Platform Architect specializing in enterprise integration architecture at Canadian Tire Corporation. Focus on scalable integration solutions, API standards, and technical leadership in a cross-domain environment.
Responsibilities
Own and evolve the enterprise integration architecture, ensuring it supports scalability, resilience, and loose coupling across distributed systems
Provide architectural oversight through design reviews and technical guidance grounded in hands ‑ on integration experience
Define and champion modern integration patterns, with a strong emphasis on asynchronous, event ‑ driven, and streaming architectures
Define, document, and maintain enterprise integration patterns, reference architectures, and standards
Establish and govern the API platform using Azure API Management as a shared enterprise capability (policies, products, traffic management, analytics)
Guide technology selection and usage across integration platforms, balancing throughput, latency, reliability, and cost considerations
Provide technical leadership for complex, cross ‑ domain integration scenarios and mission ‑ critical production flows
Partner with engineering teams to ensure architectures are production ‑ ready, observable, and aligned with platform and security standards
Influence delivery teams through design reviews, coaching, and architectural guardrails rather than direct control
Shapes microservices interaction patterns
Determines when to use synchronous APIs versus asynchronous or event ‑ driven integration based on scalability and resilience needs
Work closely with Enterprise Architects, platform teams, application teams, and security partners to align integration architecture with enterprise strategy and governance
Act as a trusted advisor on integration decisions across the organization
Requirements
5+ years in a Senior Architectural role
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience
2+ years in an Agile delivery organization (SAFe certification preferred)
Experience designing and leading integration solutions on Microsoft Azure
Experience designing and building APIs, running them on AKS, integrating with broker-based messaging systems (Azure Service Bus, Kafka, Pulsar), and managing API exposure through gateways such as Azure APIM
Experience working with cloud ‑ native or containerized platforms (e.g., Kubernetes ‑ based workloads)
Experience with streaming platforms such as Kafka or Pulsar
Direct experience operating integration workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Senior Full - Stack Developer needed to build scalable cloud - native applications for mortgage/lending solutions using Java Spring Boot, React, Azure, and microservices.
Senior Backend Java Engineer at Capgemini Engineering, focusing on projects in the hospitality sector. Collaborates with Machine Learning team, utilizing cutting - edge tech stack.
Senior Software Developer responsible for building high - correctness Rust services for Narvar. Collaborating across teams while owning systems from architecture to operations.
Consultant Developer role focusing on client delivery of quality software solutions. Working with teams to implement solutions that are well - tested and easily maintained.
Growth Product Designer for pdf.net, building the acquisition engine and optimizing conversion through design and data. Collaborating with PMs and engineers in a fully remote, high - autonomy environment.
Senior .Net programmer at Exposant 3 developing and modifying business solutions in a hybrid work environment. Committed to mutual success and team collaboration.
Staff Backend Engineer focusing on adaptive telemetry and databases for Grafana Labs. Responsible for technical strategy, project delivery, and system reliability.
Senior Backend Engineer building authentication features and services at GitLab. Working on token issuance, access management tooling, and security improvements for user authentication.
Senior Backend Programmer at Behaviour Interactive developing backend systems for '7 Days to Die'. Leading integration of online services and collaborating with cross - disciplinary teams.