The Opportunity
Our Client is building its architecture function — and the Solution Architect is where that work gets done at the solution level. You will be responsible for translating business and technical requirements into concrete, scalable, standards-aligned solution designs for one of the most complex integration landscapes in Canadian automotive finance.
The environment is genuinely interesting: the organization is decommissioning a legacy mainframe and designing its replacement integration architecture, running AWS as its cloud platform, managing connections across Salesforce, MuleSoft, and Defi, and building its AI governance capability. This is not a documentation or review role — it is hands-on architecture design work on greenfield problems.
If you want to own architecture design end to end — not just sit in review boards — this is built for you.
What You Will Do
- Design pragmatic, scalable solutions aligned to enterprise architecture standards — translating requirements into designs that delivery teams can actually build from.
- Lead architecture design for the organization's complex integration landscape: interfaces between AWS, Salesforce, MuleSoft, Defi, and the mainframe replacement (Alpha platform).
- Partner daily with product owners, developers, and vendors — providing architecture guidance throughout design, build, and delivery.
- Evaluate AI/GenAI opportunities, define architecture patterns and controls, and embed Responsible AI practices into solution designs from day one.
- Produce and maintain architecture documentation that delivery teams and auditors can rely on: diagrams, interface contracts, and architecture decision records.
- Assess as-is system models, identify gaps, and shape target-state architecture for the solutions in your scope.
- Stay current on emerging technologies and bring relevant recommendations to the Enterprise Architect and delivery teams.
What We Are Looking For
Required
- 5+ years of hands-on solution architecture experience — conceptualization, modelling, and design across multiple platforms.
- Demonstrated ability to produce solution-level documentation: architecture diagrams, interface contracts, and architecture decision records.
- Experience implementing or supporting enterprise systems (CRM, financial platforms, DMS, or similar).
- Strong understanding of security-by-design — you build compliance in from the start, not as an afterthought.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to drive architecture decisions across cross-functional groups.
Preferred
- Experience with Salesforce, AWS, MuleSoft, or Defi Solutions.
- Financial services, banking, or regulated environment experience — FINTRAC familiarity is a plus.
- AI/GenAI architecture experience — build-vs.-buy evaluation, risk-first controls, responsible AI documentation.
- Experience working across complex, multi-platform integration landscapes.
- EA framework familiarity (TOGAF or equivalent) — not required, but helpful for alignment with governance standards.
What We Offer
- Base salary: $110,000 - $130,000
- Annual bonus eligibility
- Hybrid schedule: Tue/Wed/Thu in the Markham office
- Greenfield architecture work — you will design new integration patterns for a mainframe decommission, not just document what already exists
- Direct access to the Enterprise Architect and visibility to the Head of IT — your work will shape how the organization's technology landscape is built
About Our Client
Our Client provides retail, leasing, and wholesale financial services to automotive dealerships and customers across Canada. As a wholly owned subsidiary of a global automotive corporation and a FINTRAC-regulated financial institution, the organization is in an active period of technology transformation. Our Markham, ON headquarters is where Canada's automotive finance technology is being redesigned for the next decade.
How to Apply
Please apply with your resume. Candidates with hands-on integration or solution architecture experience are encouraged to include a brief note on their most complex design work.
Pay: $110,000.00-$130,000.00 per year
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Markham, ON
