We're seeking an experienced
**Solution Architect**
to own the technical design of our platform solutions and drive architectural decisions from concept through delivery.

You'll be the primary technical authority for complex implementation challenges — shaping modernization strategies, leading AI adoption, and ensuring engineering teams execute against cohesive solution designs.

This is a highly collaborative role where you'll guide teams, influence direction, and occasionally get hands-on to prove out patterns, all within a regulated financial services environment.
_New Role – The recruiting efforts for this position are intended to fill an existing vacancy for a new position._
**Responsibilities**
Define and own solution architecture — transform strategic vision into actionable solution designs, establish reusable patterns, and resolve complex design and feasibility challenges
Lead technical decision-making — facilitate solution discussions, perform root cause analyses, and drive consensus across product, SRE, DBA, and engineering teams (~80% collaboration, <20% hands-on coding)
Architect for modernization and integration — design end-to-end solutions for migration, system retirement, and distributed system interoperability, managing dependencies across products and teams
Champion automation and delivery excellence — define solution standards for CI/CD, automated testing, and performance engineering to meet or exceed SLOs
Drive innovation and technology evaluation — lead proof-of-concepts, technical spikes, and emerging technology research (including AI) to assess solution fit for business needs




Elevate technical maturity — mentor and coach senior engineers, enforce code governance and documentation standards, and review solution-impacting features to raise the bar across the organization
**Requirements**
8+ years of enterprise software engineering experience, with at least 2 years in an architectural or senior technical leadership capacity
Robust architecture-level proficiency in Java, Kafka, and event-driven systems, with experience designing solutions on Azure cloud (other cloud platforms acceptable)
Deep knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases (Postgres, Oracle, MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB, etc.) and proven ability to architect high-availability, distributed production systems
Familiarity with Web

Logic and legacy middleware; understanding of mainframe systems (integration, migration, or modernization) is a strong plus
Experience leading AI adoption — evaluating and embedding AI/ML capabilities into solution designs and engineering workflows
Demonstrated ability to lead engineers architecturally, drive cross-functional collaboration, and make trade-off decisions in regulated environments (investment/banking preferred)
**We offer**
Extended Healthcare with Prescription Drugs, Dental and Vision,



and Healthcare Spending Account (Company Paid)
Life and AD&D; Insurance (Company Paid)
Employee Assistance Program (Company Paid)
Telehealth (Company Paid)
Short-term Disability (Company Paid)
Long-Term Disability
Paid Time Off (including vacation and sick days)
Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with Company match
Maternity/Parental/Adoption Leave Top-up
Employee Stock Purchase Program
Critical Illness Insurance
Employee Discounts
Unlimited access to Linked

In learning solutions
EPAM Systems, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.

We recognize the value of diversity and inclusion in creating success for our customers, business partners, shareholders, employees and communities.

We are committed to recruiting, hiring, developing and promoting employees without discrimination.

As a global employer, this commitment includes complying with all laws in the countries in which we operate.

Nevertheless, we believe equal employment practices should not be limited to what the law requires.

Equal opportunity and inclusion are essential to motivate, empower and recognize the best in everyone.

At EPAM, employment actions are based on individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, pregnancy status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital or familial status, national origin, ancestry, genetics, age, disability status, veteran status, citizenship status when otherwise legally able to work, or any other characteristic protected by law.

📌 Solution Architect (Canada)
🏢 EPAM Systems
📍 Canada