Cloud Solutions Architect New Montreal

Appnovation; Montreal; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Appnovation is seeking a Cloud Solutions Architect to scale our AWS platform, design caching tiers, multi-region federation, and secure access controls for sensitive content. You will contribute to architectural decisions, best practices, and technical standards across the team.

You will mentor engineers, produce diagrams, and collaborate with security/compliance to meet enterprise requirements. Strong consulting experience and Life Sciences familiarity are a plus.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering experience with 3+ years in architecture.
• Senior AWS cloud architecture experience; certification preferred.
• Experience with security architecture and IAM controls.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and containerization.

Responsibilities

• Architect the platform for enterprise scale (tens of thousands of users) on AWS.
• Evaluate scalability of the Postgres/Supabase backend; design caching tiers, multi-region, and global federation as needed.
• Own the load-testing strategy and responsiveness targets across geographies.
• Ensure the architecture meets security and access-control needs for sensitive content.
• Produce architecture diagrams, decision records, and technical standards.
• Guide and mentor engineers on cloud best practices and patterns.
• Define non-functional requirements (availability, resilience, cost, observability).
• Partner with security and compliance to meet enterprise controls.
• Support build-vs-buy decisions and technology evaluations.

Skills

Caching

Data federation

Performance testing

Security architecture

RBAC/ABAC

IaC (Terraform/CF)

Docker/Kubernetes

Networking/IAM/Observability

Stakeholder communication

Technical leadership

Consulting experience

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform/CloudFormation

Docker/Kubernetes

Job description

Appnovation is the AI Product Company. Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with teams around the world, Appnovation builds AI products, delivers enterprise AI and digital solutions, and co-invests with clients to bring new AI products to market.

Open source has been the foundation of Appnovation's work since 2007, and it remains the foundation underneath every AI product the company builds today. Appnovation teams work with organizations in highly regulated industries, including global leaders such as Pfizer, Google and AstraZeneca, to help them adopt AI they can govern and own.

ENGLISH WILL FOLLOW

Technology is foundational to all of Appnovation’s offerings, from consulting to digital innovation, to digital product and service creation. The technology department is focused on delivering software solutions that enable rich consumer experiences, from mobile and web applications to advanced analytics and machine learning, to content and engagement management service enablement platforms.

Inherent throughout our tech capabilities is deep expertise in the Software Development Life Cycle, a drive for creativity, a passion for the craft, and collaboration with other disciplines - all foundational ingredients in successful digital experiences and client partnerships.

As a Cloud Solutions Architect, you will join a highly motivated and experienced team and think through scaling our platform from a small pilot to enterprise scale. You will architect for tens of thousands of users on AWS, design the caching, multi-region and federation strategies that keep the platform fast and resilient across geographies, and ensure the architecture meets the security and access-control needs of sensitive content. We are looking for people who can bring a strong, consulting and solution-focused mindset and contribute to architectural decisions, best practices and get things done.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Architect the platform for enterprise scale (tens of thousands of users) on AWS.
• Evaluate scalability of the Postgres/Supabase backend; design caching tiers, multi-region, and global federation as needed.
• Own the load-testing strategy and responsiveness targets across geographies.
• Ensure the architecture meets security and access-control needs for sensitive content.
• Produce architecture diagrams, decision records, and technical standards.
• Guide and mentor engineers on cloud best practices and patterns.
• Define non-functional requirements (availability, resilience, cost, observability).
• Partner with security and compliance to meet enterprise controls.
• Support build-vs-buy decisions and technology evaluations.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field; 8+ years in engineering, with 3+ years in architecture.
• Senior cloud architecture experience on AWS; certification (e.g., Solutions Architect Professional) preferred.
• Caching strategies, data federation, and performance/load testing.
• Security architecture, including role- and attribute-based access control (RBAC/ABAC).
• Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/CloudFormation) and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Strong grasp of networking, IAM, cost optimization, and observability tooling.
• Ability to work within an established enterprise engineering lifecycle and hit the ground running.
• Excellent stakeholder communication and technical leadership skills.

WHO YOU ARE

• You think about how to scale, automate and operate, not just how to build a solution to an immediate problem
• You understand lean thinking
• You set high standards for code quality, performance/scalability and security and seek continuous improvement
• You have solid analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• You have a customer-first mindset and a devotion to customer service
• You engage and build positive internal and external client relationships, while managing multiple initiatives, often with competing priorities
• You have strong self-initiative, passion, interpersonal, oral and written communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work, influence and make an impact in a cross-functional environment with all levels of the organization
• You are responsive and thrive in a fast-paced, diverse, high-performance environment with rapidly changing business needs
• You actively seek out things outside your comfort zone with the ability to rapidly learn and take advantage of new concepts, business models, and technologies
• You have prior experience in consulting
• Prior experience and connections in the Life Sciences industry is preferred

Thank you for your interest in a career with Appnovation Technologies! Please note that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

At Appnovation, we recognize that diverse teams are the strongest teams. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is not only something that we embrace - we celebrate it! We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and we encourage applicants from all backgrounds, lived experiences and industries to apply. Come join us at Appnovation, and learn more about how we stay true to our company values as we build better lives through better digital. Accommodations are available upon request throughout the recruitment process.