Strategic AI & Data Platform Architect

canadiantirecorporation; Toronto; On-site; CAD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (CTC) seeks a Principal Architect - AI & Data Platforms in Toronto to shape the enterprise AI strategy and build scalable data ecosystems. You will drive architecture across AI, data platforms, and governance, aligning business needs with standards and modern cloud capabilities.

You will lead architectural practice, mentor teams, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver end-to-end solutions that enable data-driven decision making and innovation at scale.

Qualifications

• 5-10+ years in enterprise architecture, data platforms, or AI/ML.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale AI/data solutions.
• Agentic AI experience: Tool Usage, Agentic Orchestration, LLMs, AgentOps.
• GenAI: LLMs, Monitoring, LLMOps, Observability, RAG.
• Experience with lakehouse architectures and Databricks/Synapse.
• Cloud platforms: Azure preferred; AWS/GCP knowledge beneficial.
• Big data: Spark/Hadoop.
• CI/CD and IaC (Terraform).
• Containerization and orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes.
• Strong communication and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the AI and Data Platform architecture strategy and roadmap.
• Architect scalable AI/ML systems on Azure or other clouds.
• Lead governance, security, and compliance across data and AI.
• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to translate requirements.
• Mentor architecture teams and promote standardization and reuse.
• Lead enterprise-wide solution blueprints for data platforms, pipelines, BI, governance.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

AI/ML architecture

Data platforms

GenAI/LLMs

Cloud platforms (Azure)

Big data (Spark/Hadoop)

DevOps/CI/CD

Kubernetes/Docker

Governance & Compliance

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/Engineering

Tools

Azure

Databricks

Synapse

Unity Catalog

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Spark

Job description

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (CTC) seeks a Principal Architect - AI & Data Platforms in Toronto to shape the enterprise AI strategy and build scalable data ecosystems. You will drive architecture across AI, data platforms, and governance, aligning business needs with standards and modern cloud capabilities.

You will lead architectural practice, mentor teams, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver end-to-end solutions that enable data-driven decision making and innovation at scale.