At Compass Digital, our Management team is at the heart of our culture. As a Senior Manager, Architecture, you will lead by example—balancing deep technical expertise with the ability to grow and empower people. This role is 85% technical with direct architectural and engineering responsibilities, while also requiring strong people leadership to help teams and individuals reach their potential.

Now, if you were to come on board as one of our Senior Manager, Architecture-, we’d ask you to do the following for us:

Technical Leadership (Core Focus – 85%)

• Act as both a hands-on engineer and an architectural guide—contributing code, reviewing designs, and driving technical decisions that prioritize scalability, resilience, and adaptability.

• Partner with Product and Engineering leads to shape architectural direction across services, ensuring systems are robust, decoupled, and built for change.

• Identify and establish best practices for design, development, and operations, promoting modern approaches such as CI/CD, containerization, event-driven design, and observability.

• Facilitate technical design reviews, guide teams toward architectural coherence, and champion platform thinking.

• Contribute to documentation and architectural artifacts (ADRs, RFCs, standards) that codify decisions and accelerate alignment across teams.

• Evaluate system readiness from both technical and business perspectives, ensuring solutions meet quality, operational, and strategic needs.

People & Team Leadership (15%)

• Lead, coach, and mentor engineers—fostering a culture of innovation, problem-solving, and continuous skill growth.

• Help teams balance autonomy with alignment—leading from the front when needed, but empowering individuals to take ownership.

• Build bridges across teams, clients, and stakeholders—articulating complex technical challenges and opportunities to non-technical audiences.

• Encourage iterative paths forward, launching and celebrating new initiatives that align with Compass Digital’s long-term vision.

• Create an inclusive environment where hierarchy is minimized, and every individual is empowered as a leader.

Think you have what it takes to be our Senior Manager, Architecture? We’re committed to hiring the best talent for the role. Here’s how we’ll know you’ll be successful in the role.

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2 years in an architectural or staff-level role.

• Proven ability to design APIs, integrate systems, and build for scale in cloud-native environments.

• 3+ years in a leadership or management role, including direct people management.

• Strong understanding of Agile principles and hands-on experience with iterative, continuous development practices.

• A collaborative leader who believes architecture is built with teams

• Skilled at asking critical questions, guiding others through discovery, and balancing short-term delivery with long-term vision.

• Comfortable navigating details while keeping an eye on system-wide improvements.

• A natural communicator who can bridge technical and non-technical audiences.

Bonus Points
Hands-on experience with NestJS, TypeScript, Postgres, DynamoDB and AWS.
Familiarity with multi-tenant or product-as-a-service systems.
Experience in hospitality, foodservice, or commerce-related platforms.

Position Details:

• Position Title: Technical Engineering Manager

• Salary: 150,000.00 - 180,000.00

• Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

• Hybrid: 3 in Office Days (Toronto - 72 Fraser Avenue)

• Perks: Bonus, RRSP Match, Benefits, 4 Weeks Vacation and more!

In accordance with provincial legislation and our commitment to transparent hiring practices, the compensation range for this position is provided. Final compensation will be determined based on qualifications, experience, and internal equity. Canadian work experience is not required. Please note that artificial intelligence tools are utilized in the applicant screening process.