Senior Digital Architect — Platform & Services Lead

Pathlion; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Pathlion is seeking a Digital Architect for onsite work in Edmonton to lead the solution architecture across multiple digital initiatives within the Justice Digital Program Services team.

You will develop architectural plans, guide iterative implementation, and mentor delivery teams while ensuring citizen-centered design and alignment with agile practices.

The role requires strong communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders and a focus on scalable components and platform thinking.

Responsibilities

• Lead the solution architecture of digital services by developing the architectural plan and agile approach.
• Provide and critique technical discovery prototypes and feasibility.
• Own and communicate designs for iterative implementation and risk-aware solutions.
• Analyze impacts, exposure and risk related to solution designs.
• Guide the team to frequent product deliveries ensuring alignment with target architecture.
• Define tactical integrations and state of system boundaries and interactions.
• Identify opportunities to reuse components across services and mentor the product team.

Skills

Solution architecture

Citizen-centered design

Agile methodology

Prototyping

Code review

Mentorship

Architecture governance

Documentation & diagrams

Job description

Pathlion is seeking a Digital Architect for onsite work in Edmonton to lead the solution architecture across multiple digital initiatives within the Justice Digital Program Services team.

You will develop architectural plans, guide iterative implementation, and mentor delivery teams while ensuring citizen-centered design and alignment with agile practices.

The role requires strong communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders and a focus on scalable components and platform thinking.