Who We Are:
Every transaction matters. Every Canadian matters. At Interac, we protect both — driving trust, security, and inclusion, so our digital economy thrives.
Founded in 1984, Interac connects Canadians through secure digital payments, advanced identity verification and industry-leading fraud protection. Connecting banks, businesses, and individuals, Interac enables millions to send, receive, and manage money safely and effortlessly every day — across both digital and physical environments.
As the backbone of Canada’s financial ecosystem, Interac facilitates over 20 million transactions daily, supported by trusted partnerships with government and financial institutions. Consistently ranked as Canada’s most reputable financial technology brand, Interac is deeply embedded in the daily lives of Canadians.
Who You Will Work With:
As a Cloud Solutions Architect, Principal, you will be part of the DevSecOps & Cloud Engineering group. Working closely with the other members of a leadership triad, the Product Manager and Tech Lead, you will share in the accountability for leading a team of platform engineers building the next generation of platforms at Interac.
Our vision for our platforms is to provide “zero touch”, at will deployment for our software development community. We are assembling the platform from cloud-native infrastructure, networking, and services, as well as cloud-based IaC and DevSecOps tooling, treating the software developers in our product lines as the primary user who we aim to make happy.
The vacant Cloud Solutions Architect, Principle will report to the Leader, Platform Delivery. Our ideal candidate is someone who started out in software development and later moved into platform automation role. You will be able to connect well with, and understand the pain of, the software development community at Interac, through a bond of shared experience. On the other hand, you bring with you a deep understanding of current cloud automation tooling that you acquired through hands-on delivery of cloud and/or DevSecOps platform solutions.
At this point in your career, you are strong enough on the technology that you feel ready to take on a leadership role in the delivery of platform automation for a software development community. You are up for a new challenge, to become an ambassador for platform cloud automation and DevSecOps to the software development community, establishing new practices for engaging that community, working directly within it to understand and document its challenges, and translating what you find into designs that can be quickly and effectively delivered by you platform team.
What You Will Do:
- Leading a team in a shared responsibility model with a Product Manager and Tech Lead, together accountable for the value and usability of what the team delivers
Understanding developer pain points and addressing them effectively
Establishing and maintaining ongoing relationships with the development community
Creating and managing a constant feedback loop with software developers to understand the usability, viability, and value of what is being built for them by the platform team
Designing reusable components for platforms using DevSecOps and cloud components
Hands-on contribution to automation of the platform (~20% of your time coding)
Keeping our tooling and processes up to date with our evolving needs, and improving them with deep telemetry instrumentation, dashboards, and deployment automation
Implementing and maintaining system configurations and baselines to support secure application development and software control best practices and standards
Contribute to a cross-functional support structure with Platform and App Ops teams
What You Bring:
Eligibility to work for Interac in Canada in a full-time capacity
Software delivery experience, especially on backend API development (2+ years working as a software developer or in a similar capacity)
Experience implementing platform automation for software development with tooling native to cloud platforms (3+ years working in a DevSecOps, SRE, or similar role)
Experience in application or platform architecture or design, where a team of technical people looked to you for leadership and guidance on solutioning and decision-making
No fear to engage software development teams, treat them as clients, and integrate into them discover the problems they have at the platform level, and forge partnerships between them and your platform team to solve those problems quickly and effectively
Enthusiasm for solving problems with other technical people, working together to identify problems, hypothesize possible solutions, try them out, and ruthlessly judge the results using hard data that supports or invalidates the hypotheses
Analytical and creative flare, enabling you to turn what you discover from engaging software developers in direct interaction into designs that squads of platform engineers can implement quickly and easily
Technical skills:
Understanding of software development and design patterns
Experience in cloud technologies such as AWS
Experience in pipeline development
Knowledge of scripting with things like Bash, Python, and APIs
Experience with IaC tools such as Ansible and Terraform playbooks
Experience with container technologies such as Docker
Knowledge of container orchestration tools like Kubernetes
What We’re Offering:
The hiring range for this position is $158K-$170K, and you will also be eligible for our short-term incentive plan. The exact amount will depend on factors such as skills, experience, and job-related knowledge, but Interac’s commitment goes beyond compensation. Our Total Rewards package is designed to support your well-being and future, and includes:
- Generous vacation and wellness days to help you recharge
- Comprehensive employer-paid benefits coverage for peace of mind
- Market-leading employer-funded RRSP program to invest in your future
- Flexible hybrid work model for better work-life balance
- Access to a free and confidential 24/7 employee & family assistance program to offer support for you and your immediate family
- Pregnancy and parental leave top-up to support growing families
- Charitable donation matching with United Way to amplify your impact
Why Join Us?
At Interac, the impact we make, and the people who drive it, is profound. When you become part of our team, you’re joining a purpose-driven organization that’s shaping the future of digital finance in Canada. Here’s what you can expect:
Investing in the Future – Help us unlock digital prosperity for all Canadians.
Innovative Thinking – Collaborate on products, practices, and platforms that redefine what’s possible.
Inclusive Culture – Be empowered to bring your whole self to work and realize your full potential.
Inspiring Community – Work in an ecosystem where we lift each other up and rise together.
Intentional Support – Enjoy flexible, supportive offerings that prioritize your total wellness.
Additional Pre-Employment Requirements:
To ensure the integrity of our organization, successful candidates will be required to complete background checks, which may include, Canadian Criminal Credit Check, Canadian ID Cross-Check, Public Safety Verification, 5-year Employment Verification, Education Verification, Credit Check, and Social Media Check.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Interac is also an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We believe that innovation thrives when people from different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives come together. That’s why we are committed to providing fair and equitable employment opportunities for all individuals, without discrimination based on race, color, ancestry, ethnic origin, place of origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital or family status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
If you require accommodation during any stage of the application or recruitment process, please contact us at [email protected]. We will work with you to meet your needs.
Please be aware that certain individuals are misusing Interac Corp.’s name and logo to promote fictitious employment opportunities. Interac Corp. never requests, solicits, or accepts any form of payment in exchange for employment. Any such offers are fraudulent and should be disregarded. Interac Corp. assumes no liability for any claims, losses, damages, expenses, or inconveniences arising from or related to these fraudulent activities. Such communications do not constitute an offer or representation by Interac Corp. or its subsidiaries and affiliates.
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What We Do
Interac Corp. empowers Canadians to access, spend and send funds whenever and from wherever they choose. With nearly 300 financial institutions connected to our network, we enable payment and ID experiences that support Canadians’ accelerated use of safe and digital payments while prioritizing interoperability, security, privacy, and inclusivity. We are proud to be one of Canada’s leading and most trusted financial brands, with Canadians choosing Interac products an average of 18 million times a day to pay and exchange money. Interac champions workplace culture and corporate citizenship based on the principles of responsibility, diversity and inclusion
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