About the role
Role: API Architect Full Time Toronto, ON Exp Range:10 Years----- Role Overview experienced API Architect to define and drive API strategy, design scalable integration solutions, and establish best practices for API development across the enterprise. This role provides technical leadership to ensure secure, reusable, and high-performing API ecosystems. Key Responsibilities
- Define API architecture standards, design patterns, and best practices
- Design scalable, secure, and reusable APIs and integration frameworks
- Lead the adoption of microservices and API-led connectivity strategies
- Guide development teams on API design, governance, and implementation
- Establish API lifecycle management, versioning, and documentation standards
- Ensure API security (OAuth2, JWT, encryption, threat protection)
- Evaluate and implement API management platforms (e.g., Azure API Management)
- Collaborate with enterprise architects, DevOps, and product teams
- Review and approve solution designs to align with enterprise architecture
- Drive performance optimization, monitoring, and reliability improvements Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in API design, integration, or backend architecture
- Strong expertise in API architecture, RESTful services, and microservices
- Proficiency in Java, .NET, or Node.js ecosystems
- Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred)
- Deep understanding of API security standards (OAuth2, OpenID Connect, JWT)
- Experience with API gateways and management platforms
- Strong knowledge of CI/CD, DevOps, and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)
- Excellent stakeholder communication and technical leadership skills Nice-to-Have
- Experience in financial services or insurance domain
- Exposure to event-driven architecture (Kafka, messaging systems)
- Knowledge of TOGAF or other enterprise architecture frameworks Work Arrangement Hybrid model with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office. Leadership role in a collaborative, cross-functional environment.
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About Tekshapers
Tekshapers was founded in 2009, an MI, USA based Information Technology Company and our primary objective is to provide sophisticated business solutions to a group of companies worldwide. Tekshapers believe in client satisfaction, as a result of responsiveness and outstanding performance. The growth path of Tekshapers is more than 100% for last fiscal year.
Commonly known as “Tekshapers” and we are Minority and Diversified Supplier with our motto Smart Works, for Smart IT solutions.
What do we offer?
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CRM products and Services: Tekshapers is in a position of providing a full range of products and services towards information systems management covering a variety of business sectors including accounting, insurance, trading, construction, and manufacturing.
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Custom Software Development: We provide high-quality and latest technology IT solutions to our clients as per their business requirement like Website development, Mobile App Development, E-commerce Development, HRM Software etc.
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Staffing Services
We provide superior contracts, temporary, part-time and full-time staffing services for clients. Our mission is to be the preferred supplier to your company when it comes to addressing your temporary employee needs. We perform full comprehensive background checks to meet workforce standards such as proper working papers before employing them to our professional workforce. We handle all the employment paperwork, payroll, taxes, unemployment, workers’ compensation, background checking, benefits, etc.
Tekshapers offers a broad spectrum of staffing services and can help companies with:
- Contractual Services
- Contract-to-direct conversions - Permanent Services
Offshore Center: India
We have fully fledged Offshore Development Center based in the territory of NCR capital region of India. Where we are providing very economical and robust software applications on customer’s demand, the cost is so economical to run, from our offshore location. If you have any query, kindly do write in confidence at info@tekshapers.com to reach us.
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About the role
Role: API Architect Full Time Toronto, ON Exp Range:10 Years----- Role Overview experienced API Architect to define and drive API strategy, design scalable integration solutions, and establish best practices for API development across the enterprise. This role provides technical leadership to ensure secure, reusable, and high-performing API ecosystems. Key Responsibilities
- Define API architecture standards, design patterns, and best practices
- Design scalable, secure, and reusable APIs and integration frameworks
- Lead the adoption of microservices and API-led connectivity strategies
- Guide development teams on API design, governance, and implementation
- Establish API lifecycle management, versioning, and documentation standards
- Ensure API security (OAuth2, JWT, encryption, threat protection)
- Evaluate and implement API management platforms (e.g., Azure API Management)
- Collaborate with enterprise architects, DevOps, and product teams
- Review and approve solution designs to align with enterprise architecture
- Drive performance optimization, monitoring, and reliability improvements Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in API design, integration, or backend architecture
- Strong expertise in API architecture, RESTful services, and microservices
- Proficiency in Java, .NET, or Node.js ecosystems
- Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred)
- Deep understanding of API security standards (OAuth2, OpenID Connect, JWT)
- Experience with API gateways and management platforms
- Strong knowledge of CI/CD, DevOps, and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)
- Excellent stakeholder communication and technical leadership skills Nice-to-Have
- Experience in financial services or insurance domain
- Exposure to event-driven architecture (Kafka, messaging systems)
- Knowledge of TOGAF or other enterprise architecture frameworks Work Arrangement Hybrid model with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office. Leadership role in a collaborative, cross-functional environment.
Not the right fit? Search for Solutions Architect jobs in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
About Tekshapers
Tekshapers was founded in 2009, an MI, USA based Information Technology Company and our primary objective is to provide sophisticated business solutions to a group of companies worldwide. Tekshapers believe in client satisfaction, as a result of responsiveness and outstanding performance. The growth path of Tekshapers is more than 100% for last fiscal year.
Commonly known as “Tekshapers” and we are Minority and Diversified Supplier with our motto Smart Works, for Smart IT solutions.
What do we offer?
-
CRM products and Services: Tekshapers is in a position of providing a full range of products and services towards information systems management covering a variety of business sectors including accounting, insurance, trading, construction, and manufacturing.
-
Custom Software Development: We provide high-quality and latest technology IT solutions to our clients as per their business requirement like Website development, Mobile App Development, E-commerce Development, HRM Software etc.
-
Staffing Services
We provide superior contracts, temporary, part-time and full-time staffing services for clients. Our mission is to be the preferred supplier to your company when it comes to addressing your temporary employee needs. We perform full comprehensive background checks to meet workforce standards such as proper working papers before employing them to our professional workforce. We handle all the employment paperwork, payroll, taxes, unemployment, workers’ compensation, background checking, benefits, etc.
Tekshapers offers a broad spectrum of staffing services and can help companies with:
- Contractual Services
- Contract-to-direct conversions - Permanent Services
Offshore Center: India
We have fully fledged Offshore Development Center based in the territory of NCR capital region of India. Where we are providing very economical and robust software applications on customer’s demand, the cost is so economical to run, from our offshore location. If you have any query, kindly do write in confidence at info@tekshapers.com to reach us.