Technical Lead – Java & Enterprise Integration Information Technology

Who we are ML arteka is one of the fastest-growing IT Services and Consulting companies in Canada and serves some of the most iconic brands, including Google, Loblaws, Staples, Telus, Bell, Rogers, CIBC, BMO, CMLS, Fossil, Fitbit and more.

Over the last decade, we have achieved 100% client retention and earned more than 20 notable industry recognition. This reflects our reliability in delivering what we promise and the quality we bring to every engagement.

Join our growth-driven culture and help us lead, innovate, and simplify. We are looking for a team members who embody our values:

Empathetic - we listen, we understand, and are considerate of everyone

Persevering - we dont give up on challenges or people and go all the way

Inclusive - we value everyone and their perspectives

Reliable - we deliver what we promise, and more

Innovative - we make things better than they were yesterday

The Role : We are looking for an experienced

Technical Lead – Java & Enterprise Integration

to lead the day-to-day technical delivery of an enterprise integration workstream. You will provide hands-on technical leadership while managing a distributed development team, translating the Solution Architect’s designs into production-quality implementations across APIs, orchestration services, and event-driven integrations.

You will work closely with the Solution Architect and Integration Delivery Lead to ensure the team’s implementation remains aligned with the target architecture, delivery commitments, and enterprise engineering standards.

You Will :

Lead day-to-day technical delivery for the development pod building the integration layer,



balancing hands-on technical leadership with direct people management.

Manage developers across the distributed team, including task allocation, workload balancing, mentoring, performance feedback, and day-to-day technical support.

Translate Solution Architect designs into concrete implementation tasks, establish coding standards, and lead code reviews.

Own the implementation of backend business APIs for the creation and retrieval of core business records and the orchestration services connecting them.

Lead implementation of event-driven integrations, including publishing and consuming business events and synchronizing downstream systems through Kafka.

Work with the Solution Architect on integration patterns, API contracts, and canonical data mappings and ensure implementation remains aligned with the target architecture.

Champion modern Java and Spring Boot engineering practices, including performance, concurrency, testability, security, and cloud-native deployment.

Identify and escal technical risks, contribute to estimates as integration requirements evolve, and provide visibility into team progress and capacity.

Who You Are :

You have

10+ years of backend development experience , including 4+ years in a technical lead role with responsibility for managing developers.





You have demonstrated experience managing development teams day to day, including task allocation, capacity planning, mentoring, performance feedback, and delivery oversight.

You remain

hands-on with modern Java (Java 17/21 LTS)

and are familiar with capabilities such as records, sealed classes, pattern matching, and text blocks.

You have strong experience with

Spring Boot 3.x / Spring Framework 6 , building REST APIs and backend services.

You understand contemporary Java concurrency, including

virtual threads (Project Loom)

or equivalent approaches for high-throughput, I/O-bound workloads.

You have hands-on experience with

Apache Kafka or similar event-streaming technologies , including producers, consumers, topics, and partitions.

You have experience designing and implementing

contract-first REST APIs

and securing APIs using

OAuth2/OIDC .

You have successfully led distributed onshore/offshore development teams through complete delivery cycles, including task breakdown, code reviews, delivery cadence, and reporting.

You are comfortable with

CI/CD pipelines

such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions and enterprise code-quality and security practices.

What to expect Besides Competitive Salary and working for one of Canadas Best Managed and Top 50 Technology Companies, you should expect:

Purposeful Work: autonomy, resources, and time you need to do what matters for our clients and most importantly - you

Positive Environment: recognition coupled with a flexible environment that celebrates diversity, inclusivity and encourages everyone to achieve their best

Growth &

📌 Technical Lead – Java (Montreal)
🏢 ML arteka
📍 Montreal