Access Softek

digital banking platforms

ChiefTechnologyOfficer

Bowmanville, Canada; Oshawa, Canada FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Chief Technology Officer at Access Softek. Skills: technology vision, architecture strategy, platform evolution, system architecture, engineering organization design, security architecture, AI technologies. Own the company’s technology vision, architecture strategy, and long-term platform direction. Define how the platform evolves, scales, and remains competitive over time”

What You'll Achieve.

Ensure technology is a core driver of business growth, product scalability, and operational resilience; Ensure the organization is built to scale sustainably; Ensure coherence, scalability, and maintainability across products and services; Ensure security and compliance are embedded into system design and engineering practices; Align engineering investment and capacity with business goals and growth priorities; Provide executive-level visibility into platform health, risks, and architectural direction

Industry & Context.

digital banking platforms
Problems you'll solve

judgment in balancing speed, scalability, risk, and long-term technical investment

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

10+ years of experience in software engineering and technology leadership, Proven experience as a CTO or equivalent executive technology leader in a scaling SaaS or platform company, track record of owning architecture and platform evolution in large-scale, production systems, Experience leading and scaling distributed engineering organizations through growth and transformation, Deep understanding of cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, and platform engineering principles, Experience operating in regulated or security-critical environments (e. g. , fintech, enterprise SaaS), executive communication skills with ability to influence CEO and senior leadership decisions, Demonstrated ability to operate at system, architecture, and business-strategy level judgment in balancing speed, scalability, risk, and long-term technical investment

What You'll Do.

Own the company’s technology vision

architecture strategy

and long-term platform direction

Define how the platform evolves

and remains competitive over time

Translate business strategy into technology strategy

and key technical trade-offs

Make executive-level decisions on platform design

and major technology investments

Own end-to-end system architecture across products and services

Drive long-term platform evolution

including legacy system strategy and architectural consolidation

Design and evolve the engineering organization at the executive level

including leadership structure and scaling model

including system resilience

security architecture

and compliance (SOC2 and related standards)

Ensure security and compliance are embedded into system design and engineering practices

Partner with Product and Business leadership to align roadmap priorities with technical feasibility and long-term strategy

Align engineering investment and capacity with business goals and growth priorities

Oversee system reliability

and observability strategy at the platform level

Evaluate and drive adoption of emerging technologies (including AI/automation) for strategic advantage

Lead the company’s adoption of AI technologies and guide its transition toward AI-driven products and operations

Provide executive-level visibility into platform health

and architectural direction

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with the CEO and executive leadership team to shape company strategy through technology; Partner with Product and Business leadership to align roadmap priorities with technical feasibility and long-term strategy

Communication Scope

executive communication skills; ability to influence CEO and senior leadership decisions

Full Job Description

## Description Access Softek is a leading provider of digital banking platforms for financial institutions across the U.S.  We are seeking a Chief Technology Officer to define and lead the company’s technology vision, architecture strategy, and long-term platform evolution. This is an executive role responsible for ensuring technology is a core driver of business growth, product scalability, and operational resilience. As CTO, you will partner with the CEO and executive leadership team to shape company strategy through technology, make high-impact architectural decisions, and ensure the organization is built to scale sustainably. ## What You'll own Own the company’s technology vision, architecture strategy, and long-term platform direction Define how the platform evolves, scales, and remains competitive over time Translate business strategy into technology strategy, system architecture, and key technical trade-offs Make executive-level decisions on platform design, modernization, and major technology investments Own end-to-end system architecture across products and services, ensuring coherence, scalability, and maintainability Drive long-term platform evolution, including legacy system strategy and architectural consolidation Design and evolve the engineering organization at the executive level, including leadership structure and scaling model Own technology risk, including system resilience, security architecture, and compliance (SOC2 and related standards) Ensure security and compliance are embedded into system design and engineering practices Partner with Product and Business leadership to align roadmap priorities with technical feasibility and long-term strategy Align engineering investment and capacity with business goals and growth priorities Oversee system reliability, scalability, and observability strategy at the platform level Evaluate and drive adoption of emerging technologies (including AI/automation) for strategic advantage Lead the company’s adoption

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