Role : - Tech Lead / Architect
Location : - Toronto Ontario, Canada
Job Description
- Set squad technical direction and lead complex solution design and implementation across development, build, and integration.
- Provide technical governance on designs; evaluate major options / trade-offs using prototypes / simulations.
- Ensure engineering / security standards are applied and vendors are held accountable.
- Drive systems integration / build automation and continuous integration practices.
- Lead production support / troubleshooting direction; define monitoring / alerting and document solutions / support processes.
Must Have
8–10+ years in IT and 3+ years as a Solution Architect guiding dev / testing teams through moderate-to-high complexity integrations.Strong architecture + integration patterns, distributed systems understanding, API design (REST / SOAP), security patterns / DevSecOps.Practical understanding of features of widely used compiled languages (e.g., C, C++, C#, Go, Rust, Java) and interpretedlanguages (e.g., Python, JavaScript, Ruby, PHP, Perl).Familiarity with web frontend frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js), backend development frameworks (e.g., Spring Boot,FastAPI, Express.js), and unit and integration testing frameworks (e.g., JUnit, TestNG, NUnit, PyTest).Proficient in attribute-driven design, architectural decision-making, and trade-off analysis methodologies such as ATAM and CBAM.Demonstrated understanding of product management, including value-based prioritization, and ability to translate businessgoals to technical plans.In-depth understanding of microservices, message-driven, event-driven, streaming (e.g., Kafka), cloud-native, and multi-experience web and mobile and distributed architectures.Knowledge of advanced caching strategies and data access pattern optimization.Practical knowledge of distributed system challenges including consistency, availability, and partition tolerance trade-offs.Comprehensive knowledge of service-oriented architecture, API design (REST, SOAP), API versioning, API gateways.