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Technical Director
Thrillworks
Toronto, CAN
Full Time
Director
1 weeks ago
Next.jsContentfulMicroservicesSOAAzureAWS
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About the Role
Thrillworks is looking for a Technical Director to own architecture, mentor a team, and serve as the technical north star for clients. You will work hands-on with Next.js, cloud-native architecture, and client strategy.
Key Skills for This Role
Next.jsContentfulMicroservicesSOAAzureAWS
Responsibilities
- Take full, hands on ownership of end to end architecture for key client products, ensuring alignment with security and scalability best practices
- Establish a mentorship framework that results in measurable skill growth for direct reports, specifically in Next.js and Cloud Native architecture
- Successfully lead three Innovation Roadmaps for clients, translating complex business needs into technical blueprints
- Act as the final point of escalation, managing technical debt and resolving production issues within client SLAs
- Write code when it matters, leading by example
Requirements
- At least 7 years actively building in backend development
- 5+ years mastering architecture patterns (Microservices, SOA)
- Expert practitioner in Next.js (3+ years)
- Deep, hands on experience with Contentful or similar headless CMS
- Cloud native experience (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
- At least 3 years of experience leading technical strategy directly with clients
- Pre sales experience: ability to assist in scoping new projects and writing technical SOWs
- Hands on experience shipping production applications using React Native or Flutter (bonus)
- Familiarity with implementing LLMs, vector databases, or machine learning models into modern web architectures (bonus)
Full Job Posting
What is the opportunity?
- We are looking for a Technical Director who lives at the intersection of high level strategy and deep stack execution.
- You aren't here to just manage tickets or delegate from the sidelines — you are here to get your hands dirty alongside the team, partner with the Principal of Engineering to define our tech stack, mentor a team of high performers, and serve as the Technical North Star for our most ambitious clients.
What will you achieve?
- Architecture Ownership: Take full, hands on ownership of the end to end architecture for key client products, ensuring 100% alignment with security and scalability best practices — and writing code when it matters.
- Team Evolution: Establish a mentorship framework that results in measurable skill growth for your direct reports, specifically in Next.js and Cloud Native architecture — leading by example, not just by instruction.
- Client Strategy: Successfully lead three Innovation Roadmaps for clients, translating complex business needs into technical blueprints that you help the engineering team execute — not just hand off.
- Technical Excellence: Act as the final point of escalation, rolling up your sleeves to ensure all technical debt is managed and all production issues are resolved within client SLAs.
What do you need for this role?
- The Foundation: You've spent at least 7 years actively building in backend development — not just overseeing it — and 5+ years mastering architecture patterns (Microservices, SOA).
- The Modern Stack: You are an expert practitioner in Next.js (3+ years) and have deep, hands on experience with Contentful (or similar headless CMS).
- Cloud Native: You don't just use the cloud; you architect and build for it (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
- Client Facing Grit: You have at least 3 years of experience leading technical strategy directly with clients — and can back every recommendation with code.
- Pre Sales Experience: The ability to assist the Account/Sales team in scoping new projects and writing technical SOWs, grounded in real implementation experience.
Bonus Points
- Mobile Proficiency: Hands on experience shipping production applications using React Native or Flutter.
- AI/ML Integration: Familiarity with implementing LLMs, vector databases, or machine learning models into modern web architectures.
Who are you?
- Humble: You are a servant leader. You take more than your share of the blame and less than your share of the credit.
- Hungry: You have an internal fire to stay ahead of the curve. You don’t wait to be told what technology to explore; you’re already prototyping it.
- Smart (People Smart): You are a master of the Consultant’s Pivot. You can explain Microservices to a CEO and API design to a Junior Dev without losing either of them.
- A Commitment to Perfection Mindset: You understand that in a remote, collaborative environment, clarity is kindness and sloppy code is a communication failure.
What do we offer?
- 100% Employer Paid Premiums: We cover the full cost of your Health and Dental premiums (Long Term Disability premiums are employee paid).
- Comprehensive Health Benefits (Day 1): Full coverage starts immediately, including 100% Prescription Drug Coverage and Extended Healthcare, 80% Dental, Vision Care, Life Insurance, AD&D, and Critical Illness.
- Paramedical Support: We cover up to CAD 500 per practitioner, per person (e.g., Massage, Physio, Chiro).
- Flexible Wellness: A CAD 1,200 annual Health/Wellness Spending Account (HSA/WSA) to support your specific needs.
- Time Off: 3 weeks vacation (minimum), 5 paid sick days, and paid leave for bereavement and jury duty.
- Financial Future: Competitive pay and a Group RRSP (GRSP) with 2.5% employer matching (1 year vesting schedule).
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