Senior Technical Architect

Job Title: Senior Technical Architect

Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)

Estimated Duration: Fulltime

What is the Opportunity?

Provide enterprise-level solution leadership across complex implementations and strategic client programs. As a trusted technical advisor and subject matter expert, you will drive key architectural decisions, align client needs with our client’s product capabilities, and deliver scalable solutions across core banking, product and pricing, channels, and integrations.

What will you do?

· Lead end-to-end solution architecture for complex banking implementations, aligning customer needs, Our client's product capabilities, enterprise architecture, integrations, data, and operational requirements.

· Lead customer discovery and design sessions, translating complex business and technology requirements into scalable architecture, solution designs, and implementation approaches.

· Develop and communicate architectural blueprints, integration patterns, data flows, design specifications, and non-functional requirements to customers and delivery teams.

· Act as a trusted technology advisor, evaluating design trade-offs, recommending practical solutions, and promoting standard platform capabilities while minimizing unnecessary customization.

· Lead architecture and design governance, reviewing critical designs and resolving cross-workstream architecture, integration, data, and technology dependencies.

· Define integration and data architecture across core banking, digital channels, CRM, APIs, data platforms, and other enterprise systems, ensuring security, scalability, performance, reliability, and auditability.

· Partner with Product, Engineering, QA, DevOps, Security, Infrastructure, and implementation teams throughout delivery, including planning, testing, release, cutover, go-live, and production readiness.

· Identify architectural risks, product gaps, and implementation challenges early, providing mitigation recommendations while contributing reusable patterns, standards, and product improvements.

· Mentor architects, consultants, engineers, and junior team members, while supporting customer presentations, knowledge sharing, solution demonstrations, and pre-sales activities as required.

What do I need to succeed?

Must have:

· 7+ years of technology design experience including systems, applications or architecture

· Degree in computer science, engineering or equivalent experience

· Domain knowledge of banking and financial institutions and/or large enterprise IT environment

· 7+ years of experience with cloud architecture, framework and design patterns

· 5+ years of experience in working with teams building microservices

· Knowledge and understanding in working with third party hosted solutions

· Core Java, Spring Boot

· Web Services : REST, SOAP

· Kafka,

· Design Patterns

· Familiarity using development tools : IDE, Unit testing tools, Build tools, Source control and code review tools

Nice to have:

· Knowledge of industry best practices and new technologies that can enhance operations or provide a competitive advantage to the organization.

Additional Job Details

· Expected Salary Range: $190,000 – 200, 000; we hire into multiple career levels for this role based on a candidate's experience, skills and demonstrated capabilities.

· Vacancy Status: Open position(s) to be filled

· Mode of Work: Hybrid

· Use of AI: Our client may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) and/or other forms of automated technology to screen and/or assess applicants for this position. Our client will not utilize AI for conducting interviews and/or making hiring decisions.