Principal Architect – Digital Banking & Credit Union Transformation

The Opportunity Aequilibrium is looking for a Principal Digital Banking Architect (contract-to-hire) to help lead the next generation of digital banking transformation for Canadian credit unions. This is not simply an architecture role. We are looking for a senior technology leader who can sit alongside a credit union CIO or CTO, understand their business and technology landscape, define the path from current to future state, and lead multidisciplinary teams through complex digital banking transformations. Aequilibrium has more than a decade of experience in credit union digital banking. We helped Central 1 build Forge, deployed and tailored Forge for Canadian credit unions, have delivered VeriPark and Backbase engagements, and are now helping credit unions navigate the next generation of platform modernization. You will help us lead these transformations and build reusable expertise, accelerators, and architecture patterns that strengthen Aequilibrium 's position as a trusted digital banking transformation partner. What You'll Lead Own architecture and technical leadership for complex digital banking transformations, including Forge-to-VeriPark migrations . Assess current-state environments and define target-state and transition architectures across digital banking, core banking, integration, cloud, data, identity, security and third-party systems. Lead architecture for VeriChannel, VeriLink, Microsoft Azure and Dynamics 365/Power Platform ecosystems . Establish integration and API strategies that connect digital banking platforms with core banking, payments, CRM, identity, fraud, analytics, and other financial-services systems. Lead Design Authority and architecture governance across Aequilibrium , client and vendor teams. Translate complex technical decisions into clear business implications for CIOs, CTOs and other executives. Guide engineering teams from architecture through implementation, testing, migration and go-live. Champion configuration over customizati