Senior Architect - Engineering

Make a difference in a growing, innovative mental health organization and centre of excellence in people-centered care. Work with supportive colleagues who are passionate about improving lives and champions for quality and continuous learning. As the Senior Architect you will be partnering with diverse teams across the organization to create impactful solutions that are scalable, reliable, and aligned with business objectives, supporting continuous growth and transformation. What You'll Be Doing * Design and evolve enterprise application architectures, APIs, integrations, databases, and AWS cloud-native solutions, translating business requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable technical designs. * Lead solution architecture activities, including creating technical specifications, system designs, architecture diagrams, standards, and best practices that support business and technology objectives. * Design, develop, test, and maintain backend applications, microservices, integrations, and data processing solutions while contributing hands-on through coding, troubleshooting, and delivery of business-critical initiatives. * Build and optimize complex integrations, business logic, databases, data models, and application performance across internal systems, cloud platforms, and third-party services. * Evaluate emerging technologies, develop proofs of concept, and recommend innovative solutions that improve scalability, reliability, and operational effectiveness. * Mentor developers, provide architectural guidance, conduct design and code reviews, and promote software quality through development standards and testing practices. * Champion DevOps, CI/CD, automation, and modernization initiatives while supporting technical planning, estimation, and technology roadmaps. * Design, implement, and support AWS infrastructure and production environments, ensuring high levels of security, availability, observability, performance, resilience, compliance, and operational excellence. What We're Looking For * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field; Master's degree is considered an asset. * 10+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including 5+ years designing and implementing enterprise-scale solution architectures and backend platforms. * Strong expertise in backend application development, software design patterns, enterprise architecture principles, and technical leadership. * Proven experience designing and building RESTful APIs, microservices, event-driven architectures, and complex systems integrations. * Advanced knowledge of database architecture, data modeling, SQL optimization, and building scalable, high-performance applications. * Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services, cloud-native architectures, DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automation frameworks. * Strong understanding of application security, operational excellence, troubleshooting, performance optimization, and supporting production environments. * AWS, TOGAF, or related certifications, along with experience in healthcare or other regulated industries, Agile environments, legacy modernization, and high-volume customer-facing platforms, are considered strong assets. Why work with us Homewood Health is Canada’s largest and leading service provider for medically focused, evidence-based treatment of mental health and addiction disorders. Our organizational culture values service excellence, integrity, collaboration and innovation. Our people make a difference! As an equal opportunity employer, Homewood Health is committed to employment accessibility, diversity, equity and inclusion. For this reason, we encourage applications from members of equity-seeking groups including women, racialized and indigenous communities, persons with disabilities, and persons of all sexual orientations and gender identities/expressions. This job posting is for an existing vacant position within the organization. Join us at Homewood Health™ and be part of a diverse team helping Canadians live healthier, more productive and fulfilling lives.

The Senior Architect will design and evolve enterprise application architectures, APIs, and AWS cloud-native solutions while leading technical initiatives. They will also mentor developers, contribute hands-on to backend development, and ensure the scalability and security of production environments.

Candidates must have a bachelor's degree in a related field and over 10 years of progressive software engineering experience. Strong expertise in backend development, enterprise architecture principles, and AWS cloud services is required.

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• Enterprise Architecture
• AWS Cloud
• Backend Development
• Microservices
• RESTful APIs
• Data Modeling
• SQL Optimization
• DevOps
• CI/CD
• System Design
• Technical Leadership
• Software Engineering
• Cloud-native Architectures
• Automation
• Application Security
• Performance Optimization
• Database Architecture
• Continuous Development
• Cloud-Native Architecture
• Cloud-Native Computing
• Pipelines
• Healthcare Industry Knowledge
• Cloud Services
• Observability
• Business Objectives
• Emerging Technologies
• Resilience
• Planning
• Application Programming Interface (API)
• Agile Methodology
• Amazon Web Services
• Application Development
• Business Logic
• Application Performance Management
• Mental Health
• Business Requirements
• Code Review
• Computer Science
• Data Processing
• Information Technology
• Software Design Patterns
• Disabilities
• Event-Driven Programming
• Scalability
• Innovation
• Operational Excellence
• Technology Roadmaps
• RESTful API
• Solution Architecture
• Software Quality (SQA/SQC)

• Technology
• Software
• Engineering
• Healthcare
• Management & Leadership
• Engineer/Architect
• Enterprise Architect
• Systems Analysts
• Business Intelligence Analysts
• Data Scientists

Minimum education

Bachelor’s degree

Minimum experience

10+ years

Posting language

English

Working hours

40 hours per week