Senior Solution Architect/Designer

ML arteka; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance discounts

Discounts on services and tools

Office perks: coffee bar & events

Job summary

ML arteka is seeking an experienced Solution Architect/Designer to design end-to-end technology solutions across enterprise banking platforms. You will translate business requirements into scalable, secure technical designs and collaborate with stakeholders, architects, and engineering to deliver robust solutions in payments, lending, digital banking, and client servicing.

You will lead design reviews, governance sessions, and technology roadmaps, mentoring teams while ensuring alignment with

Qualifications

• 5–10+ years in Solution Design/Architecture for enterprise systems.
• Proven delivery of banking/finance-centric integrations.
• Strong leadership in design reviews and architecture governance.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end solutions including application architecture, integrations, data models, and infra.
• Lead multi-system enterprise design, APIs, SOA, event-driven patterns.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, architects, engineering and QA for delivery.
• Drive technology roadmaps and cloud-native, API-first strategies.
• Mentor developers, QA engineers, and junior designers.
• Ensure security, PCI-DSS/PIPEDA compliance and design risk mitigation.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Microservices

SOA

Event-driven

UML/C4 modeling

Design patterns

RESTful APIs

API gateways

Kubernetes

Cloud (AWS/Azure)

CI/CD

Security & compliance

Tools

Jira

Confluence

GitHub/Bitbucket

Visio

Lucidchart

Enterprise Architect

MuleSoft

Kafka/RabbitMQ

OpenAPI/Swagger

Job description

Who we are

ML arteka is one of the fastest-growing IT Services and Consulting companies in Canada and serves some of the most iconic brands, including Google, Loblaws, Staples, Telus, Bell, Rogers, CIBC, BMO, CMLS, Fossil, Fitbit and more. Over the last decade, we have achieved 100% client retention and earned more than 20 notable industry recognition. This reflects our reliability in delivering what we promise and the quality we bring to every engagement. Join our growth-driven culture and help us lead, innovate, and simplify. We are looking for a team members who embody our values:

• Empathetic - we listen, we understand, and are considerate of everyone
• Persevering - we don't give up on challenges or people and go all the way
• Inclusive - we value everyone and their perspectives
• Reliable - we deliver what we promise, and more
• Innovative - we make things better than they were yesterday

The role

As a Solution Architect / Designer, you will be responsible for designing end-to-end technology solutions across enterprise banking platforms. You will translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and high-performing technical solutions that align with enterprise architecture and strategic objectives.

You will collaborate closely with business stakeholders, architects, engineering, and QA teams to deliver robust solutions across domains such as payments, lending, digital banking, and client servicing.

You will

Solution Design & Delivery

• Translate business requirements into comprehensive technical designs for development and QA teams
• Design end-to-end solutions, including:
  • Application architecture
  • Integration patterns (APIs, microservices, middleware)
  • Data models and persistence strategies
  • Infrastructure (cloud and on-prem)
• Produce design artifacts:
  • High-Level Design (HLD) and Low-Level Design (LLD)
  • Sequence, component, and deployment diagrams
• Ensure solutions meet non-functional requirements (NFRs) such as scalability, performance, availability, and resilience

Enterprise Architecture & Integration

• Lead design of complex, multi-system enterprise solutions
• Define and implement:
  • REST/SOAP APIs
  • Event-driven and service-oriented architectures
  • Establish integration patterns:
    • Synchronous vs asynchronous communication
    • Messaging and streaming architectures
• Ensure alignment with enterprise standards, governance, and architecture principles

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Business stakeholders for requirement clarification
• Enterprise architects for design alignment
• Engineering and QA teams for implementation support
• Facilitate design reviews, walkthroughs, and architecture governance sessions
• Communicate technical trade-offs and recommend optimal solutions

Technology Strategy & Roadmap

Contribute to technology roadmaps (1–3 years) aligned with business goals

• Drive adoption of:
  • Cloud-native architectures
  • API-first and microservices strategies
  • Automation and digital transformation initiatives

Leadership & Mentorship

• Act as lead designer on large, complex initiatives
• Mentor developers, QA engineers, and junior designers
• Promote best practices in design, coding standards, and architecture patterns

