Channels Architect

Responsibilities

• Define and govern full-stack architecture for GTB client experience and connectivity systems.
• Design micro-frontend architecture, module federation strategy, shared component systems, frontend state models, performance standards, and accessibility standards.
• Own frontend platform tooling, testing frameworks, CI/CD integration, and developer experience.
• Design and govern REST and GraphQL APIs, including contracts, versioning, gateway configuration, and consumer-driven contract testing.
• Define connectivity patterns for event-driven integration, message routing, protocol translation, and connections to internal platforms, partner networks, and third-party services.
• Ensure API security, rate limiting, observability, and reliability are built into the architecture.
• Establish engineering standards, reference architectures, reusable patterns, and best practices across UI and connectivity teams.
• Lead architectural reviews, investigations, design decisions, enterprise architecture governance, and architecture approval processes.
• Maintain the Channels architecture blueprint and align it with enterprise target state and multi-year platform roadmaps.
• Confirm architecture completeness at planning gates and support delivery teams through implementation.
• Mentor Staff and Senior Engineers and develop architectural capability across teams.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including the last 5+ years in an architecture or technical leadership role.
• Proven experience designing and delivering production-grade full-stack systems at enterprise scale.
• Deep expertise in micro-frontends, module federation, React or an equivalent framework, component systems, and frontend performance engineering.
• Strong backend engineering experience with Java or Node.js, REST and GraphQL API design, and distributed systems fundamentals.
• Understanding of API gateway patterns and security technologies including OAuth2, mTLS, and OIDC.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure and cloud-native application delivery.
• Ability to define solutions amid ambiguity and make practical architecture tradeoffs.
• Preferred experience with Kafka, Solace, or similar messaging platforms; Kubernetes-based deployment; platform engineering; design-system governance; or financial services and transaction banking.

Benefits

• Base salary of $125,500 - $148,000 CAD plus eligibility for discretionary variable compensation.
• Health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits, and discounts.
• Career development, training, online learning, mentoring, and reward and recognition programs.
• Training and onboarding sessions are provided.
• Work location is Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with a 37.5-hour workweek.
• Employment is subject to applicable provincial regulations in Canada.