Solution Architect
Momentum Financial Services Group18 hours ago
Toronto, CanadaSenior
Responsibilities
- Design scalable, secure, maintainable, and performant end-to-end technology solutions.
- Translate business requirements into architecture blueprints, solution designs, integration patterns, and technical roadmaps.
- Define application, integration, data, and infrastructure architectures for enterprise initiatives.
- Partner with business leaders, product teams, stakeholders, vendors, developers, and project managers on solution strategy and delivery.
- Lead discovery sessions and architecture workshops supporting process improvement, automation, modernization, and transformation.
- Design and oversee integrations with internal systems, third-party vendors, credit bureaus, alternative data providers, payment systems, and external partners.
- Lead architecture decisions involving AWS and Azure and support cloud modernization, migration, and optimization.
- Define data flows, data integration strategies, governance requirements, and architecture standards for reporting and analytics.
- Provide architecture governance, conduct reviews, and ensure implementations align with approved designs and enterprise standards.
- Identify technology risks and incorporate cybersecurity, privacy, compliance, resiliency, disaster recovery, and operational readiness considerations.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or a related discipline.
- At least 8 years of progressive experience in solution architecture, enterprise architecture, technology consulting, systems integration, or software engineering.
- Experience designing and implementing enterprise technology solutions in financial services, FinTech, banking, lending, or another highly regulated industry.
- Proven experience supporting technology transformation and modernization initiatives.
- Experience designing customer-facing systems with complex back-office integrations and third-party providers.
- Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture principles, solution design, cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure, web services, APIs, databases, distributed systems, and integration platforms.
- Knowledge of Microsoft .NET technologies, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and NoSQL databases.
- Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, modern software development practices, COTS software, and workflow or process automation solutions.
- Experience with telephony, retail, or digital environments is ideal.
- Agile and Waterfall experience and exposure to architecture gates and review boards are ideal.
- Strong stakeholder management, business acumen, communication, presentation, facilitation, and cross-functional influencing skills.
Benefits
- Hybrid work environment balancing remote work and in-office work.
- Health and dental plans with 100% of premiums covered.
- Employee Assistance Program and mental-well-being resources.
- Retirement savings plans.
- Discretionary annual bonus based on individual performance and company success.
- Tuition assistance, professional development reimbursement, Perkopolis discounts, and rewards and recognition programs.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Momentum Financial Services Group
Momentum Financial Services Group (MFSG) provides alternative financial services—short-term and installment loans, check cashing, money transfers, foreign currency, and prepaid cards—to consumers and small businesses. The Toronto-based private company operates the Money Mart brand, Canada’s largest non-bank branch network, and serves customers across Canada and the United States through retail locations and digital channels. MFSG has more than 40 years of operating history.