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About the role

  • Principal Platform Architect shaping strategy for AI and Data Platforms at Canadian Tire Corporation. Leading design and implementation of scalable solutions while mentoring teams.

Responsibilities

  • Play a pivotal leadership role within the Enterprise AI and Emerging Technology team
  • Responsible for shaping and executing the organization’s strategy across AI, Data Platforms, and Data Governance (DG)
  • Define and drive the end-to-end architecture vision
  • Lead the design and implementation of scalable AI and data solutions
  • Establish governance and standards
  • Guide large-scale transformation initiatives
  • Work closely with stakeholders across business and technology teams
  • Build future-ready AI and data ecosystems
  • Lead architectural practices and mentor teams
  • Define and evolve the AI and Data Platform architecture strategy and roadmap
  • Develop and maintain architecture models, standards, and roadmaps
  • Lead enterprise-wide solution blueprints covering data platforms, AI pipelines, BI, and governance capabilities
  • Design modern data platforms (e.g., Lakehouse architectures, data engineering pipelines, BI/reporting ecosystems)
  • Architect scalable AI/ML systems leveraging cloud platforms such as Azure or GCP
  • Enforce AI, data, and architecture governance standards
  • Contribute to the evolution of enterprise architecture frameworks, practices, and processes
  • Lead architecture reviews and govern solution design through project lifecycle gates
  • Partner with business and technology stakeholders to translate requirements into architecture solutions
  • Present architectural strategies and solutions to senior leadership and executive stakeholders
  • Advocate for enterprise architecture practices and promote technology standardization and reuse
  • Lead and mentor architecture team members and contribute to capability growth
  • Drive continuous improvement in engineering practices, performance optimization, and solution quality
  • Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence across AI and data domains

Requirements

  • 5–10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, data platforms, or AI/ML solutions
  • Proven experience delivering large-scale, complex solutions across AI and data ecosystems
  • Agentic AI experience (Tool Usage, Agentic Orchestration Frameworks, LLMs, Testing and Evaluation, AgentOps)
  • GenAI (LLMs, Monitoring, Testing and Evaluation, LLMOps, Observability, RAG)
  • Data platforms & lakehouse architectures (e.g., ADLS Gen2, Databricks, Synapse, ETL/ELT, Unity Catalog)
  • MLOps technologies (ML, NLP)
  • Cloud platforms (Azure preferred; AWS/GCP knowledge beneficial)
  • Big data technologies (e.g., Spark, Hadoop)
  • DevOps & CI/CD practices, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, etc.)
  • Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (PhD considered an asset)​

Benefits

  • Competitive salaries and wages
  • Store discounts
  • Supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy
  • Canadian Tire Profit Sharing
  • Retirement and savings programs for eligible employees
  • Mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, including total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

AWSAzureCloudDockerETLGoogle Cloud PlatformHadoopKubernetesSparkTerraformUnity

Location requirements

OnsiteTorontoCanada

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