Principal Engineer / Architect (Azure)

Location: Remote from Toronto, Canada

Company

hirify.global is a global technology services and consulting company providing software development, infrastructure, IT outsourcing, training, and implementation services across private and public sectors.

What you will do

• Define and drive architecture for enterprise applications, data platforms, and distributed systems.
• Design and develop enterprise applications, microservices, RESTful APIs, and service-oriented solutions using Java and Scala.
• Build cloud-native solutions on Azure, including large-scale data platforms with ADLS and Databricks.
• Architect event-driven and real-time data-processing systems using Apache Kafka and MQ technologies.
• Lead architecture reviews, technical decisions, engineering standards, and technology roadmaps.
• Mentor engineers and collaborate with Product, Engineering, Data, Infrastructure, and DevOps teams.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Principal Engineer, Lead Architect, Solution Architect, or in a similar senior technical leadership role.
• Experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale distributed systems and cloud-native architectures.
• Strong knowledge of software architecture patterns, microservices, event-driven architectures, integration frameworks, and distributed-system design.
• Extensive hands-on experience with enterprise-grade Java and/or Scala applications, object-oriented design, design patterns, and modern application frameworks.
• Experience designing RESTful APIs and distributed services.
• Deep experience with Azure Data Lake Storage and hands-on experience with Databricks for large-scale data engineering, analytics, and processing.
• Extensive experience with Apache Kafka, MQ, or similar messaging and streaming technologies.
• Ability to provide technical leadership, resolve complex technical challenges, and establish engineering best practices.

Nice to have

• Python development, scripting, data processing, automation, and operational workflows.
• Experience leading and mentoring enterprise engineering teams.
• Knowledge of Azure services, DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, containerization, Kubernetes, and infrastructure automation.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, stakeholder-management, and collaboration skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time role in a challenging and engaging technology-services environment.
• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Career development, continuous learning, and growth opportunities.
• Collaborative, diverse, and inclusive workplace within a global organization of more than 17,000 employees.