Enterprise Architect, Foundation Platform

Informa PLC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading data and analytics firm in Toronto is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead the architectural design of core engineering assets. This hands-on role requires expertise in cloud-native architecture and full-stack development. The ideal candidate will have over 15 years of experience and a strong background in building scalable solutions. This position operates under a hybrid modality with competitive benefits and opportunities for growth.

Benefits

Competitive benefits including health and lifestyle options

Flexible working options

Annual leave and volunteering days

Learning and development tools

Collaborative culture with DE&I program

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing cloud-native architectures with AWS.
• 15+ years of experience in full-stack software development.
• Deep experience with Linux, Windows, Databricks, and Spark.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic enterprise architecture designs and code for core components.
• Partner with Engineering leaders across multiple domains.
• Ensure systems embody security, scalability, and resilience.

Skills

Cloud-native architecture design

Full-stack software development

RESTful APIs design

Problem-solving

Collaboration skills

Communication skills

Education

Advanced degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Jira

Confluence

Job description

• Full-time

Company Description

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 ahybrid modality. We have hub office location in Toronto, Canada.

Job Description

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.

Key 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 enhancedevelopment, testing, deployment, and monitoring 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 Managersto 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 DE&I 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!

If you need any adjustments to support your application, such as information in alternative formats, special requirements to access our buildings or adjusted interview formats pleasecontact us at [emailprotected] and we’ll do everything we can to help.

Inclusivity at Curinos:

We believe strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed. As such, Curinosis 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.

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