Staff Cloud Architecture Engineer

Shape cloud-native architecture and technical direction as a Staff Software Engineer II at KeyCite, working hybrid from Toronto, Ontario.

This senior engineering role leads architecture across complex systems supporting business-critical products. You will balance modernization, delivery, and technical debt while designing scalable services and APIs. Your work includes influencing teams, communicating trade-offs, and establishing engineering practices for reliability, security, observability, and operational ownership.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead architecture and design decisions across complex systems
• Assess technologies for measurable scalability and reliability improvements
• Translate product requirements into durable technical architectures
• Champion testing, deployment, security, and observability practices
• Partner with Product and Architecture on technical strategy

Requirements:

• 6+ years delivering complex production software systems
• Experience designing APIs, services, and event-driven architectures
• Strong understanding of scalability, performance, and observability
• Ability to influence technical direction beyond one team
• Strong communication and mentoring experience

Use cloud architecture, technical strategy, and engineering leadership to advance dependable KeyCite systems supporting professional research.