About PartnerStack

At PartnerStack, we’re passionate about software and the partnership space — and we’re not afraid to shake things up!

Our mission is to change how the world sells software by creating partnerships that unlock growth. We’re an ecosystem platform with the world’s largest B2B partnerships network, with over 500+ companies using PartnerStack to generate and sustain revenue.

Transforming the industry requires the right people. We'd love to meet you if you’re interested in making partnerships and ecosystems a game-changer in the software industry! We’re a high-impact and cross-team collaboration culture, empowering our teams to achieve success together.

Ready to be a part of our team? Apply now

About You and the Role

PartnerStack is looking for a seasoned and highly skilled Data Architect to build the organization’s next generation of data infrastructure development. You are strategic, and highly technical with a passion for designing scalable, secure, and high-performance data ecosystems. You thrive in complex environments, enjoy solving architectural challenges, and are excited about shaping the future of data infrastructure. You bring deep expertise in data modeling, integration, and governance, and you’re fluent in both the technical and business dimensions of data strategy. You’re curious, continuously learning, and eager to explore emerging technologies and architectural patterns. You are eager to execute your vision and get your hands directly into our data systems and processes.

What You’ll Do

Design and evolve PartnerStack’s data architecture, ensuring alignment with business goals, scalability, and long-term sustainability.
Define and enforce data modeling standards and best practices across the organization.
Architect and implement data pipelines, integrations, and orchestration frameworks.
Lead the design of data governance frameworks, including data quality, lineage, cataloging, and access control policies.
Collaborate with engineering teams to define data contracts, schemas, and APIs that ensure consistency and interoperability across systems.
Evaluate and recommend tools, platforms, and technologies to enhance the data platform’s performance, reliability, and developer experience.
Provide architectural guidance on GenAI and ML initiatives, ensuring data readiness, scalability, and compliance.
Partner with cross-functional stakeholders (Product, Engineering, Analytics, and Business teams) to translate business requirements into robust data solutions.
Lead architectural reviews, conduct design sessions, and mentor data engineers and analysts on architectural principles and best practices.
Maintain comprehensive documentation of data architecture, standards, and system integrations to support transparency and knowledge sharing.

Skills We’re Looking For

10+ years of experience in data engineering, data architecture, or a related technical role, with strong proficiency in enterprise architecture, data and software engineering.
Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale data architectures in cloud environments (e.g., GCP, AWS, or Azure).
Deep understanding of data warehousing, data lakes, and modern data stack tools (e.g., BigQuery, Snowflake, Airflow, dbt, Fivetran, Looker).
Ability to create scalable designs capable of supporting high workloads and large numbers of simultaneous users, processes and integrations.
Strong knowledge of master data management, data governance, metadata management, data lineage, and security best practices.
Fluent designing and working with various data types including structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.
Ability to implement operational monitoring and alerting for all aspects of the system.
Proven experience designing and implementing CI/CD, and DevOps practices in data environments.
Adept at designing highly scalable, distributed and fault tolerant data architectures ensuring full high availability and disaster recovery capabilities.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to align technical solutions with business needs.
A strategic mindset with a strong sense of ownership, accountability, and a drive to build future-proof systems.

Our Tech Stack

- PostgreSQL
- Google Cloud Platform: Composer, Cloud Storage, BigQuery
- Segment
- Apache Airflow
- Looker
- Pendo
- Python
- Jupyter Notebook

Why you’ll love working here

PartnerStack is a fast-growing startup revolutionizing how SaaS companies go to market and scale revenue with partnerships. Beyond challenging the status quo and innovating great products, we aim to build a kickass company.

We set every team member up for success so they can feel energized about their work, be passionate about excellence, and have room to learn every day. That means you can experiment with creative tactics, have the freedom to fail and bounce back stronger — and make a career of a lifetime.

Perks of working at PartnerStack

A digital-first environment, so you can do your best work anywhere in Canada

A MacBook shipped to you and a budget for peripherals of your choice
Flexible working hours (in coordination with your team)
Flexibility to work abroad for up to 8 weeks at a time
Regular social events, even while working remotely
Annual peripheral refresh

Competitive salary and opportunities for promotion
High-quality health insurance, active from your first day
HSA and Wellness Accounts
Generous vacation and time off plan
Employee Stock Option Plan for everyone (ESOP)
RRSP with an employer matching component

Our HQ

Although we’re digital-first, that doesn’t mean you can’t do your best work with us at our downtown office in Toronto — if you want.

Our office space (111 Peter Street, Toronto, ON) is open to all employees. Whether you join us in person or virtually, we’re committed to ensuring every new employee has a great onboarding experience and feels part of a tight-knit team.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, ablebodiedness or gender identity.

PartnerStack celebrates what makes every member of our team unique and strives to create a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can be their truest selves. If you require any accommodations to succeed in your role and feel supported in the workplace, please feel free to let us know. We are more than happy to accommodate all.