Outsystems Technology Lead

Lontours Canada Limited; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading travel company in Toronto is seeking a Technical Lead to guide a hybrid development squad in modernizing legacy applications using OutSystem low-code platform. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of application development experience, familiarity with legacy technologies like .NET and Silverlight, and a strong understanding of UI/UX principles. This hands-on role requires collaboration with various stakeholders and ensuring successful migration to scalable applications while maintaining performance and design standards.

Benefits

Generous benefit package

Travel benefits

Retirement plan

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 3-5 years related experience.
• Noteworthy experience in application development with a focus on front-end delivery.
• Familiarity with legacy technologies like .NET, Silverlight.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical lead for a modernization squad.
• Decompose legacy applications into modular components.
• Lead the rebuild of legacy UIs in OutSystems.
• Ensure testability and documentation for modernized features.
• Act as a liaison between legacy teams and OutSystems developers.

Skills

Application development expertise

Front-end delivery

Agile experience

UI/UX principles

Low-code platforms

API orchestration

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

OutSystems

.NET

Silverlight

Job description

ABOUT GLOBUS FAMILY OF BRANDS

With 95+ years in travel, the award-winning Globus family of brands – consisting of Globus, Cosmos, and Avalon Waterways – creates vacations that offer travelers culture-rich experiences featuring must-see sights, the stories behind the scenes and countless joy-filled memories in more than 70 countries on six continents across the globe. With equal measures vision and hard work; team collaboration and commitment; adaptability, honesty, and integrity as well as a genuine love for all-things-travel, the Globus family of brands – a leader in international travel – now offers unparalleled, perfectly planned tours; inventive, inspiring cruises and modern, independent vacation packages to millions of travelers.

Travel and/or in-office presence may be required at times. Generous benefit package including travel benefits and retirement.

THE DEPARTMENT

The following teams make up the Technology department: Business AnalysisandQuality Assurance, Applications Development, ApplicationsSupport, and Engineering. The group identifies and develops technological strategies that support GVI’s business goals and objectives to ensure internal and external partners are provided with stable systems. These include: all desktop, network, phone and email systems, applications (reservations and operations systems), websites, and Internet access.

THE POSITION

We are seeking a Technical Lead to guide hybrid development squad in the modernization of legacy applications and user interfaces using the OutSystem low-code platform. This role is hands-on and delivery focused, overseeing the replatforming of critical workflows from technologies like .NET, Silverlight, and HTML into modern, performant, and modular front-end solutions.

You will collaborate with architects, developers, QA, and business stakeholders to ensure the successful migration of both the UI and functional logic to scalable, low-code applications aligned to our long-term product strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical lead for a modernization squad focused on a defined business domain, eg: product UI, Excursions etc.)
• Decompose existing legacy applications into modular components and define modernization stories for backlog execution.
• Lead the rebuild of legacy UI’s in OutSystems, ensuring high performance, responsive design, and UX alignment
• Review and contribute to OutSystems module designs, service logic, and front-end screen flows
• Provide technical oversight of sprint planning, delivery milestones, and release coordination.
• Support OutSystems developers in navigating legacy logic, integration points, and domain-specific data models.
• Ensure testability, documentation , and traceability for all modernized features.
• Act as a liaison between legacy engineering teams and OutSystems developers to ensure knowledge transfer.

Education

The preferred candidate will hold a bachelor’s degree in a related field; or three to five years’ related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Experience Preferred

The preferred candidate has noteworthy experience in the following areas:

• 5+ years experience in application development with a strong focus on front-end delivery and modernization
• Familiarity with legacy technologies such as .NET, Silverlight, or static HTML
• Working knowledge of OutSystems (or another low-code platform) with hands-on experience in delivering modules, workflows, or screens
• Experience leading agile squads, sprint execution, backlog grooming, and technical prioritization
• Strong understanding of UI/UX principles, including accessibility and responsive design
• Ability to bridge gaps between legacy and modern platforms in collaborative pragmatic ways
• OutSystems Associate or Reactive Developer certification
• Experience with API orchestration, reusable components, and front-end architecture in a low-code environment
• Exposure to customer-facing or agent facing platforms in travel, leisure, or hospitality sectors
• Experience working in globally distributed teams.