evolving business needs.

    Qualifications

    • Education: Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field from an accredited college or university preferred.
    • Certification/Licensure: Relevant cloud or integration certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, MuleSoft Certification) preferred.
    • Experience: 10+ years of hands-on experience designing and building integrations using cloud-based technologies, including REST/SOAP APIs, event-driven architectures, and middleware platforms.
    • 5+ years of experience leading technical teams and delivering multiple concurrent integration projects, with ownership of design and delivery quality.
    • Hands-on experience architecting and operating cloud-based integration solutions on AWS or Azure (e.g., API Gateway, Lambda/Functions, SQS/Service Bus, EventBridge, Java, Spring Boot, MuleSoft).
    • Strong understanding of supply chain or logistics business processes is highly preferred.
    • Demonstrated expertise in integration patterns (synchronous/asynchronous, pub-sub, batch), data formats (JSON, XML, EDI), and observability tooling.
    • Strong situational analysis, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities in complex technical environments.
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders across all levels and cultures.
    • Proven ability to lead, mentor, and direct both internal teams and external vendor partners in a fast-paced environment.
    • Demonstrated discretion and confidentiality in handling and protecting sensitive information.
    • Technical: Proficient with common office technologies, including Windows PCs, Microsoft O365 (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) and web conferencing (Teams, Zoom, Webex, etc.)
    • Environment: Comfort commuting to/from and working in a 100% on-site setting (listed in this posting), with travel for related meetings/events.
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    About Company

    Since 1990, Forward Air has been a leading provider of ground transportation and related logistics services to the North American air freight and expedited LTL market. We offer surface shipping on an accelerated “time-definite” basis, delivering cargo at a specific time, but under less time-sensitive situations – supplying you with a cost effective, reliable alternative to air transportation. We work with companies of all sizes to develop tangible advantages and build the best products to meet your specific needs. Forward Air presents to the wholesale transportation community (logistics companies, freight forwarders, integrated air cargo carriers, passenger/ cargo airlines, and non-traditional shippers), a single-source provider that can deliver more supply chain services and a superior menu of choices. Throughout the years we have added supplementary lines to our linehaul service, such as full truckload operations (Truckload Services), final-mile coverage (Complete® Cartage), and an Airline Logistics program, and we will continue to expand our services to meet the changing needs and growth of our customer base.

    Forward Air is structured to optimize both savings and service to our customers. Direct partnerships with owner-operators and other surface transportation providers, enable us to remain cost-competitive. The Forward Air network is designed with over 90 facilities located at or near major U.S. and Canadian airports, 12 regional sort centers and over 300 beyond points (secondary airports provided through our Complete Cartage service), creating one of the most comprehensive linehaul networks in the industry.

    The foundation product for Forward Air is our expedited linehaul service, offering consistent and reliable transit and on-time, damage-free deliveries. By locating terminals on or near airports and maintaining a scheduled transportation network, we are able to arrange for convenient and consistent service with broad geographic coverage. Shipments of varying sizes (TL/LTL) are received at our terminals and transported by contracted service providers either (1) on a direct truck to the destination terminal, (2) through our Columbus, Ohio central sorting hub, or (3) through one of our 12 regional hubs, where they are unloaded, sorted, and reloaded in rapid fashion. After reloading the shipments, our contracted service providers deliver them to the destination city for early morning recovery. Through our Forward Air Complete® cartage service, customers also can have shipments picked up from the shipper, delivered to the final consignee, or transferred at the airport, simplifying the freight management processes. These options allow us to maximize handling efficiency of each shipment while minimizing freight loss and damage, improving transit times over traditional ground transportation.

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