Strategic Platform Architect & Tech Leader

Appnovation-Technologies; Toronto; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Appnovation Technologies seeks a Principal Technical Architect to own the platform's technical strategy and architecture. You will translate business priorities into a clear target state, set engineering standards, and guide teams that build and operate the platform at global scale.

You will lead a skilled engineering group, partner with senior stakeholders, and drive AI-enabled delivery, security, and governance to ensure reliable, scalable digital capabilities across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and extensive senior engineering leadership in enterprise platforms.
• Experience owning the technical strategy and architecture for a major platform.
• Proven ability to lead and develop engineering teams.
• Hands-on expertise in modern engineering practices, cloud platforms, data/integration patterns, APIs, security and reliability.
• Experience partnering with senior business and Digital stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical strategy for the platform, translating priorities into a clear roadmap and target-state architecture.
• Serve as the design authority, defining target architecture, standards, and integration patterns.
• Lead and develop the engineering team that builds and operates the platform.
• Partner with senior leaders, product owners and divisional teams to translate needs into technical choices and measurable outcomes.
• Define how AI, automation, and modern practices are applied to increase speed, quality and governance.
• Build a high-performing engineering culture with accountability, collaboration and continuous learning.
• Establish reliability, security and governance standards across the platform for global scale.

Skills

Technical leadership

Cloud platforms

Security

Reliability

APIs

Data integration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field

Job description

Appnovation Technologies seeks a Principal Technical Architect to own the platform's technical strategy and architecture. You will translate business priorities into a clear target state, set engineering standards, and guide teams that build and operate the platform at global scale.

You will lead a skilled engineering group, partner with senior stakeholders, and drive AI-enabled delivery, security, and governance to ensure reliable, scalable digital capabilities across the enterprise.