Associate Platform Architect

ManulifeToronto, ON
CA$69,525 - CA$115,875Hybrid

About The Position

Join our Global Architecture team and begin building a strong foundation in platform and enterprise architecture. This early‑career role is designed for new graduates who are curious about how large-scale technology platforms are designed, documented, and evolved. You’ll work alongside experienced architects and technology leaders, supporting architecture initiatives through documentation, coordination, and structured analysis—while learning how architecture enables scalability, reliability, and consistency across the organization. This role emphasizes learning, mentorship, and collaboration, with clear guidance and well-defined outcomes to support your development.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent academic or practical experience.
  • Foundational understanding of, or strong interest in, infrastructure, cloud, or platform technologies.
  • Strong problem‑solving, communication, and documentation skills.
  • Interest in enterprise platforms, system design, and large‑scale technology environments.
  • Curiosity, learning ability, and collaboration are what matter most.

Nice To Haves

  • Prior architecture experience is not required.

Responsibilities

  • Assist with documenting platform architectures, including cloud platforms, infrastructure services, and shared technology components.
  • Contribute to architecture diagrams, inventories, and supporting documentation.
  • Apply established platform standards, patterns, and reference architectures with guidance from senior team members.
  • Support analysis of platform capabilities, dependencies, and non-functional requirements such as performance, resilience, and scalability.
  • Prepare materials to support architecture planning, review, and governance activities.
  • Assist senior architects with research, structured analysis, and synthesis of technical information.
  • Help maintain architecture repositories and shared knowledge assets.
  • Build a foundational understanding of enterprise platforms, cloud services, and shared technology layers.
  • Learn how platform architecture supports scalability, resilience, and consistency across systems.
  • Develop skills in systems thinking, documentation, and architectural communication.
  • Participate in architecture training, mentoring, and communities of practice.

Benefits

  • health
  • dental
  • mental health
  • vision
  • short- and long-term disability
  • life and AD&D insurance coverage
  • adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits
  • employee/family assistance plans
  • various retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions)
  • financial education and counseling resources
  • holidays
  • vacation
  • personal
  • sick days
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