Architect, Software Engineering
Top Benefits
About the role
About the Role
Are you passionate about shaping scalable, resilient software systems while staying hands-on in the code?
We’re looking for a seasoned Architect (or Senior Engineer with architectural responsibilities) who thrives at the intersection of strategic thinking and technical execution. In this role, you’ll help define the architectural direction of our platform, partnering closely with engineering and product teams to design services that are built for scale, change, and real-world impact. If you believe great architecture emerges from collaboration—not command—and you’re excited to elevate teams through mentorship, design leadership, and high-quality code, we’d love to hear from you.
Role Details:
Hybrid – 3 times a week in office ( Toronto or Mississauga)
Job Summary
What You Bring to the Table
- You’re opinionated about software architecture but flexible in your approach—context always trumps dogma.
- You have hands-on experience crafting, articulating, and coding iterative improvements to existing systems.
- You work smart—leveraging the latest tools to their full potential and extending them where they add true value and efficiency.
- You advocate for platform thinking, making intentional choices between reuse, separation, and abstraction.
- You believe the best architecture is built with teams, not handed down to them.
- You know how to evaluate systems for technical merit, operational readiness, and business alignment.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Partnering with Engineering and Product leads to design services that are robust, decoupled, and ready for change.
- Acting as a technical lead across the product—facilitating design reviews, spotting duplication, and guiding teams toward architectural coherence.
- Contributing code, documentation, and architectural artifacts—you’re still in the arena, and your judgment is trusted because it’s grounded in experience.
- Mentoring senior engineers, establishing patterns, and codifying decisions that accelerate other teams—be a multiplier.
- Helping steward service lifecycle standards: how services are built, integrated, tested, deployed, operated, and deprecated.
- Participating actively in Engineering leadership, ensuring architectural decisions scale with the business and platform direction.
Your Background Includes
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2 years in an architectural or staff-level role.
- Deep hands-on experience designing APIs, integrating systems, and building for scale in cloud-native environments.
- A track record of driving architectural decisions across multiple services and squads.
- Proficiency in system decomposition, event-driven design, and modern development practices like CI/CD, containerization, and observability.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience That’s a Plus
- Hands-on experience with NestJS, TypeScript, Postgres, DynamoDB, AWS, and EventBridge.
- Familiarity with multi-tenant systems or product-as-a-service patterns.
- Exposure to hospitality, foodservice, or commerce-related platforms.
- Experience contributing to Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), RFCs, or design standards across teams.
About Compass Group
Compass Group PLC is a world leading food and support services company, which serves meals to millions of people in c.35 countries and employs and engages more than 550,000 people globally. The Company specialises in providing food and a range of support services across the core sectors of Business & Industry, Healthcare & Senior Living, Education, Sports & Leisure and Defence, Offshore & Remote, with an established brand portfolio.
Architect, Software Engineering
Top Benefits
About the role
About the Role
Are you passionate about shaping scalable, resilient software systems while staying hands-on in the code?
We’re looking for a seasoned Architect (or Senior Engineer with architectural responsibilities) who thrives at the intersection of strategic thinking and technical execution. In this role, you’ll help define the architectural direction of our platform, partnering closely with engineering and product teams to design services that are built for scale, change, and real-world impact. If you believe great architecture emerges from collaboration—not command—and you’re excited to elevate teams through mentorship, design leadership, and high-quality code, we’d love to hear from you.
Role Details:
Hybrid – 3 times a week in office ( Toronto or Mississauga)
Job Summary
What You Bring to the Table
- You’re opinionated about software architecture but flexible in your approach—context always trumps dogma.
- You have hands-on experience crafting, articulating, and coding iterative improvements to existing systems.
- You work smart—leveraging the latest tools to their full potential and extending them where they add true value and efficiency.
- You advocate for platform thinking, making intentional choices between reuse, separation, and abstraction.
- You believe the best architecture is built with teams, not handed down to them.
- You know how to evaluate systems for technical merit, operational readiness, and business alignment.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Partnering with Engineering and Product leads to design services that are robust, decoupled, and ready for change.
- Acting as a technical lead across the product—facilitating design reviews, spotting duplication, and guiding teams toward architectural coherence.
- Contributing code, documentation, and architectural artifacts—you’re still in the arena, and your judgment is trusted because it’s grounded in experience.
- Mentoring senior engineers, establishing patterns, and codifying decisions that accelerate other teams—be a multiplier.
- Helping steward service lifecycle standards: how services are built, integrated, tested, deployed, operated, and deprecated.
- Participating actively in Engineering leadership, ensuring architectural decisions scale with the business and platform direction.
Your Background Includes
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2 years in an architectural or staff-level role.
- Deep hands-on experience designing APIs, integrating systems, and building for scale in cloud-native environments.
- A track record of driving architectural decisions across multiple services and squads.
- Proficiency in system decomposition, event-driven design, and modern development practices like CI/CD, containerization, and observability.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience That’s a Plus
- Hands-on experience with NestJS, TypeScript, Postgres, DynamoDB, AWS, and EventBridge.
- Familiarity with multi-tenant systems or product-as-a-service patterns.
- Exposure to hospitality, foodservice, or commerce-related platforms.
- Experience contributing to Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), RFCs, or design standards across teams.
About Compass Group
Compass Group PLC is a world leading food and support services company, which serves meals to millions of people in c.35 countries and employs and engages more than 550,000 people globally. The Company specialises in providing food and a range of support services across the core sectors of Business & Industry, Healthcare & Senior Living, Education, Sports & Leisure and Defence, Offshore & Remote, with an established brand portfolio.