Principal AI Architect

PointClickCare; Mississauga; Hybrid; CAD 164,000 - 182,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health tech company in Mississauga is searching for a Principal AI Architect responsible for driving AI strategy and enterprise architecture. This role demands expertise in AI solutions, strong Python proficiency, and experience in B2B SaaS environments. The ideal candidate should possess deep knowledge of Generative AI, as well as the ability to design scalable enterprise systems. This position offers a competitive salary range of CAD 164,000 to CAD 182,000, plus bonuses and benefits, supporting hybrid or remote work arrangements.

Benefits

Flexible Paid Time Off

Retirement Plan Matching

Wellness Support Programs

Continuous Development Support Program

Parental & Caregiver Leaves

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in enterprise, solution, or platform architecture roles.
• Proven experience with AI systems in production environments.
• Deep understanding of AI architecture and enterprise systems.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive enterprise AI strategy within a B2B SaaS environment.
• Architect and scale Generative AI and intelligent automation.
• Lead architecture governance by ensuring alignment to enterprise standards.

Skills

AI systems design

Python proficiency

Generative AI knowledge

Solution architecture

Enterprise architecture

Tools

Salesforce

Azure

LangChain

Job description

At PointClickCare our mission is simple: to help providers deliver exceptional care. And that starts with our people. As a leading health tech company that’s founder-led and privately held, we empower our employees to push boundaries, innovate, and shape the future of healthcare.

With the largest long-term and post-acute care dataset and a Marketplace of 400+ integrated partners, our platform serves over 30,000 provider organizations, making a real difference in millions of lives. We also reinvest a significant percentage of our revenue back into research and development, ensuring our employees have the resources to innovate and make a lasting impact. Recognized by Forbes as a top private cloud company and honored as one of Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures, we offer flexibility, growth opportunities, and meaningful work.

At PointClickCare, we empower our people to be the architects of a smarter healthcare future; one that is human-first and accelerated by AI to create meaningful and lasting change. Employees harness AI as a catalyst for creativity, productivity, and thoughtful decision-making. By integrating AI tools into our daily workflows, collaboration is enhanced, outcomes are improved, and every team member has the proficiency to maximize their impact. It all starts with our hiring practices where we uncover AI expertise that complements our mission, and we continue to invest in training and development to nurture innovation throughout the employee journey.

Join us in redefining healthcare — so it doesn’t just survive, it thrives. To learn more about PointClickCare, check out Life at PointClickCare and connect with us on Glassdoor and LinkedIn.

Travel to Office expectations

For Remote Roles: If this role is remote, there will be in-office events that will require travel to and from the Mississauga and/or Salt Lake City office. These will include, but not limited to, onboarding, team events, semi-annual and annual team meetings.

For Hybrid Roles: If this role is Hybrid, there will be an expectation to reside within commutable distance to the office/location specified in the job listing. This will include, but limited to, weekly/bi-weekly/monthly events in the office with your specific team. This is a requirement for this role.

Position Summary

We are seeking a Principal AI Architect who will own both the AI strategy and enterprise architecture vision within a B2B SaaS and enterprise technology environment. This role is responsible for defining how AI and enterprise platforms evolve together, driving architectural decisions across product, revenue, and corporate systems. The ideal candidate will operate as a senior technical authority who shapes direction, challenges current-state thinking, and builds scalable architectures that support both customer-facing platforms and internal enterprise systems. This role combines deep hands-on AI architecture with strong enterprise platform experience and operates at the intersection of strategy, execution, and governance. This role has an approximate focus of 60% AI initiatives and 40% enterprise and solution architecture.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and drive enterprise AI strategy and architecture within a B2B SaaS and enterprise technology environment.
• Design and govern AI solutions across the full customer lifecycle including marketing, sales, solution engineering, quoting, contracting, billing, revenue recognition, service, and customer success management.
• Architect and scale Generative AI, agent-based systems, RAG architectures, and intelligent automation in production SaaS platforms.
• Own enterprise architecture across core business and corporate platforms including customer, revenue, and operational systems such as CRM, quoting, contracting, billing, HR, and IT Service Management environments, with the ability to rapidly learn new technologies and design scalable solution architectures independent of specific tools or vendors.
• Architect and develop agentic enterprise capabilities that enhance business operations, workload orchestration, and user-facing automation.
• Design and implement LLM-powered agents using platforms such as Microsoft Copilot Studio and Salesforce Agentforce.
• Design orchestration patterns using frameworks and platforms such as Salesforce Agentforce, Microsoft Copilot, LangGraph, CrewAI, and LangChain to enable multi-agent collaboration across systems.
• Define architectural guardrails, platform standards, and lifecycle management practices for scalable, secure AI and enterprise systems.
• Act as a technical authority to review, challenge, and guide vendor, system integrator, and internal team architectures.
• Lead architecture governance by defining review frameworks, validating solution designs, and driving alignment to enterprise standards.
• Design target-state architectures, conduct gap assessments, and shape enterprise-wide solution roadmaps.

Required Experience and Skills

• 12+ years of experience in enterprise, solution, or platform architecture roles within B2B SaaS or large-scale technology organizations.
• Proven experience designing and running AI systems in real production environments.
• Strong experience working across end-to-end B2B SaaS customer and revenue lifecycles including marketing, sales, quoting, contracting, billing, revenue recognition, service, and customer success platforms.
• Experience designing enterprise architecture for HR and corporate technology domains, with the ability to take ownership of these platforms and drive solution architecture without dependency on specific vendors or tools.
• Deep understanding of Generative AI, large language models, agent architectures, RAG patterns, and AI orchestration frameworks.
• Strong proficiency in Python with experience building backend services, APIs, and containerized workloads. Hands-on experience with LLM platforms such as OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, or Anthropic.
• Hands-on experience with agent frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, or AutoGen.
• Experience designing secure, scalable, multi-tenant enterprise and SaaS architectures.
• Experience leading architecture for large-scale business and technology transformation programs.
• Experience in Microsoft AI platforms like Azure Find/Foundry? (Note: preserving original wording) with a note: “Azure foundry, Co-pilot agent is a must.”
• Experience with Salesforce ecosystem including Einstein, Agentforce, and Data Cloud is preferred.
• Strong understanding of enterprise security architecture and data privacy principles.
• Proven ability to translate business capabilities into scalable technical solutions.

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$164,000 - $182,000 a year

At PointClickCare, base salary is one of the many components that make up our total rewards package. The CAD base salary range for this position is $164,000-182,000+ bonus + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by job and level. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the target for new hire salaries for the position across all CAD locations. Within the range, individual compensation is determined by job-related skills and knowledge, relevant experience including professional and lived experience, and/or work location. Your recruiter can share more information about our total rewards package during the hiring process.

PointClickCare Benefits & Perks

Benefits starting from Day 1!

Retirement Plan Matching

Flexible Paid Time Off

Wellness Support Programs and Resources

Parental & Caregiver Leaves

Fertility & Adoption Support

Continuous Development Support Program

Employee Assistance Program

Allyship and Inclusion Communities

Employee Recognition … and more!

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