Payments Platform Architect (Remote)

VGS; Canada; Hybrid; CAD 200,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading payments technology company in Canada is seeking a Principal Engineer to architect and build highly reliable and scalable payment applications. The role requires strong collaboration with engineering teams and leadership in design best practices. Candidates should have over 12 years of SaaS experience, including expertise in cloud-native architecture and API design. This position offers a competitive salary and flexible work arrangements, emphasizing a remote-first philosophy with opportunities for hybrid work.

Benefits

Flexible work hours

Competitive health benefits

401k plan with employer matching

VGS stock options

Life & disability insurance

Professional learning reimbursement

Qualifications

• 12+ years experience in software architecture, design and development in a Cloud SaaS environment.
• Extensive experience in building highly available, reliable and scalable SaaS applications/platforms.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Payments Engineering teams to design and develop payments applications.
• Work with CTO to create holistic technology solutions.
• Drive measurable outcomes and mentor engineers.

Skills

API design

Cloud-native architecture

Microservices

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Java

Python

Observability solutions

Tools

Grafana

Open Telemetry

AWS services

Kafka

Job description

A leading payments technology company in Canada is seeking a Principal Engineer to architect and build highly reliable and scalable payment applications. The role requires strong collaboration with engineering teams and leadership in design best practices. Candidates should have over 12 years of SaaS experience, including expertise in cloud-native architecture and API design. This position offers a competitive salary and flexible work arrangements, emphasizing a remote-first philosophy with opportunities for hybrid work.