Software Architect – SaaS & Mobile Applications (.NET, React, Azure)

Overview: 

Guidepoint’s Engineering team thrives on problem-solving and creating happier users. As Guidepoint works to achieve its mission of making individuals, businesses, and the world smarter through personalized knowledge-sharing solutions, the engineering team is taking on challenges to improve our internal application architecture and create new products to optimize the seamless delivery of our services.

As a Software Architect at Guidepoint, you will play a critical role in defining and driving the architectural direction across multiple product lines—including our enterprise SaaS platform and mobile applications. This is a strategic and technical leadership position requiring deep expertise in system design, cloud architecture, and modern software engineering practices. You’ll partner closely with product managers, engineering leads, and stakeholders to ensure scalable, maintainable, and secure solutions using .NET, React, Azure, and microservices-based patterns.

This position is hybrid in Toronto.

What You’ll Do:

• Serve as the lead architect across multiple engineering teams delivering both web and mobile applications
• Define the end-to-end architecture for new products and major initiatives, integrating modern cloud-native and microservices-based approaches
• Oversee architectural governance, code quality, and design consistency across projects
• Build scalable backend services and APIs using .NET Core hosted in Azure
• Drive React-based frontend architecture for web applications and influence mobile app design (iOS/Android)
• Collaborate with DevOps to enforce CI/CD pipelines, IaC, security, and monitoring best practices
• Decompose monolithic systems and legacy components into modern, cloud-hosted services
• Design resilient and scalable system patterns (e.g., event-driven, asynchronous communication using Service Bus/Event Grid)
• Guide engineering teams through critical technical decisions and mentorship
• Author and maintain technical documentation, architectural diagrams, and roadmaps
• Stay current on emerging technologies and recommend adoption where it aligns with business goals

What You Have:

• 12+ years in software engineering, with 5+ years as a senior technical leader or architect
• Strong experience designing SaaS applications and cloud-native architectures
• Deep knowledge of .NET Core, C#, REST APIs, and microservices
• Hands-on experience architecting and scaling systems on Azure using services like:
  • App Services, Functions, API Management, Service Bus, Event Grid, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB
  • Key Vault, Azure DevOps, ILB, Application Gateway/WAF, Private Link
• Solid understanding of React for frontend architecture
• Familiar with DevOps tooling (Kubernetes Deployment, DevOps Pipeline)
• Proficient in Git (Bitbucket/GitHub), Jira, and Confluence
• Proven experience with architecting highly available, scalable, and extensible applications
• Knowledge of compliance, identity management, and enterprise-grade security models
• Strong communication skills and ability to influence cross-functional teams
• Proven track record of managing priorities, leading through ambiguity, and delivering on timelines

Nice to Have:

• Exposure to mobile app architecture and deployment is highly desired
• Experience in mobile application architecture (e.g., native or cross-platform frameworks like React Native or Xamarin)
• Familiarity with PWA development and responsive design principles

What We Offer:

• Paid Time Off
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Company RRSP match
• Learning development opportunities via LinkedIn Learning
• Fast-paced, collaborative environment with a chance to shape high-impact products used globally

About Guidepoint:

Guidepoint is a leading research enablement platform designed to advance understanding and empower our clients’ decision-making process. Powered by innovative technology, real-time data, and hard-to-source expertise, we help our clients to turn answers into action.

Backed by a network of nearly 1.5 million experts and Guidepoint’s 1,300 employees worldwide, we inform leading organizations’ research by delivering on-demand intelligence and research on request. With Guidepoint, companies and investors can better navigate the abundance of information available today, making it both more useful and more powerful.

At Guidepoint, our success relies on the diversity of our employees, advisors, and client base, which allows us to create connections that offer a wealth of perspectives. We are committed to upholding policies that contribute to an equitable and welcoming environment for our community, regardless of background, identity, or experience.

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