- Toronto, Canada
- Hybrid
- Full-time · Vp
- 10+ years
Lead the architecture function for all of Kobo's products and services, reporting to the CTO and leading a team of four domain architects covering commerce and discovery, purchasing and reading services, eReader platforms, and data engineering.
Compensation
We offer competitive compensation, including salary, bonus, and a comprehensive benefits package.
Responsibilities
- Lead, grow, and develop the architecture team
- Run the architecture guild and practice forums
- Identify gaps in our software ecosystem and drive the roadmap in partnership with the CTO
- Define the decision rubrics and frameworks that let engineering teams make sound architectural calls autonomously
- Champion pragmatic, incremental architecture: reduce complexity, improve velocity and reliability
Requirements
- Nice to have: Ecommerce platforms at significant scale
- Nice to have: Ad-tech platforms at significant scale
- Nice to have: Hybrid environments (own data centre + public cloud)
- Nice to have: Breadth across both client platforms and backend services