Lead Architect

Lead Architect About Us Procurify is the Intelligent Spend Management company. We’re on a mission to give all organizations unprecedented visibility and control over their business spend. Our industry‑leading platform unifies data across procurement, AP, and expenses, helping finance and operations teams capture, analyze, and optimize every dollar of spend. We’re a remote‑first company backed by leading investors, helping mid‑market organizations modernize how they manage spend. The Opportunity We’re looking for a Lead Architect to define the next generation of Procurify’s cloud, data, and AI platforms. This is a high‑impact technical leadership role that spans system design, platform scalability, and data intelligence - ensuring our architecture remains resilient, extensible, and AI‑ready as we scale. You’ll partner closely with Product, Design, Engineering, and Data leaders (including the CPTO) to align architecture with business strategy, mentor senior engineers, and chart a vision that powers intelligent spend management at scale. This role is perfect for someone who combines deep technical expertise with system‑level thinking, a pragmatic bias for action, and a desire to make architecture a multiplier of innovation and velocity. What You’ll Do Architectural Leadership Define and evolve Procurify’s platform architecture across data, AI, and core systems. Partner with product and engineering leadership to align architecture with long‑term business strategy. Guide technology decisions balancing innovation, maintainability, and performance. Drive the design of scalable, secure, and reliable distributed systems spanning APIs, data pipelines, integrations, and infrastructure. Hands‑On Technical Impact Lead complex architectural and design reviews across multiple teams. Build reference architectures, proofs of concept, and technical standards that accelerate velocity, raise the bar in engineering excellence, and improve developer experience. Partner with Data and AI teams to design next‑gen AI infrastructure and systems that enable intelligent automation. Champion modern engineering practices, including CI/CD, observability, security, and reliability. Stay current on emerging technologies (AI/ML, cloud, large‑scale distributed systems) and bring the right innovations into our stack. Cross‑Functional Influence Collaborate with the CPTO and senior leaders to define and communicate the long‑term technical direction. Act as a connector between teams, ensuring consistent patterns, shared tooling, and architectural alignment. Mentor engineers and technical leads, helping elevate engineering excellence and decision quality across the organization. Contribute to hiring, technical culture, and knowledge sharing within the broader engineering org. Strategic Outcomes Translate architectural vision into actionable, measurable initiatives. Simplify and scale our platform while improving developer productivity and system resilience. Contribute to technical hiring decisions and help shape the engineering organization’s growth. Lead with CARES: Commitment: Demonstrates accountability and follow‑through, delivering reliably and owning outcomes in a way that others can depend on. Ambition: Takes initiative with curiosity and a growth mindset, pursuing bold ideas that elevate impact and performance. Resilience: Shows adaptability, composure, and perseverance through challenges, staying focused and effective in a fast‑changing environment. Excellence : Brings rigor, collaboration, and a strong quality focus to deliver high‑performing solutions and raise the bar for outcomes. Simplicity : Applies focus, clarity, and streamlining to cut through complexity and enable efficient, impactful execution. What You Bring Required 15+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years in senior or architectural roles. Deep expertise in data systems, distributed architecture, and AI/ML infrastructure. Strong experience with cloud‑native platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and modern frameworks (e.g., Python, React, TypeScript, or similar). Proven ability to design and deliver scalable, maintainable systems in production environments. Strong understanding of API design, event‑driven systems, data modeling, and CI/CD practices. Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to influence across teams and levels. Maintains a professional and current LinkedIn profile, ensuring it is updated upon joining Procurify to reflect their new role and maintain a consistent company presence. Preferred Experience integrating AI/ML systems into production environments. Experience with data pipelines, warehouses, or streaming systems Track record of mentoring engineers and guiding system‑level technical decisions. Experience in SaaS, fintech, or enterprise product environments. Why This Role is Exciting You’ll help shape the foundation of Procurify’s next era of innovation and scale. You’ll drive modernization and enable the engineering teams to move faster and more confidently. You’ll be a part of a supportive, people‑first culture that values commitment, autonomy, growth, and innovation. What Makes Procurify a Great Place to Work for Engineers A modern tech stack with opportunities to influence future architecture. A culture committed to learning, experimentation, and engineering excellence. Clear technical vision and empowered teams who own their outcomes. Genuine collaboration, psychological safety, and a people‑first culture. Meaningful problems to solve with real customer and business impact. WHY PROCURIFY? We’re committed to helping mission‑driven organizations spend smarter Procurify is a remote‑first company with a big heart and a strong ambition to modernize the way organizations manage business spend. We’re looking for talented and team‑driven individuals to join us on our journey to build a place where the best people want to work – a place where every team member is empowered to apply their best thinking, push boundaries thoughtfully, and drive high performance together. You’re empowered to do your best work We’ve created an environment where personal and professional growth is a real priority. Some of the great perks we offer include: Flexible working: We’re a remote‑first organization with flexible working hours. Work anywhere from within Canada Responsible time off: We trust our team to take the time they need to rest and recharge while staying accountable to their commitments. Extended health benefits: We prioritize our team’s health and well‑being. We offer a competitive health, vision, and dental package along with an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and a health and wellness spending account. Community initiatives: We have a strong commitment to the community. Join one of our regular community days, donate to our Donate Your Day program, and get involved with one of our lunch and learns. Stock options: Everyone has a chance to own a part of Procurify with our competitive stock program. DEI initiatives: We regularly run a diversity, equity, and inclusion roundtable where we host guest speakers and tackle the topics that matter. Base Salary Range: $193,500- $250,000 CAD (This range is dependent on experience and not inclusive of any bonus, commission, benefits or equity that might exist in your total compensation package.) We have an amazing team We’ve welcomed team members who were boat captains, funeral directors, swing dancers, competitive gamers, plumbers, and novelists. Everyone has a story and we’re here to embrace them LEARN MORE Procurify is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate against any team members or applicants for employment because of race, color, disability, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, or gender identity and/or expression. If you feel like you don’t meet all of the requirements for this role, we encourage you to apply anyway. We know that feelings of imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting incredible candidates, and we certainly don’t want those feelings to get in the way of meeting you We really want to get to know you and why you're great for the role. Please avoid including your picture and age on your resume. Apply online today and let’s start a conversation. To learn more about Procurify, check out these resources: Check out what our customers are saying about us Learn more about our procure-to-pay platform #J-18808-Ljbffr