Slalom is a fiercely human business and technology consulting company that leads with outcomes to bring more value, in all ways, always. From strategy through delivery, our agile teams across 52 offices in 12 countries collaborate with clients to bring powerful customer experiences, innovative ways of working, and new products and services to life. We are trusted by leaders across the Global 1000, many successful enterprise and mid-market companies, and 500+ public sector organizations to improve operations, drive growth, and create value.

Slalom is a fiercely human business and technology consulting company that leads with outcomes to bring more value, in all ways, always. From strategy through delivery, our agile teams across 52 offices in 12 countries collaborate with clients to bring powerful customer experiences, creative ways of working, and new products and services to life. We are trusted by leaders across the Global 1000, many successful enterprise and mid-market companies, and 500+ public sector organizations to improve operations, drive growth, and create value.

As a Software Architect, you will own the architecture of client solutions while pioneering the next generation of AI-empowered software development. You’ll lead teams in adopting AI-first engineering practices-bringing clarity, structure, and guardrails to how organizations build with generative AI. You’ll join a tightly knit product team -engineers, product leaders, designers, and data practitioners, who co-create modern software with our customers.

We move from discovery to delivery together, pairing on code, pressure-testing ideas with real users, and turning learnings into ship-ready increments.



You’ll collaborate with customer stakeholders and field teams to bring outside-in insights into the roadmap, and you’ll help enable clients on the practices and tools we use so they can sustain value long after launch. Redefine the AI-first SDLC: Design flows, patterns, and guardrails that integrate generative AI from ideation through operations.

Lead with context engineering: Apply and guide strategies like prompt templating, embeddings, retrieval-augmented generation, and data grounding to ensure AI-driven development is accurate, reliable, and safe. Orchestrate multi-developer environments where AI agents and engineers work side by side-ensuring productivity, quality, and responsible adoption. Ship AI-enabled platforms: Stay hands-on: Own product architecture while prototyping and hardening AI-driven solutions using modern DevOps and observability practices.

Coach teams and client stakeholders on AI-accelerated ways of working; translate complex AI concepts into clear business outcomes.

Experience: 6+ years building and operating production software, with proven leadership in system or platform architecture. Hands-on AI-accelerated development: GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code) beyond basic chat interfaces.

Experience delivering solutions where multiple developers collaborated with generative AI and AI agents using context engineering strategies.

Programming skills:



Proficiency in languages like TypeScript/Node, Python, or Java; comfort with React/Next and modern frameworks.

Cloud & DevOps: Strong background with AWS/Azure/GCP, Kubernetes, CI/CD, IaC, and production observability. Ability to guide teams, mentor engineers, and articulate value to both technical and business audiences.

Bonus

Skills AI orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex), vector databases, or model routing experience. MLOps, AI governance, or safety practices. Contributions to open source or thought leadership in AI-accelerated engineering.

Hybrid/In office: In addition, there is potential for a 10% discretionary bonus for Architect, and 12% for Sr. Architect, based on individual and company performance. Holiday parties Employee community groups Social clubs & activities Vacation (20 days prorated based on start date & wellness/sick days) 100 cell phone monthly reimbursement ~ Registered Retirement Program (RRSP) & Employer Matching ~ Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) ~ Maternity/Parental Leave Top-Up ~ Medical & Dental Benefits ~ Life and AD&D; Insurance ~ Access to Supplementary Life and AD&D; Insurance ~ Access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Inkblot Therapy ~ Slalom is an inclusive, equal opportunity employer dedicated to building a diverse workforce.

We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will work to reasonably accommodate applicants’ needs throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process. At Slalom, we leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance the efficiency and scalability of our recruitment process.To learn more about how we leverage AI please read our TA AI Usage policy here.

📌 Software Architect - AI Accelerated Engineering Lead (Calgary)
🏢 Slalom
📍 Calgary