RQ10457 - Mobile Architect

RQ10457 - Mobile Architect

Toronto, Ontario

Contract (1+ year with high possibility of extension)

Team Leadership, Delivery & Agile Practices – 20%

• Lead multidisciplinary development teams using Agile methodologies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, estimation, and technical ceremonies.
• Review and develop technical documentation, architecture artefacts, developer guides, and integration specifications.
• Support team adoption of Agile engineering practices including automated testing, test case development, CI/CD integration, and code quality processes.
• Mentor and coach developers, fostering a strong engineering culture focused on user‑centered design, accessibility, and secure coding.
• Effectively manage competing priorities, timelines, and deliverables in a fast‑paced environment.
• Collaborate with product, UX, cybersecurity, and platform teams to ensure alignment with enterprise strategy and technical roadmaps.

Back‑End Integration & API Architecture – 15%

• Oversee integration of mobile applications with RESTful APIs and secure back‑end platforms developed in Java, Node.js, Python and similar stacks.
• Provide guidance in developing solutions using distributed, event‑driven architectures, secure messaging systems, and cloud‑native containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Ensure robust back‑end interaction patterns including authentication, authorization, encryption, and secure data exchange.

Digital Trust & Verifiable Credentials (VC) – 5%

• In-depth development experience with W3Cverifiable credential data model,ISO/IEC 18013-X, ISO/IEC 23220-X (mDOC),decentralized identifiers (DIDs), X.509 certificates, zero‑knowledge proof and OpenID4VC.
• Oversee development of React Native–based digital credentials wallets that use secure storage, OS cryptography APIs, and platform‑specific security modules.
• Ensure compliance with global digital identity standards and/or specifications such as W3C Verifiable Credentials, IETF, OIDF,PCTF, NIST, and eIDAS(ARF).
• Provide development guidance on wallet and security protocols such as OIDC, OIDF OpenID4VC/OpenID4VP, W3C DC-API,OAuth2, JWT/JWS(JOSE), TLS, PKI, CBOR/COSE, ECDSA P-256,Ed25519,SHA/SHA2, and RSA.
• Lead teams in developing responsive mobile interfaces, progressive web applications, and secure integration with back‑end identity services.

Originally posted on Himalayas