Senior Retail Solutions Architect - Cloud, APIs & Modernization

Canadian Tire Corporation; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Retirement programs

Performance incentives

Continuing education

Mental health benefits

Profit sharing

Store discounts

Career growth

Job summary

Canadian Tire Corporation is seeking a seasoned Retail Solution Architect to lead hands-on solution design and delivery across Supply Chain, Store Technology, Merchandising, and eCommerce. Role requires defining end-to-end architectures, translating requirements into scalable designs, and creating integration patterns and data flows across OMS, WMS, TMS, POS, and Digital Commerce.

Responsibilities include collaborating with stakeholders, guiding technical decisions, and ensuring delivery aligns

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Solution Architecture/Enterprise Architecture or similar leadership roles.
• Experience delivering enterprise-scale solutions in the retail industry.
• Strong understanding of multiple business domains (Supply Chain, Merchandising, Retail).
• Deep knowledge of cloud-driven solutions, especially Azure and AKS.
• Experience designing API-led, event-driven, and microservices architectures.
• Deep knowledge of enterprise platforms including OMS, WMS, TMS, POS, and Digital Commerce.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end solution architecture across retail domains (Supply Chain, Merchandising, Store Technology).
• Translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and resilient solution designs.
• Create architecture artifacts (Solution Diagrams, Design Patterns, data integrations and flows, APIs).
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, and cross-functional teams to align on outcomes.
• Act as a bridge between business strategy and technical execution.
• Provide architectural guidance and influence decision-making.
• Design solutions across enterprise systems (Order Management, Warehouse Management, Transportation Management, Merchandising Management, POS, Digital Commerce).
• Define integration patterns, APIs, event-driven architectures, and data flows.
• Ensure consistency across data models and business processes.
• Partner with delivery teams to ensure solutions are implemented as designed.
• Support solution reviews, risk mitigation, and issue resolution.

Skills

Azure

Azure Kubernetes Services

API-led architecture

Event-driven architecture

Microservices

Retail domain knowledge

Tools

OMS/WMS/TMS/POS platforms

Job description

Canadian Tire Corporation is seeking a seasoned Retail Solution Architect to lead hands-on solution design and delivery across Supply Chain, Store Technology, Merchandising, and eCommerce. Role requires defining end-to-end architectures, translating requirements into scalable designs, and creating integration patterns and data flows across OMS, WMS, TMS, POS, and Digital Commerce.

Responsibilities include collaborating with stakeholders, guiding technical decisions, and ensuring delivery aligns