Tech Lead Manager, Integrations

TEEMA Group; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 200,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

TEEMA Group in Vancouver, British Columbia, is seeking a Tech Lead Manager, Integrations to lead the design and delivery of scalable integration infrastructure and real-time data processing. The role combines hands-on engineering with people leadership across a high-performing team in a fast-moving environment.

You will mentor engineers, drive best practices for reliability and observability, and collaborate with product management to align roadmaps with business goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science required.
• 8+ years of hands-on software engineering in scalable distributed systems.
• 2+ years in people management or tech lead role with direct reports.
• Proven experience building and scaling integration systems – API connectors, webhook infrastructure, data synchronization pipelines.
• Deep expertise with large-scale data pipelines, streaming architectures, or ETL across external systems.
• Proven track record mentoring engineers and influencing architectural decisions.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and execution across the integrations team.
• Design, architect, and implement scalable integration infrastructure.
• Hands-on coding, code reviews, and performance optimization.
• Drive data pipelines, streaming architectures, and real-time processing.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and stakeholders to translate requirements into robust solutions.
• Promote reliability, testing, observability, and uptime.
• Lead hiring and career development for engineers.

Skills

TypeScript

NestJS

Cloud architecture

CI/CD

Observability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

PostgreSQL

MySQL

MongoDB

Snowflake

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Job Title: Tech Lead Manager, Integrations
Job ID:90526
Location:Vancouver, British Columbia

What you will be doing:

Technical Leadership & Execution

• Design, architect, and implement scalable integration infrastructure that achieves five-nines accuracy and near real-time synchronization.

• Engage in hands-on coding, code reviews, and performance optimizations, setting the standard for technical excellence across the team.

• Drive the technical vision for data pipelines, distributed systems, and real-time processing frameworks, ensuring maintainability and long-term viability.

• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.

• Implement best practices in code quality, testing, observability, and performance monitoring to ensure reliability and uptime.

• Champion a culture of automation, streamlined operations, and continuous improvement across the engineering organization.

• Act as a thought leader, evaluating and introducing new technologies, tools, and patterns that enhance integration capabilities.

People Management & Team Leadership

• Manage, coach, and develop a team of engineers, owning their career growth, performance reviews, and professional development.

• Conduct regular 1:1s, provide timely and constructive feedback, and create individual development plans for each report.

• Drive hiring for the team - defining roles, conducting interviews, and making hiring decisions to build a world-class integration engineering team.

• Foster a healthy, inclusive team culture rooted in psychological safety, trust, and accountability.

• Participate in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and Agile ceremonies to ensure alignment with product and organizational goals.

• Partner with the Engineering leadership, product management, and cross-functional leaders to influence the team’s roadmap and priorities.

• Advocate for reliability engineering, helping the team continuously improve systems for high availability and fault tolerance.

What you must have:

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (required).

• 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with a strong focus on building scalable, reliable, and secure distributed systems.

• 2+ years of experience in a people management or tech lead role with direct reports.

• Proven experience building and scaling integration systems - including API connectors, webhook infrastructure, data synchronization pipelines, or iPaaS-style platforms.

• Deep expertise in working with large-scale data pipelines, streaming architectures, or ETL frameworks across multiple external systems.

• Proven track record of driving technical initiatives, mentoring engineers, and influencing architectural decisions.

Technical Skills

• Strong proficiency in TypeScript and NestJS (required); experience with Ruby or Python is a plus.

• Hands-on experience integrating with external databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Snowflake) and designing resilient data access layers across third-party systems.

• Strong understanding of cloud architectures, containerization, and orchestration technologies.

• Extensive experience with observability tools, CI/CD pipelines, and automation frameworks.

• Familiarity with testing methodologies, performance tuning, and high-availability strategies.

Salary/Rate Range: $200,000.00 - $275,000.00