Senior Solutions Architect - Wealth Tech & Architecture Leader

National Bank of Canada; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness program

Flexible group insurance

Generous pension plan

Employee Share Ownership Plan

Employee and family assistance program

Preferential banking services

Community initiatives

Telemedicine service

Virtual sleep clinic

Job summary

National Bank of Canada is seeking a Chief Solutions Architect for the Wealth Management team to lead design and implementation of innovative technology solutions. You will mobilize experts, promote governance, and guide delivery across development and production.

Strong leadership, architecture practice, and experience with APIs, Kafka, Kubernetes, and cloud relevant to financial services are required. Fluency in French and English preferred; relocation to Montreal may be considered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 7–10 years in solutions architecture or equivalent.
• Experience as a Solutions Architect in financial services.
• 5+ years with APIs, microservices, ESBs, Kafka and related tech.

Responsibilities

• Lead design of solutions meeting functional and non-functional requirements.
• Mobilize subject matter experts to design architecture aligned with strategy.
• Promote architecture governance and conduct peer reviews.
• Evaluate costs and ensure delivery from development to production.

Skills

APIs

Microservices

ESBs

Kafka

Java

Kubernetes

Relational Databases

NoSQL Databases

Security Concepts

AWS Cloud

Decision Making

DevOps

Architecture Governance

Teamwork

Influencing

Agile Methodologies

Domain-Driven Design

Technology Integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

AWS

Job description

National Bank of Canada is seeking a Chief Solutions Architect for the Wealth Management team to lead design and implementation of innovative technology solutions. You will mobilize experts, promote governance, and guide delivery across development and production.

Strong leadership, architecture practice, and experience with APIs, Kafka, Kubernetes, and cloud relevant to financial services are required. Fluency in French and English preferred; relocation to Montreal may be considered.