Senior Solutions Architect

We’re building our Nest!  Where you’ll be: Working remotely, anywhere in Canada (in EST) Your Role: Senior Solutions Architect Reporting to: Andrei Papaz 

Who We Are: Founded in 2014, Nest Wealth created Canada's first SaaS-based digital wealth management platform to ensure investors have access to sophisticated, personalized and transparent wealth management services. Nest Wealth is Canada’s largest independent digital wealth management platform, offering both direct-to-investor and advanced business-to-business solutions. 

Finding amazing people is one of the hardest parts of building a successful company. That’s why we take our culture and our people seriously. We are a proud recipient of ‘Great Place to Work’ for the past 3 years, ‘Best Workplaces for Inclusion’,  ‘Best Workplaces in Technology’, and ‘Best Workplaces in Canada’ and we've recently been recognized as part of the top 10 scaling startups in Canada by CIX.

Before you apply, get an inside look into our culture and learn from team members who discuss what we’re building, recent problems we’ve solved, how/why we’ve made changes to our tech stack and what it’s like joining our team! 

The Opportunity: Nest Wealth is looking to expand our team by 1! We are searching for an innovative and experienced Senior Solutions Architect to join the Nest. As a Senior Solutions Architect, you will be the visionary force behind our technological solutions.  If you thrive on architecting intricate systems, driving technical excellence, and delivering strategic impact, let’s chat!

Why we need your expertise:

• You thrive when designing and implementing comprehensive solutions to complex business problems
• You are AWS-certified
• You are proficient in NodeJS, Angular, webpack, and module federation
• You are well experienced with various architectures such as: Microservices architectures (API/REST, DDD, Micro Frontend), Event-based architectures (using Kafka), Multi-tenant architectures (SaaS), Authentication architectures & technologies (OAuth, Cognito, Okta), Cloud architecture & infrastructure (AWS: MSK, API Gateway, Lambda, etc., Terraform)
• You’ve successfully led small engineering teams
• You have strong written and verbal communication skills

How you will make an impact:

• Manage the design and implementation of a business's enterprise architecture to create an automated platform and framework that allows for continuous integration and deployment
• Design, employ, and incorporate information systems that will optimize and align with an organization's current systems infrastructure
• Collaborate with a variety of stakeholders - clients, engineers, product teams, and design teams to gather necessary information and provide innovative, scalable solutions
• Deep understanding of various technologies and architectural patterns
• Provide leadership and guidance to the technical team
• Research and build proof of concepts
• Research and propose new technologies and solutions for the team
• Commitment: Embody our 4CE (Force) values! You are: Conscientious, Comfortable with Ambiguity, Competitive, Curious, and Expeditious.

It would be GREAT if you had:

• Kubernetes experience
• Data Architecture experience
• Security Architecture (MPT and related) experience
• FinTech experience (Banking, Insurance, Wealth Management)

Why is this role unique:

• Opportunity to research emerging technologies and influence multiple products
• Opportunity to explore related disciplines such as data and security architecture
• Performing hands-on development as well as design & architect

How can you grow:

• Continual internal mobility opportunities as we scale
• Learning and development stipend to put towards professional development
• Dedicated Udemy D.E.A.L Days (Drop Everything And Learn)
• Company-wide lunch & learns across the organization to learn more about FinTech