Api and Integration Tech Lead

16 hours ago


Toronto, Canada Definity Financial Corporation Full time

Definity is the parent company to some of Canada’s most long-standing and innovative insurance brands, including Economical Insurance, Sonnet Insurance, Family Insurance Solutions, and Petline Insurance. Our ambition is to be one of Canada’s leading and most innovative property and casualty insurers. We can’t do that without our people, so we embrace and encourage a culture that’s collaborative, ambitious, rewarding, and empowering.
- We offer a flexible, hybrid work experience where employees work from the office and virtually depending on the type of work they are doing and who they are working with. Bring your true self and be a part of our journey. It’s better here.

**API & Integration Tech Lead Role Overview**:
The API & Integration Technical Lead is a hands-on technical leader responsible for designing and delivering comprehensive integration solutions that support enterprise-scale platforms. This role will lead the solution delivery of end-to-end integration strategies, including cloud-native, on-premises, and hybrid integration models, focusing on APIs, microservices, event-based architectures, and real-time data processing. A key responsibility will be to lead ESB remediation and cloud modernization as part of the broader shared service integration initiatives. Additionally, the role will contribute to implementing integration patterns and reusable frameworks that align with the target integration architecture and drive innovation by conducting proof of concepts (POCs) on new patterns and technologies. As a senior technical expert, you will provide hands-on guidance to the development team, set solution standards, and ensure that the platform capabilities align with both business and technology strategies.

**Key Responsibilities**:
**Technical Leadership & Modernization**:

- Serve as a hands-on technical lead in designing and implementing cloud-native and hybrid integration solutions using a variety of patterns, including APIs, microservices, and event-based architectures.
- Lead the modernization of legacy integrations to cloud-based platforms as part of the shared service mandate, ensuring high scalability, resilience, and security.
- Develop robust integration solutions using platforms such as Apigee, Kafka, and GCP Pub/Sub.
- Provide technical direction and mentorship to the development team, ensuring the adoption of best practices and modern integration patterns.

**Integration Solution Engineering**:

- Design and implement integration solutions across cloud platforms (GCP, AWS) using managed services like Cloud Functions, AWS Lambda, GKE, EKS, and data processing tools.
- Define scalable data processing pipelines to support high-throughput, real-time streaming, and batch integration use cases.
- Contribute to building and implementing reusable integration frameworks that align with the target integration architecture.
- Collaborate on the development of standardized and reusable components to enable consistent solution delivery across multiple domains.

**Innovation & POC Development**:

- Drive innovation by conducting proof of concepts (POCs) to evaluate new integration patterns, emerging technologies, and design approaches.
- Research and prototype solutions for complex integration scenarios, assessing feasibility, scalability, and performance.
- Actively contribute to the continuous improvement of integration practices by testing new frameworks, tools, and methodologies.

**Mentorship and Team Development**:

- Mentor and guide the development team, promoting a collaborative, hands-on technical culture.

**takeholder Engagement**:

- Engage with business and technology stakeholders to translate complex business requirements into scalable integration solutions.
- Collaborate with product owners and project managers to define roadmaps and shared service integration strategies.

**Solution Delivery**:

- Oversee the delivery of complex integration solutions from concept through implementation, ensuring high-quality, scalable, and secure solutions.Troubleshoot and resolve complex integration issues, identifying root causes and implementing long-term fixes to ensure platform stability and reliability.

**Qualifications**:
**Education**:

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.

**Experience**:

- 10+ years of experience in enterprise integration, API development, and system solutions.
- 5+ years of experience with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS) and associated integration services.
- Proven track record of leading complex modernization initiatives, including ESB to cloud-native transformations, as part of a broader shared service mandate.
- Hands-on experience with microservices frameworks, container orchestration (Kubernetes), and real-time data processing pipelines.
- Experience designing and implementing hybrid and multi-cloud integration solutions.

**Technical Skills**:

- Strong proficiency in Java, Python, or Node.js for backend servi



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