D2L
VP of Architecture (USA Based)
🇺🇸 Remote - US
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $250K - $300K
💻 Operations
🗓️ June 3rd, 2025
SaaS
Edtech.com's Summary
D2L is hiring a VP of Architecture (USA Based). This role involves shaping and driving the technical strategy to support growth, enhance capabilities, boost developer productivity, and ensure product quality. The VP will lead a team of architects and principal engineers, develop technical investment proposals, and engage with stakeholders to prioritize architectural advancements. The position includes oversight of budgets and departmental costs, with responsibilities extending to customer interactions and strategic presentations.
Highlights
- Main responsibilities include developing technical strategy and overseeing architectural decisions.
- Requires extensive knowledge of cloud scale application architecture, modern programming languages, and frameworks.
- Expected base salary ranges from $250,000 to $300,000 USD per year.
- Essential qualifications include leading strategic technical investments and experience in large scale SaaS infrastructure.
- Practical skills required in AWS services and best practices.
VP of Architecture (USA Based) Full Description
D2L is a cloud company that is modernizing education and building the Future of Work. The old models of teaching and learning are in the midst of the largest transformation in history, and D2L is at the heart of that fundamental shift.
New models of teaching and learning enable a personalized, student-centric experience – and deliver improved retention, engagement, satisfaction, and results for learners of all ages – in schools, campuses, and companies.
D2L is disrupting the way the world learns, by providing the next generation learning environment and solutions to engage and inspire learners. And most importantly, by giving customers a platform that is easy, flexible, and smart. No other company provides a solution as robust and innovative as D2L.
D2L has had a singular mission for 25 years and is dedicated to that same mission in the years ahead: to transform the way the world learns – and by doing so, we will help improve human potential globally.
A member of our Talent Acquisition team reviews ALL of our applications - yes a real person reviews resumes! They are excited to read more about what amazing things you could add to D2L.
Every day, our software is used by millions of people around the world, and we are looking for individuals who share our excitement and passion for transforming the way the world learns. At D2L, we believe that learning should be accessible and engaging. Our goal is to create easy, flexible, and smart software that ignites the desire to learn in everyone. To do this, we need to give talented, enthusiastic, and passionate people opportunities to create, develop, and collaborate on projects that revolutionize the learning environment.
General Description:
Reporting to the CTO, as the VP, Architecture at D2L, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and driving the technical strategy that supports our growth, enhances new capabilities, boosts developer productivity, and ensures product quality. You will be responsible for building rigorous proposals for strategic technical investments and leading a strong group of architects and principal engineers. Your leadership will ensure that our architectural decisions are sound, feasible, and effectively implemented.
How will I make an impact?
- Build and drive the D2L technical strategy that supports growth, new capabilities, developer productivity, and product quality
- Develop rigorous proposals for strategic technical investments
- Build and grow a strong group of architects and principal engineers
- Ensure architects and principal engineers provide rigorous and sound feasibility recommendations and initial implementations
- Work with key stakeholders to drive the roadmap priorities to ensure an operational focus on architecture and platform advances
- Working with teams onsite (travel) and virtually as needed to help drive strategy and objectives
- Drive the improvement of web-scale, AWS-first design processes at D2L working with the operational and platform teams
- Operational oversight of budgets, departmental costs and plans around key investment areas
- Speaking with key customer leadership, faculty and staff to talk about our technology vision and their key needs and alignment with our vision
- Speaking about architecture and cloud methodology and strategy at various D2L events or industry panels
Competencies
- Proven experience leading strategic technical investments at a commercial software company.
- Proven experience as both a people leader and a technical leader.
- Ability to work quickly and precisely with complex technical concepts and principles while driving towards simplicity and effectiveness
- Ability to balance technical and architectural principles with important business priorities
- Extensive knowledge of cloud scale application architecture and system architecture
- Extensive knowledge of modern programming languages and frameworks
- Extensive knowledge of modern security practices and principles
- Presenting and collaborating with senior leaders both internally and externally with customers and partners
- Ability to engage with key customer leadership to discuss technology vision and align with their key needs.
- Provide leadership and strategies around the ongoing improvement of the architecture department and its work within the company
Skills
- Practical skills building and deploying complex business application software into a large scale SaaS infrastructure
- Writing rigorous architectural recommendations
- Knowledge of AWS services and best practices
D2L Leadership Competencies:
- Leads by Example with personal and professional integrity, high accountability and say/do ratio
- Boundaryless collaboration and influence skills both within team, peer group and broader organization. Effective communicator with a proven track record of
- Delivers Awesome Outcomes: Strategic mindset and business acumen, with strong prioritization skills and a focus on organizational outcomes vs. team tasks. Effective problem solver, able to achieve results individually and through others, in fast paced, deadline-driven environments.
- Talent Magnet: Talent-focused leader, with demonstrated ability to coach, build and lead a high performing, diverse team.
- Better, Smarter, Faster: An agile learner, with a growth mindset, attention to detail and organizational skills. An operationally minded leader, with a focus on continuous improvement and innovation.
- Wins Hearts and Minds: An effective communicator, with the ability to connect the why and the what. A change agent, with proven delegation, motivation, and team building skills
If you are a Canadian based applicant, please apply using this URL: https://www.d2l.com/careers/jobs/vp-of-architecture-canada-based/6913395/
The expected base salary range for a new hire in this role is listed below. The annualized base salary offered is determined by each candidate’s relevant knowledge, skills, education, training and experience. It is aligned to ensure both internal and external competitiveness using market data for the geographic location and industry. As part of the total compensation at D2L the role may be eligible for additional benefits including a Wellness Subsidy, Equity Grants, Variable Incentive, and more.
Base Salary Range
$250,000—$300,000 USD
Don’t meet every single requirement? We strongly encourage you to still apply! At D2L, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment. We encourage your application even if you don't believe you meet every single qualification outlined, because we love to help our people grow and develop!
Why we're awesome:
At D2L, we are dedicated to providing you with the tools to do the best work of your life. While some of our perks and benefits may vary depending on location or employment type, we are proud to provide employees with the following through #LifeAtD2L:
- Impactful work transforming the way the world learns
- Flexible work arrangements
- Learning and Growth opportunities
- Tuition reimbursement of up to $4,000 CAD for continuing education through our Catch the Wave Program
- 2 Paid Days off for Catch the Wave related activities like exams or final assignments
- Employee wellbeing (Access to mental health services, EFAP program, financial planning and more)
- Retirement planning
- 2 Paid Volunteer Days
- Competitive Benefits Package
- Home Internet Reimbursements
- Employee Referral Program
- Wellness Reimbursement
- Employee Recognition
- Social Events
- Dog Friendly Offices at our HQ in Kitchener, Winnipeg, Vancouver and Melbourne.
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