Technical Director: Remote Architecture North Star

Thrillworks; Toronto; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental & vision coverage

Wellness spending account

Paid time off

GRSP plan

Job summary

Thrillworks in Toronto, Canada is seeking a Technical Director who merges strategy with hands-on execution. You will shape the tech stack with the Principal of Engineering, mentor a high-performing team, and serve as the technical North Star for key client engagements.

You will own end-to-end architecture, guide Next.js and Contentful implementations, and ensure security, scalability, and production reliability within client SLAs.

Qualifications

• 7+ years actively building backend development, not just supervision.
• 5+ years mastering architecture patterns (Microservices, SOA).
• 3+ years hands-on Next.js experience and Contentful or similar headless CMS.
• Architect for cloud-native deployments on Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• 3+ years leading technical strategy directly with clients and writing SOWs.

Responsibilities

• Architecture Ownership: end-to-end architecture ownership with hands-on coding as needed.
• Team Evolution: mentor direct reports with measurable skill growth.
• Client Strategy: lead Innovation Roadmaps translating needs into technical blueprints.
• Technical Excellence: own debt management and production issue resolution within SLAs.

Skills

Backend development

Architecture patterns

Next.js

Contentful

Cloud platforms

Client-facing strategy

Pre-Sales

Job description

Thrillworks in Toronto, Canada is seeking a Technical Director who merges strategy with hands-on execution. You will shape the tech stack with the Principal of Engineering, mentor a high-performing team, and serve as the technical North Star for key client engagements.

You will own end-to-end architecture, guide Next.js and Contentful implementations, and ensure security, scalability, and production reliability within client SLAs.