19 hours ago
Toronto, CanadaStaff+
Base Salary
$140k - $200k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end solution architecture for client implementations and strategic programs, including solution designs, integration flows, data flows, configuration approaches, and implementation plans.
- Lead client discovery, solution workshops, architecture reviews, requirements validation, fit-gap analysis, and documentation of decisions, risks, constraints, and dependencies.
- Define integration and data architecture across APIs, batch and file interfaces, event-driven integrations, data mappings, validation, reconciliation, error handling, security, and operational monitoring.
- Define and validate non-functional requirements for performance, scalability, availability, reliability, security, privacy, auditability, maintainability, and operational resilience.
- Provide technical direction across design reviews, data migration, testing, deployment, release and cutover planning, production readiness, defect resolution, and operational handover.
- Advise clients and internal stakeholders on architecture options, trade-offs, risks, and recommendations while resolving cross-workstream dependencies.
- Partner with Product Management, Engineering, and Delivery teams to address product gaps, influence roadmap priorities, establish reusable architecture patterns, and mentor architects and technical delivery teams.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience as a Solution Architect, technical software engineer, technical consultant, enterprise application implementation professional, or in a related delivery role.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, information technology, engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- Significant experience in solution architecture, technical consulting, enterprise delivery, or financial technology implementation.
- Experience designing configurable enterprise or SaaS solutions for client implementation environments, including fit-gap analysis, solution design, implementation planning, governance, and delivery enablement.
- Deep knowledge of banking products, pricing, rates and fees, billing, offers, deal management, relationship pricing, eligibility, workflows, auditability, operational processes, and downstream financial impacts.
- Strong technical foundation in Java, Spring Boot, Python, microservices, event-driven architecture, REST APIs, API design, PostgreSQL, SQL, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and at least one cloud environment.
- Experience defining integration and data architecture using APIs, batch interfaces, file exchanges, messaging or streaming platforms, data contracts, mappings, reconciliation, error handling, and operational monitoring.
- Understanding of authentication, authorization, encryption and decryption, data in motion and at rest, OWASP Top 10 risks, access controls, privacy, observability, monitoring, alerting, logging, and production support.
- Experience defining non-functional requirements for performance, scalability, availability, reliability, maintainability, supportability, batch windows, API latency, resilience, and performance testing.
- Strong client-facing communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, documentation, prioritization, decision-making, and risk management skills.
- Ability to lead enterprise architecture across complex or strategic programs, guide architects, resolve design conflicts, advise senior stakeholders, and align client needs with product strategy.
- Preferred experience includes enterprise SaaS implementations for financial institutions, NoSQL databases, caching, OAuth, Argo CD, deployment automation, DevOps practices, Apache NiFi, ETL tools, Schema Registry, Temporal, Apache Flink, automation testing, reconciliation frameworks, data quality tooling, architecture governance, executive-level architecture discussions, production readiness reviews, and major incident design reviews.
Benefits
- Expected base salary range is $140,000 to $200,000 annually, with hiring into multiple career levels based on experience, skills, and demonstrated capabilities.
- Annual bonus potential, generous paid time off, paid volunteering days, wellness benefits, and professional growth and career advancement opportunities.
- Hybrid mode of work.
- Zafin welcomes applications from people with disabilities and provides accommodations during the selection process.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
