API Platform Architect

What is the Opportunity?

We are seeking a API Platform Architect to own platform standardization and enterprise API strategy/governance for CNB’s major API gateways – Apigee and MuleSoft.

This role combines deep technical expertise with strategic thinking to maintain, automate and operationalize the platforms that support our API ecosystem.

What Will You Do?

• Enterprise API Strategy: Defining the long-term vision for API platforms across the organization; deciding between Apigee and MuleSoft (or hybrid) approaches

• Platform Standardization: Establishing enterprise-wide API standards, governance frameworks, reusable patterns, and shared libraries

• Multi-Platform Expertise: Deep knowledge of both Apigee AND MuleSoft ecosystems—evaluating when to use each, managing migration paths, and ensuring interoperability

• Architectural Design: Creating blueprints for complex, large-scale integrations; solving non-trivial technical problems at enterprise scope

• Technology Roadmap: Setting direction for platform evolution, evaluating new tools/versions, managing technical debt

• Executive Communication: Presenting strategy to C-suite, explaining trade-offs, business impact, and ROI

• Governance & Security: Defining API security policies, compliance frameworks, audit trails, and disaster recovery strategies

• Cost Optimization: Optimizing platform licensing, infrastructure, and resource allocation across Apigee and MuleSoft

• Center of Excellence (CoE): Building communities of practice, sharing knowledge, establishing best practices across teams

• Vendor Management: Negotiating with Apigee/MuleSoft, managing support contracts, staying current with platform roadmaps

What Do You Need to Succeed?

Must haves:

• Strong experience in API/integration architecture, with 5+ years at Architect or Principal level
• Expert-level knowledge of both Apigee AND MuleSoft platforms:
• Apigee: Shared flows, conditional policies, analytics, developer portal customization, API monetization, hybrid/on-prem deployments
• MuleSoft: Anypoint Platform maturity, design patterns, API-led connectivity, DataWeave transformations, advanced error handling, Anypoint governance
• Polyglot development: Proficiency across multiple languages (.NET, Java, Python, Node.js) and frameworks
• Enterprise integration patterns: EAI, SOA, microservices, event-driven architecture, saga patterns
• Cloud architecture: Deep multi-cloud experience (Azure, AWS, GCP), containerization (Kubernetes, Docker), serverless
• Security & compliance: OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, API gateway security, data encryption, regulatory compliance (HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOX)
• Enterprise middleware: Experience with messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ), event streaming, complex transformations
• Infrastructure & DevOps: CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, monitoring / observability (Splunk, DataDog, Prometheus)

Nice to haves:

• Apigee Certified API Architect

• MuleSoft Certified Integration Architect

• (Nice to have) Azure Solutions Architect or AWS Solutions Architect (professional/expert level)

• TOGAF or enterprise architecture frameworks

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable

• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities

• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact

• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team

• A world-class training program in financial services

• Flexible work/life balance options

• Opportunities to do challenging work

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Job Skills

Applications Architecture, Critical Thinking, Data Architecture Development, Decision Making, Group Problem Solving, Information Technology Consulting, IT Architecture, Multi-Level Communication, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Target Architecture

Additional Job Details

180 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTOTorontoCanada37.5Full timeTECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONSRegularSalaried2026-11-122026-12-04

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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