Appnovation is a global, full-service digital partner that combines Strategy, Experience & Design, Engineering and Managed Services. We build digital solutions that deliver real impact today and serve as foundations for future growth. As a Principal Technical Architect (Senior Director level), you will join a highly motivated and experienced team as the senior technical leader accountable for the technical strategy and architecture of one of our key digital platforms. You will define and advance the platform’s technical direction — ensuring it is modern, secure, scalable, reusable and aligned to enterprise architecture standards — translate ambiguous enterprise and divisional needs into a clear target architecture, and guide the engineering teams that build and operate it. We are looking for a senior, hands‑on leader who can create clarity from complexity, make sound architecture and investment trade-offs, and set the technical standards that deliver faster, safer and more reusable digital capabilities at global scale. Platform Technical Strategy: Own the technical strategy for the platform, connecting business priorities, enterprise architecture standards, and emerging technology into a clear, actionable roadmap and target-state architecture. Serve as the design authority for the platform, defining its target architecture, key technical standards, and integration patterns, and ensuring major technical decisions are sound, sustainable, and fit for enterprise scale. Partner with senior business and Digital leaders, product owners,



and divisional teams to translate ambiguous needs into practical technical choices, delivery models, and measurable outcomes. AI-Enabled Delivery: Define how AI, automation, and modern engineering practices are responsibly applied to the platform to increase speed, improve quality, strengthen decision-making, and maintain appropriate governance and verification. Technical Talent and Culture: Build, lead, and develop a high‑performing team of engineers and technical leads, creating a culture of technical excellence, hands‑on credibility, business partnership, accountability, inclusion, and continuous learning. Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, with significant senior engineering and technical leadership experience in enterprise platforms, cloud, or large‑scale technology delivery. Demonstrated experience owning the technical strategy and architecture of a significant platform, product, or technology domain. Proven ability to lead and develop engineering teams, including engineers, architects, and technical leads. Deep, hands‑on technical expertise in modern engineering practices, cloud platforms, data and integration patterns, APIs, security, and reliability.



Experience partnering with senior business and Digital stakeholders to shape technical direction, investment choices, and measurable outcomes. Experience operating in a highly regulated, global enterprise setting with complex compliance, privacy, security, and risk expectations. Experience applying AI-enabled delivery, automation, and platform reuse to improve speed and quality. Track record of influencing senior leaders, building trusted partnerships, and creating clarity in ambiguous, high‑impact situations. Recognized technical depth in the platform’s core technology domain (e.g., agent platforms, data fabric, developer experience, colleague‑facing AI, or cyber defence, as applicable). You think about how to scale, automate and operate, not just how to build a solution to an immediate problem You set high standards for code quality, performance/scalability and security and seek continuous improvement You have solid analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills You have customer first mindset and a devotion to customer service You are responsive and thrive in a fast‑paced diverse high‑performance environment with rapidly changing business needs Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is not only something that we embrace
- we celebrate it Come join us at Appnovation, and learn more about how we stay true to our company values as we build better lives through better digital. Accommodations are available upon request throughout the recruitment process. #

📌 Senior Technical Project Architect (Toronto)
🏢 Appnovation Technologies
📍 Toronto