Principal Engineer/ Architect – API, Cloud

Finance Professionals Inc.; Caledon; On-site; CAD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Downtown Toronto is seeking a Principal Engineer/Architect skilled in API and cloud technologies. You will be responsible for migrating workloads, building a robust API gateway, and collaborating closely with various teams for project success. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in IT, API development, and cloud architecture.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant IT experience, 5+ as Solutions Architect/Principal Engineer.
• 3+ years in hands-on API development and back-end services.
• Experience with cloud architecture and migration.

Responsibilities

• Migrate Apigee Edge workloads to Apigee X.
• Establish CI/CD pipelines for API Proxy deployments.
• Develop and troubleshoot API proxy flows.

Skills

API development

Cloud architecture

CI/CD pipelines

Security and Access Controls

Team player

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field

API product certifications

Cloud certifications

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Job description

Our client, a leading financial institution in Downtown Toronto, is looking for a Principal Engineer/Architect – API, Cloud to Infrastructure readiness of the Google API Management Tool (APIGEE X). The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with one of the Top 5 Banks in Canada.

Typical Day in Role:

• Migrate the Apigee Edge workloads to Apigee X.
• Collaborate closely with architects and Apigee/network/cloud engineers, building the API gateway platform of the future at the bank.
• Perform technical analysis, design, build, and deployment of a highly complex/scalable API Platform.
• Establish and manage CI/CD pipelines for Apigee Proxy deployments and testing.
• Develop, support, and troubleshoot proxy flows, templates, and security features.
• Facilitate automation in migrating Apigee Edge deployments to Apigee X.
• Collaborate with vendors, internal, and external teams to ensure project success.

Must-Have Skills:

• 10+ years of relevant IT experience, with 5+ years as a Solutions Architect / Principal Engineer, with demonstrated experience creating logical architecture diagrams, participating in architecture review board sessions, and working with senior stakeholders.
• 3+ years’ experience with hands-on API development, stack migration, and back-end service-side development.
• Experience with Security and Access Controls (IAM/OAuth/SAML), network-level controls (SSL, TLS), error handling.
• Experience building and deploying CI/CD pipelines for cloud workloads using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC).
• 3+ years’ experience with cloud architecture, components, and implementation use cases.

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• Experience with development in Apigee-based API solutions, Apigee X.
• Experience with Enterprise Integration/Middleware Solutions.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Soft Skills Required:

• Team player.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field.
• Any API product certifications.
• Cloud certifications.

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. We welcome applicants of all abilities, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or age.