Risk, Security & Compliance

• Enterprise security standards and frameworks
• Regulatory requirements (e.g., PCI-DSS, PIPEDA)
• Design secure solutions using:
  • Authentication and authorization frameworks
  • Encryption and data protection standards
  • Identify, assess, and mitigate design risks early in the lifecycle

Who you are

Technical Skills

Architecture & Design

• Expertise in designing enterprise-grade distributed systems

• Strong knowledge of:
  • Microservices architecture (DDD, bounded contexts)
  • Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
  • Event-driven architecture
  • Proficient in:
    • UML / C4 modeling techniques
    • Design patterns (CQRS, Saga, Circuit Breaker, Adapter, Factory)

API & Integration

• Strong experience designing:
  • RESTful APIs (OpenAPI/Swagger)
  • SOAP services (legacy integrations)
  • Hands-on with:
    • API gateways (Apigee, Kong, Azure API Management)
    • Middleware/ESB (MuleSoft, IBM Integration Bus)
    • Expertise in:
      • Messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
      • Data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Experience with:
  • AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, ECS/EKS, S3, RDS)
  • Azure (AKS, App Services, Functions, Service Bus)
• Strong understanding of:
  • Containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
  • Hybrid cloud and on-prem integration
• Design for:
  • High availability, fault tolerance, disaster recovery

Data & Persistence

• Strong experience with:
  • Relational databases (Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL)
  • NoSQL databases (MongoDB, DynamoDB, Cassandra)
• Expertise in:
  • Data modeling (normalization/denormalization)
  • Transaction management and consistency models
• Exposure to:
  • Data pipelines, ETL processes, and streaming architectures

Security & Compliance

• Implementation of:
  • OAuth2, OpenID Connect, SAML, JWT
• Knowledge of:
  • TLS encryption, data-at-rest protection
  • API security and zero-trust architecture
• Familiarity with:
  • Secure SDLC practices and regulatory compliance

DevOps & SDLC

• Experience with:
  • CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps)
• Strong understanding of:
  • Agile/Scrum and DevSecOps practices
• Familiarity with:
  • Code quality tools (SonarQube)
  • Deployment strategies (blue-green, canary releases)

Observability & Performance

• Experience with:
  • Monitoring/logging tools (Splunk, ELK, Prometheus, Grafana)
  • Strong capabilities in:
    • Performance tuning and load testing (JMeter, Gatling)
    • Root cause analysis and production support
• Design systems for:
  • Scalability, resilience, and latency optimization

Tools & Platforms

• Tools:
  • Jira, Confluence, GitHub/Bitbucket
• Modeling:
  • Visio, Lucidchart, Enterprise Architect
• Exposure to:
  • Banking platforms (payments, cards, lending systems)

Required Experience

• 5–10+ years in Solution Design, Architecture,
• Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale solutions in banking or financial services
• Strong background in integration-heavy environments
• Pervious Banking experience

What to expect

Besides Competitive Salary and working for one of Canadas Best Managed and Top 50 Technology Companies, you should expect:

• Purposeful Work: autonomy, resources, and time you need to do what matters for our clients and most importantly - you
• Positive Environment: recognition coupled with a flexible environment that celebrates diversity, inclusivity and encourages everyone to achieve their best
• Growth & Development: opportunities to grow professionally and personally through mentorship, training, and development programs
• Transparency & Trust: direction, purpose, mission, and expectations are never a secret; you will always know where you stand as well as where you are going
• Exclusive Perks: discounts on shopping, the gym, insurance, mobile phone plans, not to mention an office smoothie bar and enough coffee to make you vibrate
• Meaningful Benefits: life happens. You will get health, dental, vision, disability, travel insurance, and much more all covered by us
• Unforgettable Events: team bonding, BBQs, office lunches (pizza, always pizza), gala dinners, and any other excuse to have fun

Inclusion and equal opportunity employment

ML arteka is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veterans status, Aboriginal/Native American status, or any other legally-protected factors. Disability-related accommodation during the application process is available upon request.

Are you ready to join the award-winning team and help us accelerate digital transformation?