Principal Architect – Digital Banking & Credit Union Transformation

📋 Description

• Own architecture and technical leadership for complex digital banking transformations.
• Define target-state architectures across banking, cloud, data, and security.
• Lead architecture across digital banking, API, integration, Azure, CRM.
• Establish API, microservices, and integration strategies with core systems.
• Govern architecture across client, partner, and delivery teams.
• Translate decisions into business implications for CIOs/CTOs.

🎯 Requirements

• 12+ years in enterprise/solution architecture or senior tech leadership.
• Significant experience in Canadian credit unions or financial services.
• Led at least one major digital banking modernization or migration.
• Strong understanding of digital banking architecture, core integration, payments, identity
• Expertise in APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture, enterprise integration.
• Azure architecture experience.

🎁 Benefits

• Competitive contract compensation: CAD $80–$110 per hour.
• Premium recognition for deep VeriPark/Forge/Canadian credit union expertise.
• Senior-level impact: shape major transformation initiatives.
• Practice-building: reusable architecture assets and accelerators.
• Client/industry exposure with senior financial-services leaders.
• Technical leadership and ongoing professional growth opportunities.