Principal Architect – Digital Banking & Credit Union Transformation (Canada)

23 days ago

Remote, CanadaStaff+

Responsibilities

Own architecture and technical leadership for complex digital banking transformations, including Forge-to-VeriPark migrations.
Assess current-state environments and define target-state and transition architectures across digital banking, core banking, integration, cloud, data, identity, security, and third-party systems.
Lead architecture for VeriChannel, VeriLink, Microsoft Azure, and Dynamics 365/Power Platform ecosystems.
Establish integration and API strategies connecting digital banking platforms with core banking, payments, CRM, identity, fraud, analytics, and financial-services systems.
Lead architecture governance and Design Authority activities across client, vendor, and Aequilibrium teams.
Translate technical decisions into business implications for CIOs, CTOs, and other executives.
Guide engineering teams through architecture, implementation, testing, migration, and go-live.
Develop reusable reference architectures, migration playbooks, integration patterns, and accelerators.
Participate in strategic pursuits, client workshops, technical presentations, and industry thought leadership.
Mentor solution architects, technical leads, and engineers and help grow Aequilibrium’s digital banking architecture practice.

12+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or senior technology leadership.
Significant experience within Canadian credit unions, banking, or financial services.
Proven leadership of at least one major digital banking modernization, platform migration, or comparable enterprise transformation from strategy through implementation.
Strong understanding of digital banking architecture, core banking integration, payments, identity, security, and member-facing digital channels.
Deep expertise in APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture, and enterprise integration.
Strong Microsoft Azure architecture experience.
Demonstrated experience leading architecture governance and multidisciplinary delivery teams.
Ability to work between executive strategy and detailed technical discussions with engineering teams.
Excellent communication and executive stakeholder management skills.
Hands-on experience with VeriPark, VeriChannel, and VeriLink is particularly valuable.
Experience with Central 1 Forge, the Canadian credit union ecosystem, Forge migrations, Backbase, ebankIT, Temenos, Intellect Design, Microsoft Dynamics 365, or Power Platform is particularly valuable.
Industry thought leadership, conference speaking, publishing, or participation in banking technology communities is particularly valuable.

Contract-to-hire opportunity for a Canadian-based role.
Contract compensation is CAD $80–$110 per hour depending on experience and expertise.

51-200 employees