Technical Lead, API & Integration Engineering

Role summary

Development and integration

• Lead the design, delivery, and continuous improvement of API and integration solutions; mentor and develop team members.
• Build RESTful APIs and integration services with .NET Core and Azure serverless services, or equivalent AWS or GCP capabilities.
• Lead integrations between modern digital platforms and legacy systems, and decouple digital channels from core systems.
• Design secure token-based APIs using JWT, OAuth/OIDC, managed identity, Key Vault, private endpoints, and least-privilege access.
• Implement retries, idempotency, asynchronous workflows, messaging, and caching.
• Partner with frontend teams using React, Next.js, or comparable technologies.
• Design flows for downstream workflows, audits, status tracking, reconciliation, and eventual consistency.
• Use Redis, materialized views, projections, or equivalent read-model strategies to improve performance and reduce legacy-system load.
• Maintain secure, high-quality code through reviews, automated testing, and CI/CD.

Delivery and collaboration

• Act as a senior technical reference for API integration decisions across development squads and support an inclusive, respectful team environment.
• Work with Product Owners and Business Analysts to clarify requirements, shape technical options, identify dependencies, and deliver product outcomes from discovery through delivery.
• Communicate technical risks and decisions to technical and non-technical partners.
• Establish API quality gates covering unit, integration, contract, API, performance, security, and regression tests and release readiness.
• Design low-disruption releases using backward-compatible changes, versioning discipline, feature toggles where appropriate, and operational runbooks.

Role capabilities

• Provide hands-on technical leadership and mentorship to developers.
• Guide API and integration design and implementation decisions and support secure, stable, maintainable services.
• The posting references .NET Core, Azure serverless services, or equivalent AWS/GCP capabilities, and React, Next.js, or comparable frontend frameworks.

Benefits and workplace culture

• HOOPP highlights a defined benefit pension plan, learning and development, wellness offerings, and a people-focused culture.
• Permanent employees are eligible for company-paid extended health and dental benefits; optional post-retirement health and dental benefits are described as subsidized.

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