Enterprise Architect, Foundation Platform

Curinos; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial technology firm in Toronto is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to design and implement strategic architectural solutions. The ideal candidate will have over 15 years of full-stack software development experience and deep knowledge of cloud-native architectures. This role involves collaboration with engineering teams to deliver scalable, secure systems and requires a strong problem-solving mindset. The firm offers competitive benefits and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Competitive benefits

Flexible working options

Regular social events

Employee Assistance Program

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing cloud-native architectures with AWS.
• 15+ years of experience in full-stack software development.
• Proven experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and microservices architectures.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic enterprise architecture designs and frameworks.
• Partner closely with Engineering leaders for scalable solutions.
• Document Enterprise Architecture best practices.

Skills

Cloud-native architecture design

Software development

Problem-solving skills

Collaboration skills

Communication skills

Education

Advanced degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Python

Java

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Overview

Curinos empowers financial institutions to make better, faster and more profitable decisions through industry-leading proprietary data, technologies and insights. With decades-long expertise in the financial services industry and a relentless focus on the future, Curinos technology and analytics ecosystem allows clients to anticipate customer needs and optimize their go-to market decisions in an increasingly competitive market.

Curinos operates under a hybrid modality. We have hub office location in Toronto, Canada.

We are looking for an Enterprise Architect - Foundation Platform for our core engineering team. The team is responsible for developing and maintaining the foundational libraries, frameworks, and architectural components that underpin our product suite. Their work spans backend systems, middleware, web services, and user experience layers, enabling data-driven decision intelligence and robust product support.

This is a hands-on enterprise architecture leader role with deep experience pushing the boundaries of technology to design industry leading solutions. You will shape the architectural direction for the firm’s shared engineering assets by researching and applying advanced technologies and design patterns in support of new data-driven products.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic enterprise architecture designs, frameworks and code for core, reusable components that support multiple company products.
• Partner closely with Engineering leaders across distributed computing, data analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence domains to ensure scalable and cohesive solutions.
• Ensure foundational systems embody principles of security, scalability, resilience, observability, and sustainability.
• Evaluate and integrate new technologies and tools to enhance development, testing, deployment, and monitoring practices.
• Document Enterprise Architecture best practices.
• Mentor software engineers and architects and review their solution designs to ensure alignment with other system components and our overall architectural direction.
• Collaborate with Product Managers to translate business objectives into clear, actionable requirements for platform capabilities and features.
• Design and deliver scalable, secure, and maintainable architectural patterns that enable product teams to accelerate development.
• Strongly support engineering process improvements in Agile development, CI/CD, DevSecOps, Test automation, and architectural governance.

Qualifications

Desired Skills & Expertise

• Advanced degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience designing cloud-native architectures with AWS.
• 15+ years of experience in full-stack software development, including hands-on expertise across the SDLC: ideation, design, development, testing, CI/CD, deployment, and support.
• Deep experience with numerous components of our technology stack:
• Infrastructure & Platforms: Linux & Windows Server, AWS, Databricks, Spark
• Databases: SQL Server, Postgres, DynamoDB, Redis
• Languages & Frameworks: Python, Java, JavaScript, Angular, Tableau
• Tooling & DevOps: Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Gradle, Docker, Kubernetes
• Proven experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and microservices architectures.
• Strong problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills.
• A strategic mindset with the ability to balance technical vision with practical execution.

Additional Information

Why work at Curinos?

• Competitive benefits, including a range of Financial, Health and Lifestyle benefits to choose from
• Flexible working options, including home working, flexible hours and part time options, depending on the role requirements – please ask!
• Competitive annual leave, floating holidays, volunteering days and a day off for your birthday!
• Learning and development tools to assist with your career development
• Work with industry leading Subject Matter Experts and specialist products
• Regular social events and networking opportunities
• Collaborative, supportive culture, including an active DEI program
• Employee Assistance Program which provides expert third-party advice on wellbeing, relationships, legal and financial matters, as well as access to counselling services

Applying

We know that sometimes the 'perfect candidate' doesn't exist, and that people can be put off applying for a job if they don't meet all the requirements. If you're excited about working for us and have relevant skills or experience, please go ahead and apply. You could be just what we need!

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Inclusivity at Curinos

We believe strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed. As such, Curinos is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics.