Full-Time

Technical Director

Technology

Electric Mind

Electric Mind

51-200 employees

Software development with strategy, design, engineering

No salary listed

Toronto, ON, Canada

Hybrid

Hybrid role; on-site in downtown Toronto with some remote work

Category
Consulting (2)
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Required Skills
Apache Spark
Apache Kafka
Kinesis
DevOps

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Requirements
  • Extensive experience in senior technical leadership roles.
  • Demonstrated expertise designing and delivering complex distributed systems and enterprise platforms.
  • Deep experience with cloud-native architectures.
  • Strong computer science fundamentals and hands-on experience with modern engineering frameworks.
  • Expertise in data-intensive systems (Kafka, Spark, Kinesis, etc.).
  • Exceptional communication and executive influence skills.
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
Responsibilities
  • Provide strategic technical leadership across complex engagements, ensuring alignment with business priorities.
  • Partner with senior executives to define technology strategy, target architectures, and transformation roadmaps.
  • Act as a trusted advisor through pre-sales, strategic planning, and executive forums.
  • Lead architectural direction across cloud, data, integration, application, and platform domains.
  • Guide solution design for scalable, resilient, and secure enterprise systems.
  • Identify gaps across technology, people, and processes and provide objective, pragmatic recommendations.
  • Ensure technology strategies are clearly articulated and actionable.
  • Oversee large-scale transformation programs, providing governance, coaching, and technical leadership.
  • Champion engineering excellence through DevOps, automation, modular architectures, and cloud-native patterns.
  • Collaborate with delivery teams to scope work, size effort, manage dependencies, and mitigate risks.
  • Mentor architects, technical leads, and engineers to elevate technical maturity.
  • Promote a culture of curiosity, innovation, and high-performance engineering.
  • Represent Electric Mind through thought leadership and industry engagement.
  • Develop reusable assets and strengthen delivery frameworks.
  • Support business development through shaping opportunities, defining solutions, and presenting to executives.

Electric Mind delivers custom software solutions for complex projects by combining strategy, design, and engineering. It works with clients to plan, design, build, and iterate software using agile methods, offering cross-disciplinary capabilities from strategy and UX to software engineering across North America, including a Chicago office. The company differentiates itself with a long track record in enterprise-grade delivery, a move from founder-led to a broad leadership team, and a holistic branding that goes beyond traditional software labels. Its goal is to help clients achieve measurable business outcomes by delivering high-quality software at scale and expanding its North American footprint.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)

Total Funding

$100M

Headquarters

Toronto, Canada

Founded

1990

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Motive Partners' 2025 investment accelerates AI-led financial-services transformation.
  • Chicago expansion opens U.S. cross-border delivery opportunities.
  • Platform Services and advisory offerings expand higher-margin transformation work.

What critics are saying

  • Rebrand weakens Intelliware's engineering identity with conservative enterprise buyers.
  • U.S. expansion faces entrenched consultancies and immediate pipeline pressure.
  • Financial-services concentration exposes revenue to bank budget cuts and vendor consolidation.

What makes Electric Mind unique

  • Engineering-first consulting blends strategy, design, and implementation.
  • Founded in 1990, it brings deep legacy modernization experience.
  • Chris Ford's 2024 rebrand broadened the firm beyond software delivery.

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Benefits

Flexible Work Hours

Professional Development Budget

Company News

Business Wire
Oct 29th, 2025
Motive Partners Invests $100 Million in Electric Mind to Supercharge AI-Led Transformation in Financial Services

Motive Partners (“Motive”), a private investment firm exclusively focused on financial technology and technology-enabled business services, today announced a...

PEI Group
Oct 28th, 2025
Motive Partners invests $100m in AI-led services firm Electric Mind

Motive Partners invests $100m in AI-led services firm Electric Mind. The investment will accelerate its US expansion and advance the delivery of next-gen solutions for financial institutions. * Chris Ford serves as CEO of Electric Mind * Electric Mind was founded in 1990 Motive Partners has made a $100 million investment in Electric Mind, a Toronto-based AI-led services firm. The investment will accelerate its US expansion and advance the delivery of next-gen solutions for financial institutions. "We are thrilled to partner with Chris and the Electric Mind team," said Chris Williams, a partner, investments at Motive Partners in a statement. "They have built an impressive track record of delivering lasting impact and innovation for some of the world's most respected financial institutions. We look forward to supporting the team as they scale their capabilities and expand their reach in the years to come." Envoy Capital Advisors served as the exclusive financial advisor to Electric Mind in connection with the transaction. Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and McCarthy Tétrault LLP served as legal advisors for Motive Partners and Electric Mind, respectively.

PR Newswire
Apr 2nd, 2025
The Human Code: Electric Mind Decodes Business Transformation On All Access With Andy Garcia

LOS ANGELES, April 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Discover how human-centric design and cutting-edge technology drive meaningful business innovation in an upcoming segment. All Access with Andy Garcia will feature Electric Mind, a technology consulting company at the forefront of business transformation, on a segment set to film in April 2025. This segment will explore how Electric Mind seamlessly integrates strategy, design, and engineering to empower businesses in a rapidly evolving technological landscape. By placing people at the core of its solutions, Electric Mind demonstrates that sustainable growth is achieved through a thoughtful balance of innovation and human values

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Business Wire
Nov 7th, 2022
Intelliware, One Of Canada’S Leading Software Delivery And Advisory Organizations, Appoints New President

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intelliware, one of Canada’s leading software and consulting service providers, today announced the appointment of Chris Ford as President. Chris will take on the role from Greg Betty who founded the company in 1990, and has led Intelliware as CEO and President for the last 32 years. Chris joins Intelliware from Capco Canada, a global management and technology consultancy focused on financial services, where he was Partner and CEO from 2007 to 2021. Most recently, Chris spent the last year as an independent consultant to global providers of technology solutions for financial institutions and businesses, deepening his expertise in technology consulting