API Architect

Moneris; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 126,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total Rewards Program

Health Spending Account (HSA)

Coursera access for learning

Hybrid work arrangement

Work from Abroad program

Employee discounts

Job summary

Moneris seeks an API Architect to own the technical design and architecture of the Moneris API platform, collaborating with SRE and other tech teams. You will shape API strategy, conduct vendor assessments, and ensure secure, scalable architecture aligned with Moneris standards.

You will base in Toronto with hybrid flexibility and report to Senior Manager, Identity, Access and Secret Management. This replacement position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred in software engineering or CS.
• 7+ years in large-scale software development, BI or data architecture environments.
• 5+ years hands-on API/backend development (NET/Java/Node).
• 4+ years API/backend experience; 2+ years cloud solutions (Azure).
• Experience with API security, encryption, caching and modern API idioms.
• DevOps pipelines experience (Git, Maven, Gitlab, Jenkins) and CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end API platform architecture and security.
• Lead design, code reviews and delivery planning for API projects.
• Collaborate across teams to meet governance and strategy guidelines.
• Drive technical delivery including requirements, design, tests and deployment.
• Develop and share best-practices; contribute to public tech writings.

Skills

API architecture

Backend design

DevOps pipelines

Security engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering/Computer Science

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Azure

NoSQL (Redis/Mongo/CosmosDB)

Java/.NET/Node

Job description

Your Moneris Career – The Opportunity

The API Architect is responsible for the technical design and overall architecture of the Moneris API platform. In concert with site reliability engineering, owns the technical implementation of the API development life cycle and the central API support services. Collaborates with other technology teams to design, develop and implement software systems and data solutions critical to Moneris’ business operations Works with the team to define Moneris’ API strategy, best practices, and standards. Performs research and development activities to advance platform technology including stakeholder interviews, proactive vendor assessments, and overall API infrastructure reviews to make determinations related to cloud partnership strategies. Ensures that the security, availability and technology strategy follows best practices and Moneris standards.

Location:

You will be based in our Toronto office, balancing in-office collaboration with remote flexibility.

Reporting Relationship:

You will report to the Senior Manager, Identity, Access and Secret Management

Posting Type:

Replacement Position

Salary Range:

$ $126,000 - $165,000.

Total compensation may also include variable or discretionary incentive components, including but not limited to bonuses and commissions. Individual job offers are determined by various factors, including experience, education, skills, certifications, and other business needs.

Your Moneris Career – What you’ll do

• Create solutions which support current and foreseeable changes due to new technical or business requirements and where appropriate support reuse within and by other teams; have an enterprise and/or design and development focus

• Create and maintain end-to-end solution architecture for API and backend applications (enterprise focus) and/or lead design and code development and provide input on the project delivery planning process (design and development focus).

• Participate in the system specification review process to ensure system requirements can be translated into valid software architecture. Perform proof of concepts/prototypes, and recommend applications of such technologies to future product architectures

• Provide input on vendor / third party product offering assessments and integrations into API platforms

• Lead the end-to-end technical delivery of all API Implementation projects, including security, encryption, high availability, and scalability. Drive all aspects of development including requirements definition, design, implementation, unit testing, and integration. Hold code and design reviews while ensuring that all components are architecturally consistent

• Develop and share best-practice knowledge. Author and contribute to customer-facing publications, whitepapers, technical case studies, and blog posts.

• Provide architectural expertise and domain knowledge to the rest of the organization and develops more junior members on the team

• Collaborate with other teams to ensure deliverables meet defined governance standards, and enterprise definitions as well as alignment with the API strategy framework

• Work closely with the development teams to demonstrate engineering methods and socialize feedback to ensure needs are met

Your Moneris Career – What you bring

• Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree preferred in Software Engineering, Computer Science; or equivalent work experience in a Technology or business environment

• 7+ years of experience working in large scale software development, design, business intelligence environments, and/or data architecture environments. Full proficiency with multiple programming languages and/or database management and modelling.

• 5+ years of hands‑on experience developing API and/or backend applications (.NET, Java or Node preferred)

• 4+ years of experience working with API’s and/or backend applications.

• 2+ years of experience with cloud-based solutions (Azure preferably)

• Experience with NoSQL databases (Redis, MongoDB and Cosmos DB preferably) and some experience with relational DBMS

• Experience with API Security, encryption, caching, LINQ, JSON manipulation, and other modern API programming idioms.

• Experience working with DevOps pipelines (Git, Maven, Gitlab, Jenkins), continuous integration/delivery, automated testing (unit, functional, performance)

• credentials are an asset.

Your Moneris Career - What you get

• At Moneris, we believe in empowering you to succeed—personally and professionally. As part of our team, you’ll have access to resources, opportunities, and an inclusive environment that supports your development and career.

• Comprehensive Total Rewards Program, including performance-based bonuses, flexible benefits starting from day one, and your choice of a health spending account (HSA) or personal spending account (PSA)

• Retirement planning support, with profit‑sharing programs including company match and a defined contribution pension plan

• Growth & development opportunities, including unlimited access to Coursera, mentorship programs, and an internal gig marketplace

• Holistic wellness support, with an Employee & Family Assistance Program, 24/7 virtual healthcare, and workplace wellness initiatives

• Flexibility that works for you, including hybrid work arrangements, a Work from Abroad program, and paid time off programs

• Recognition and rewards, with company‑wide recognition programs, exclusive banking perks from RBC & BMO, and access to great employee discounts

Find out more about the work perks and benefits you get as a Moneris employee at Moneris.com/careers

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Note: We welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, people of colour, people of disabilities, people of all genders, sexual orientation and intersectional identities.

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We acknowledge that people from equity-deserving groups (including racialized individuals, women, gender diverse individuals, individuals with disabilities, neurodivergent individuals, members of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities and those born outside of Canada) are less likely to apply for jobs unless they feel they meet all the requirements posted. At Moneris, we believe candidates bring experience to their work in many ways. We encourage you to apply and share, in the application form, the transferrable experience you bring, and how this will support your success in this role.