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Our team's technical expertise and creativity work together to drive our mission forward every day. We aim to continue being an innovative and inspiring company that both our customers and employees admire—and we invite our future team members to join us!
About the role:
As the Chief Architect at Unbounce, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the technological landscape of our organization. You will lead a team of skilled architects and engineers to design and implement scalable, high-performance software solutions that drive our product vision and meet the evolving needs of our customers. This role reports directly to the CTO.
What you'll be doing:
- Technical Vision: Develop and drive Unbounce’s overall architectural vision, aligning it with our business objectives, product requirements and market trends
- Architecture Design: Lead the design and implementation of robust, scalable, and secure software architectures for our suite of SaaS products
- Team Leadership: Build, mentor, and lead a team of architects and engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence
- Technical Guidance: Provide technical guidance and expertise to cross-functional teams, ensuring adherence to best practices and architectural standards
- Platform Evolution: Continuously evaluate and evolve our technology stack to enhance performance, scalability, and maintainability
- Research and Development: Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends, conducting research and experimentation to drive innovation and maintain our competitive edge
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with product management, engineering managers, and other stakeholders to define product roadmaps, prioritize features, and deliver customer value
A little bit about you:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- Proven experience (minimum 8 years) in software development, with a focus on architecture design and leadership roles
- Extensive knowledge of SaaS architecture principles, microservices, cloud computing (AWS, Azure, or GCP), and modern software development practices
- Strong leadership and team-building skills, with a track record of successfully leading and mentoring high-performing engineering teams
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Experience working in an agile development environment, with a passion for continuous improvement and delivering value to customers
- Demonstrated ability to drive innovation, think strategically, and solve complex technical challenges
Share our values:
- Courage
- Ambition
- Being Real
- Empathy
- Diversity
- Connect
- Amplify
- Bias for Action
- Grow People
- Create the Future
- Self Leadership
What’s in it for you:
💵 Compensation range
- $179,200 - $250,000
🤝 Flexibility and time off
- A digital-first, distributed working model with flexible hours -- for this role, we will consider all applications from those based in Canada*, with the option to work from our Vancouver office
- 20 vacation days
- Holiday Closure: December 25th - January 1st
- One paid day off on your birthday
One paid volunteer day per year
🩺 Health and wellness
- A comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and generous mental health support options – all available on day 1
- 12 personal wellness days
- $500 health and wellness allowance**
- Parental leave and planned reintegration program
🎓 Growth
- Org-wide and employee-led DEI and growth initiatives
Professional development time and budget
🌟 More perks!
- One-time work-from-home allowance - $500
- Annual work-from-home allowance after your 1st year - $250
- An annual allowance of $1,000 that you can choose to use towards your vacation, or put toward your RRSP contribution**
* Please note that we currently do not have a legal entity set up to operate as an employer of record in Quebec. We thank you for your consideration but we are unable to accept candidates from Quebec at this time.
** These amounts will be prorated based on your start date.
Unbounce welcomes you to be YOU!
At Unbounce, we want every employee to be excited to bring their full, authentic self to work. When you bring your unique experiences, background, knowledge, perspective, and self-expression while embracing the same from others we learn from each other. We innovate and co-create an environment where Unbouncers can do the best work of their careers. We’re bolder and more brilliant together.
We’re dedicated to ensuring each Unbouncer feels a sense of belonging, feels safe, cared for, respected and valued for who they are, and trusts that their unique voice is heard, embraced, and meaningfully contributes to decision-making. We’re committed to equitable employee experience, opportunity, pay and support for every employee regardless of gender identity or expression, race, ethnicity, family or marital status, religion, socio-economic status, veteran status, national origin, age, sexual orientation, education, disability, or any other characteristic that makes you unique.
We have no tolerance for sexism, racism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, ageism, or any other forms of hateful/harmful discrimination and we’re taking action against unequal pay in our community through leading the #PayUpforProgress movement.
If you require any accommodations or support during the recruitment process, please email us at [email protected].
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