Technical Architect

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Toronto, ON
In-Office
Senior level
Fintech • Payments • Software
The Role
As a Technical Architect, you'll design and deliver scalable solutions, leading teams in full-stack development while optimizing architecture and troubleshooting complex issues.
Summary Generated by Built In

The world’s top banks use Zafin’s integrated platform to drive transformative customer value. Powered by an innovative AI-powered architecture, Zafin’s platform seamlessly unifies data from across the enterprise to accelerate product and pricing innovation, automate deal management and billing, and create personalized customer offerings that drive expansion and loyalty. 

Zafin empowers banks to drive sustainable growth, strengthen their market position, and define the future of banking centered around customer value. 

About Us 

At Zafin, we’re on a mission to innovate and modernize banking technology for the future. Our SaaS solutions empower businesses globally, and we’re looking for passionate architects who love diving deep into code and design while shaping the big picture.   

The Role 

As a Technical Architect, you will be at the forefront of technology modernization, blending strategy with hands-on development. Working alongside Product Management and domain experts, you’ll design and deliver scalable solutions that directly impact our clients. You’ll balance leadership and technical contributions, guiding engineers while writing code, troubleshooting, and creating cutting-edge solutions.   

This hybrid role requires a minimum of two to three days per week in the office, giving you the flexibility to collaborate and innovate effectively.   

What You’ll Do 

Lead and Code: Collaborate with teams of talented engineers, guiding architecture decisions while contributing directly to the codebase.  
Architect Solutions: Translate business requirements into system specifications, propose high-impact design changes, and develop enterprise-grade backend applications.  
Innovate and Optimize: Drive modern architectural practices like 12-factor app design, cloud-native development, and event-based systems.  
Troubleshoot Complex Issues: Use your expertise to diagnose and resolve challenging technical problems.   
Collaborate with Leadership: Partner with the Chief Architect and cross-functional teams to shape our modernization strategy and execute it with excellence.   
Deliver Impactful Results: Work in a fast-paced, agile environment, delivering solutions that scale and perform.  
What We’re Looking For 

Hands-On Problem Solver: You’re comfortable rolling up your sleeves to debug, code, and deliver solutions.  
Tech Enthusiast: Passionate about staying ahead of tech trends, experimenting, and learning.  
Effective Communicator: Skilled at explaining complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.  
SaaS Mindset: Focused on scalability, reliability, and delivering exceptional user experiences.  
Your Experience 

7+ years in:   

  • Designing and coding scalable, high-performance solutions.   
  • Leading technical teams in distributed systems and full-stack development.   
  • Building secure, cloud-native applications with technologies like Java, Spring (Spring Boot and Spring Batch) React, GraphQL, and Kafka.   
  • Database design and optimization with PostgreSQL and NoSQL solutions.   

Expertise in:   

  • Cloud platforms (preferably Azure) with cost-efficient design principles.   
  • Event-driven architectures and stream processing.   
  • 12-factor app design and headless architectures.   

Nice-to-have:   

  • 3+ years in a product-focused environment.   
  • Experience with release automation and management including GitOps, CI/CD automation with Kustomize overlays and ArgoCD. 


Why Join Us?
 

  • Work on impactful, high-visibility projects.   
  • Collaborate with top talent in a supportive, innovative environment.   
  • Be part of a company that values creativity, learning, and growth.   

What’s in it for you

Joining our team means being part of a culture that values diversity, teamwork, and high-quality work. We offer competitive salaries, annual bonus potential, generous paid time off, paid volunteering days, wellness benefits, and robust opportunities for professional growth and career advancement. Want to learn more about what you can look forward to during your career with us? Visit our careers site and our openings: zafin.com/careers

Zafin welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. 

Zafin is committed to protecting the privacy and security of the personal information collected from all applicants throughout the recruitment process. The methods by which Zafin contains uses, stores, handles, retains, or discloses applicant information can be accessed by reviewing Zafin’s privacy policy at https://zafin.com/privacy-notice/. By submitting a job application, you confirm that you agree to the processing of your personal data by Zafin described in the candidate privacy notice.


What’s in it for you

Joining our team means being part of a culture that values diversity, teamwork, and high-quality work. We offer competitive salaries, annual bonus potential, generous paid time off, paid volunteering days, wellness benefits, and robust opportunities for professional growth and career advancement. Want to learn more about what you can look forward to during your career with us? Visit our careers site and our openings: zafin.com/careers

Zafin welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. 

Zafin is committed to protecting the privacy and security of the personal information collected from all applicants throughout the recruitment process. The methods by which Zafin contains uses, stores, handles, retains, or discloses applicant information can be accessed by reviewing Zafin’s privacy policy at https://zafin.com/privacy-notice/. By submitting a job application, you confirm that you agree to the processing of your personal data by Zafin described in the candidate privacy notice.

Top Skills

Argocd
Azure
Ci/Cd
Gitops
GraphQL
Java
Kafka
Kustomize
NoSQL
Postgres
React
Spring
Spring Batch
Spring Boot
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The Company
HQ: Vancouver, British Columbia
450 Employees
Year Founded: 2002

What We Do

Zafin, the global leader in SaaS cloud-native product and pricing solutions, is a trusted partner to the world’s most customer-centric financial institutions. Zafin’s product and pricing platform empowers banks of all sizes to center their customers, grow relationships and drive revenues.

The Zafin platform separates product and pricing from core processing to accelerate progressive modernization, enable digital transformation and deliver personalization at the relationship level.

A typical Zafin installation integrates easily with most back-end systems and customer-facing channels to increase product and pricing efficiency and agility, drive interest and non-interest income, and deliver a positive ROI—often in one year or less. 

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