Canadian Tire Corporation is seeking a Platform Architect, Integrations to own and evolve the enterprise integration architecture, ensuring scalability, resilience, and loose coupling across distributed systems.
Responsibilities Own and evolve the enterprise integration architecture supporting scalability, resilience, and loose coupling across distributed systems
Provide architectural oversight through design reviews and technical guidance grounded in hands‑on integration experience
Define and champion modern integration patterns with a strong emphasis on asynchronous, event‑driven, and streaming architectures
Define, document, and maintain enterprise integration patterns, reference architectures, and standards
Define enterprise REST API standards including resource modelling, HTTP semantics, versioning, and long‑term compatibility strategies
Establish and govern the API platform using Azure API Management as a shared enterprise capability
Guide technology selection across integration platforms, balancing throughput, latency, reliability, and cost
Provide technical leadership for complex, cross-domain integration scenarios and mission‑critical production flows
Partner with engineering teams to ensure architectures are production‑ready, observable, and aligned with platform and security standards
Shape microservices interaction patterns and determine when to use synchronous APIs versus asynchronous or event‑driven integration
Work closely with Enterprise Architects, platform teams, application teams, and security partners




Requirements Proven experience architecting enterprise‑scale integration solutions across distributed systems
Deep expertise in integration architecture patterns including event‑driven, asynchronous messaging, and streaming architectures
Hands‑on Java development experience building production‑grade services
Practical understanding of Azure infrastructure including AKS, Azure Service Bus, Azure AD, RBAC, APIM, and Azure security principles
5+ years in a Senior Architectural role (preferred)
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
2+ years in an Agile delivery organization (SAFe certification preferred)
Experience designing and building APIs on AKS, integrating with broker‑based messaging systems (Azure Service Bus, Kafka, Pulsar)
Experience with streaming platforms such as Kafka or Pulsar
Experience operating integration workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service
Background defining enterprise‑wide integration governance or platform operating models
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Benefits Salary range: $80,000 – $131,000 per year
Comprehensive benefits and retirement programs
Performance incentives and continuing education programs
Mental health benefits of $5,000 per year
Growth opportunities opportunities and product discounts
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5+ years in a Senior Architectural role, Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering, 2+ years in Agile delivery, deep expertise in event‑driven and asynchronous integration patterns, hands‑on Java development, Azure platform experience including AKS and APIM

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📌 Platform Architect, Integrations (Ontario)
🏢 Canadian Tire
📍 Ontario