Global Head of Architecture

Jobgether

Canada14h ago

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Key details

Location: Canada
Work style: Remote
Level: Lead / Staff+
Job type: Full-time
Function: Operations & Strategy
Focus area: other
Posted: 14h ago

Skills

ai agentsawsazurebusiness developmentci/cdcloud architecturecybersecuritydata engineeringdesign patternsinfrastructure as codekubernetesmachine learningperformance managementprototypingpythonsoftware architecturestakeholder managementterraform

About the role

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Global Head of Architecture based in Canada.

As Global Head of Architecture, you will lead the architectural vision and technical excellence of a growing team delivering innovative cloud, data, and AI solutions. This is a hands-on leadership role combining complex technical architecture, people management, and strategic client engagement. You will shape and oversee production-grade solutions across Google Cloud, data platforms, software engineering, and AI applications. Working closely with engineering and delivery teams, you will establish architectural standards, drive technical innovation, and ensure high-quality project execution. You will also influence business growth through client partnerships, solution design, and pre-sales activities. Join a fully remote, international environment where technical expertise, collaboration, and continuous innovation are central to success.

Accountabilities:

Define and lead target architectures across cloud infrastructure, data platforms, and application environments, primarily using Google Cloud technologies.
Take a hands-on approach to engineering by developing prototypes, writing infrastructure-as-code, reviewing pull requests, and resolving complex technical challenges.
Own key architectural decisions, ensuring solutions address security, scalability, reliability, cost efficiency, and long-term maintainability.
Act as the architectural authority on major client engagements, overseeing design quality and ensuring technical consistency across delivery teams.
Lead, mentor, and develop a team of architects through performance management, career planning, coaching, and professional development.
Establish architectural standards, reusable design patterns, documentation practices, and decision-making frameworks across projects and regions.
Strengthen the architecture function through recruitment, training, design reviews, knowledge-sharing initiatives, and communities of practice.
Collaborate with delivery leadership to allocate architectural resources effectively and align expertise with project requirements.
Support business development and pre-sales activities by shaping technical solutions, preparing estimates, contributing to proposals, and identifying delivery risks.
Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders, including engineering leaders and CTOs, while representing technical expertise in industry events and strategic partnerships.
Integrate AI agents into engineering and architecture workflows, overseeing their development, versioning, evaluation, operation, and continuous improvement.

Requirements:

Extensive hands-on experience designing, building, and delivering production-grade cloud architectures, preferably on Google Cloud, with relevant AWS or Azure experience also considered.
Strong engineering foundations, with senior-level expertise in at least one discipline, such as platform engineering, data engineering, software engineering, or machine learning engineering.
Broad systems architecture knowledge covering networking, cybersecurity, identity and access management, data platforms, and application architecture.
Practical experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, containers, Kubernetes, and programming languages such as Python.
Demonstrated experience leading, mentoring, or managing engineering and architecture teams, with the ability to establish standards and elevate technical capabilities.
Proven experience leading client-facing architecture discussions, engaging senior stakeholders, and contributing to pre-sales and solution design activities.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts and architectural trade-offs clearly to diverse audiences.
Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution, manage