Principal Technology Architect

Our Story & Purpose :

We’re Vancity, a member-owned credit union built on the principles of inclusion and social justice. Since 1946, our relentless commitment to these values has helped us challenge the status quo and break down barriers. We’ve made bold commitments to become net-zero by 2040 across all mortgages and loans, and we’re actively pursuing strategies in Indigenous banking and financial resilience for our members.

As the largest private sector Living Wage Employer in Canada, we’re proud to be consistently recognized as one of the country’s Top Employers. If you’re ready to join our team of 2,700 diverse individuals, access competitive rewards and benefits, and be part of a greater movement - apply today!

Your Role in Supporting Our Members :

As a Principal Technology Architect, you will play a critical role in shaping our organization's technology and business strategies. This role will be responsible for designing and implementing enterprise-level solutions, ensuring they align with our long-term goals and objectives. Your expertise in technology architecture, innovation, and leadership will drive our success in this dynamic and evolving industry.

This is a full-time, permanent role and will report directly to Director, Enterprise Architecture. Our head office is based in Vancouver, but we are open to candidates in BC and Ontario. While this position provides a hybrid work arrangement, you will be expected to be on-site for events and business demands when needed.

How You'll Make an Impact :

• Providing sound solutions and architecture for key business initiatives
• Defining, building and maintaining architecture standards, patterns, and best practices
• Understanding business drivers and business capabilities (future and current state) and determining corresponding enterprise system design and change requirements to drive the organization's targeted business outcomes
• Guiding and influencing product owners, solution / data / security / infrastructure architects, designers, and developers in implementing sound architecture choices (Buy vs. Build, or Real-time vs. Batch)
• Providing guidance to Enterprise architecture in establishing standards and evaluate products and contribute to enterprise architecture initiatives
• Designing and leading the implementation of solutions across all business applications or technologies based on enterprise business strategy, business capabilities and business requirements
• Managing and developing the enterprise architecture for a broad scope of projects, working closely with solutions and application architects that manage and design architecture for a single project or initiative
• Providing consulting support to architects within projects to ensure the project is aligned with the proposed solution and overall enterprise architecture
• Monitoring the current-state solution portfolio to identify deficiencies through aging of the technologies used by the application, or misalignment with business requirements
• Understanding technology trends and practical application of existing, new, and emerging technologies (ex. AI, automation) to enable new and evolving business and operating models
• Analyzing the technology industry, competitors, and market trends, and determine their potential impact on the enterprise

What You’ll Bring to the Team :

You’ll Thrive Here If You Are :

We value lived experience, so if you are interested in this role, we encourage you to apply even if you feel your skills don't perfectly align with those listed.

What You’ll Earn :

This role offers a salary range of  $180,000 to $200,000 per year . The base pay offered may vary depending on factors such as relevant qualifications, skills, previous experience, and internal equity. As part of our total rewards package, employees may also be eligible for our annual incentive program, subject to program eligibility requirements.

Why You’ll Love Working Here :

A career at Vancity is more than just a job, you’re joining a tradition of change-makers who are creating lasting change for our communities. Beyond base pay, we offer a comprehensive total rewards package to ensure our employees are empowered to thrive :

Vancity Talent Programs :

Vancity supports an inclusive hiring process for candidates who self-identify as Indigenous, Black, or Trans. With special permission from the BC Human Rights Commissioner, this initiative provides access to career development opportunities, prioritized job screening, and feedback. Any information you choose to share will be stored securely and used only for recruitment and career development connected to this initiative, in line with the BC Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA). For details, please see our dedicated Talent Programs job posting.