Why you'll love working here: high-performance, people-focused culture
our commitment that equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental to our work environment and business success, which helps employees feel valued and empowered to be their authentic selves
learning and development initiatives, including workshops, Speaker Series events and access to LinkedIn Learning, that support employees' career growth
membership in HOOPP's world class defined benefit pension plan, which can serve as an important part of your retirement security
competitive, 100% company-paid extended health and dental benefits for permanent employees, including coverage supporting our team's diversity and mental health (e.g., gender affirmation, fertility and drug treatment, psychological support benefits of $2,500 per year, parental leave top-up, and a health spending account).
optional post-retirement health and dental benefits subsidized at 50%
yoga classes, meditation workshops, nutritional consultations, and wellness seminars
the opportunity to make a difference and help take care of those who care for us, by providing a financially secure retirement for Ontario healthcare workers
Job Summary The Pension Application Development Team (PAD) is seeking a Technical Lead, API & Integration Engineering to help drive the delivery of product development for our Digital Insight Services Platform (DISP).
Reporting to the Director, Pension Application Development, the Technical Lead, API & Integration Engineering will own the design and delivery of API integration capabilities while guiding a team of developers. You will work closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Architecture,



and delivery partners to translate product needs into practical technical solutions, while helping the team deliver secure, stable, and maintainable services through the DISP Orchestration API / Backend-for-Frontend layer.
What you will do: Development and Maintenance Lead the design, delivery, and continuous improvement of API and integration solutions while mentoring and developing team members.
Build and evolve RESTful APIs and integration services using .NET Core, Azure cloud functions or serverless services, or equivalent AWS or GCP capabilities.
Lead complex integrations between contemporary digital platforms and legacy systems (e.g., Telus Health pension administration).
Design integration layers that decouple digital channels from core systems, allowing front-end teams to move independently without over-coupling to backend constraints.
Design secure, token-based API interactions using JWT, OAuth/OIDC patterns, managed identity, Key Vault, private endpoints, and least-privilege access controls.
Implement resilience patterns (e.g., retries, idempotency, asynchronous workflows, messaging, caching).
Partner with frontend teams to integrate APIs into modern web technologies such as React, Next.js, or comparable frontend frameworks.




Design and maintain integration flows where writes may trigger downstream workflows, audits, status tracking, reconciliation, and eventual consistency across systems.
Implement caching and read-model strategies using Redis, materialized views or projections, or equivalent patterns to improve performance and reduce load on legacy platforms.
Ensure high-quality, secure code through reviews, automated testing, and CI/CD practices.
Agile and Collaboration Serve as a senior technical reference point for API integration decisions across our development squads while fostering an inclusive, respectful team environment that supports learning and shared ownership.
Work closely with Product Owners and Business Analysts to clarify requirements, shape technical options, identify dependencies, and drive product development outcomes from discovery through delivery.
Communicate complex technical risks and decisions clearly to technical and non-technical partners.
Development and Delivery Establish quality gates for APIs, including unit tests, integration tests, contract tests, API tests, performance tests, security tests, regression coverage, and release-readiness checks.
Design for zero-downtime or low-disruption releases by applying backward-compatible changes, versioning discipline, feature toggles where appropriate, and clear operational runbooks.
Proactively identify and address risks to delivery, system reliability, and user experience.
Guide teams through trade-offs between synchronous APIs, asynchronous workflows, caching, event proce

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📌 Technical Lead, API & Integration Engineering (Ontario)
🏢 HOOPP
📍 Ontario