API & Integration Tech Lead — Cloud-Native & Secure

Intact Specialty Solutions; Canton (MA); Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Paid time off

401(k) with company contributions up 0

Mental health and life insurance

Parental leave

Voluntary benefits

Job summary

Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions is seeking a hands-on Technical Lead for API and integration development in its Canton, MA; Boston, MA; Farmington, CT; or Raleigh, NC offices on a hybrid schedule.

You will lead RESTful API design with Java Spring Boot, architect cloud-native integrations using Azure Service Bus, Kafka, and Event Hub, and guide a small team while remaining involved in coding and design.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 9+ years of Java development with Spring Boot.
• 2+ years in technical leadership or team lead roles.
• Strong understanding of RESTful API design and OpenAPI/Swagger.
• Experience with Azure cloud services (App Services, API Management, Event Hub, Service Bus).
• Hands-on experience with Kafka, MQ, and other messaging/integration platforms.
• Proficiency in Terraform for IaC.
• Familiarity with Auth0 or similar IAM solutions.
• Solid secure coding practices and application security.
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, mentoring teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of RESTful APIs using Java Spring Boot.
• Architect and implement integration solutions using Azure Service Bus, Kafka, Event Hub, and MQ.
• Enforce secure coding practices, authentication/authorization, encryption, and secure error handling.
• Guide the team on delivery models like shared libraries, microservices, and discrete deployables.
• Develop and maintain Terraform scripts for Azure provisioning.
• Lead and mentor a small team of developers while coding and reviewing.
• Collaborate with DevOps and Cloud Engineering to deploy containerized apps with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Implement authentication flows using Auth0 and other identity providers.
• Promote CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.

Skills

Java Spring Boot

RESTful API design

OpenAPI/Swagger

Azure cloud services

Kafka

MQ

Terraform

Auth0

Docker

Kubernetes

Secure coding practices

CI/CD

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Azure Service Bus

Kafka

Event Hub

Service Bus

Terraform

Auth0

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions is seeking a hands-on Technical Lead for API and integration development in its Canton, MA; Boston, MA; Farmington, CT; or Raleigh, NC offices on a hybrid schedule.

You will lead RESTful API design with Java Spring Boot, architect cloud-native integrations using Azure Service Bus, Kafka, and Event Hub, and guide a small team while remaining involved in coding and design.