Software Architect, Cloud Infrastructure
Petal is a leading Canadian healthcare orchestration and billing company that revolutionizes healthcare systems to make them agile, efficient, and resilient by enabling the forecasting and shaping of world-class healthcare through Healthcare BI, advanced analytics, and informed insights.
Our commitment to fostering an exceptional workplace culture has earned us notable recognitions, including being listed as a Great Place to Work in both the technology and healthcare sectors. Join us in our mission to empower healthcare innovators and improve healthcare differently.
What you can expect when joining the team
As an Architect, you can expect to join a collaborative and innovative environment where strategic thinking and technical excellence converge. You will own the technical architecture for your delivery team, working as a core member of the leadership quartet alongside the Product Manager, Designer, and Development Manager.
Assigned to a dedicated delivery team of approximately 12 people, you will shape how solutions are built while ensuring they integrate seamlessly within Petal's broader ecosystem. Supported by the Principal Developer and collaborating with fellow architects, you will have the autonomy to design scalable, maintainable systems while mentoring technical leads and developers.
Your expertise and strategic vision will play a pivotal role in translating product requirements into sound technical solutions that drive Petal's mission forward. You will focus on designing and evolving shared cloud infrastructure capabilities and developer enablement layers that support product teams, while progressively improving consistency, reliability, and ease of use across cloud environments.
Your daily life
In your day to day, you will be led to:
Own the technical architecture for your delivery team's product area, defining how shared cloud services, tooling, and architectural patterns are designed and consumed by product teams.
Work in "Sprint 0" mode primarily, staying ahead of development by designing solutions, creating architectural documentation, and preparing technical foundations for upcoming work.
Support ongoing development by being available to address architectural questions, adjust designs based on implementation learnings, and guide the team through complex technical challenges.
Collaborate closely with Product Management and Design from early discovery phases to understand requirements deeply and shape technically sound, feasible solutions.
Partner with the Development Manager to ensure architectural decisions align with team capacity, timelines, and delivery goals.
Define detailed architectural requirements and constraints while empowering Technical Leads to determine implementation specifics.
Coordinate with other Architects and Principal Developers on integration patterns, cross-system dependencies, and how your team's architecture fits within Petal's broader technical ecosystem.
Create and maintain comprehensive architectural documentation, including system diagrams, technical decision records, integration specifications, and design patterns.
Set and enforce technical standards within your delivery team, conducting architecture reviews and ensuring alignment with organizational best practices.
Develop proof-of-concepts and technical spikes when needed to validate architectural approaches, explore new technologies, or de-risk complex implementations.
Manage technical debt strategically, working with the team to balance new feature development with architectural improvements and system sustainability.
Mentor Technical Leads and senior developers in architectural thinking, system design principles, and making sound technical decisions.
Present and communicate architectural decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders, articulating trade-offs, risks, and rationale clearly.
Drive continuous improvement in architectural practices, sharing knowledge across the architecture community and contributing to Petal's technical evolution.