Solution Architect

Financial Services

SolutionArchitect-PublicInvestmentPlatform

$105–155k Toronto, Ontario, Canada FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.

The Brief

“Solution Architect - Public Investment Platform at Solution Architect. Skills: Solution Architecture, Data Architecture, AI Native Solutions. Design applications. Develop applications”

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Identify performance issues; Identify reliability issues; Develop action plans for improvement; Implement corrective action

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Computer Science or Engineering degree, Equivalent education

Nice to Have

Experience working with AI tools, Experience with AI platforms, Snowflake Intelligence experience, Cortex AI experience, DataBricks experience, Azure AI services experience, Azure OpenAI experience

What You'll Do.

Maintain applications

Translate requirements

Contribute to data architecture

Consult on data models

Design data access layers

Collaborate with enterprise teams

Ensure solution compliance

Work with existing code

Implement new technologies

Provide thought leadership

Evolve technical design

Improve development patterns

Design scalable architectures

Design resilient architectures

Integrate third party products

Design technical solutions

Design data structures

Design data integration patterns

Introduce architectural standards

Introduce design standards

Introduce implementation standards

Understand functional requirements

Understand data requirements

Develop technical strategies

Communicate strategies to members

Deliver architecturally sound solutions

Conduct design reviews

Perform knowledge transfer

Monitor quality metrics

Monitor delivery metrics

Make system solution decisions

Make data design decisions

Make integration decisions

Communicate decisions

Maintain technology currency

Prepare technology recommendations

Identify technical issues

Implement corrective action

Ensure solution conformity

Develop using appropriate technologies

Develop using engineering practices

Design key technical components

Develop technology strategy

Provide leadership in planning

Align development with patterns

Promote collaboration

Provide guidance on architecture

Provide guidance on data analysis

Provide guidance on data modelling

Provide guidance on design

Provide guidance on coding

Provide technical leadership

Provide technical expertise

Provide technical oversight

Provide technical perspective

Guide development teams on design patterns

Guide development teams on APIs

Guide development teams on messaging

Guide development teams on data platform technologies

Enhance development with AI

Enhance delivery with AI

Enhance business processes with AI

Define integration patterns

Define data access design

Communicate technical requirements

Communicate key issues

Set expectations for delivery

Provide timely updates

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Software engineering teams; Enterprise Architecture teams; AI platform teams; Project teams; Product Engineering team; Development teams; Enterprise Data Architecture teams

Communication Scope

Verbal communication; Written communication; Coaching; Mentoring; Presentation; Conflict resolution; Negotiation; Expectation management

Full Job Description

## **The opportunity** The Solution Architect is responsible for the design, development and maintenance, of applications that provide services and solutions to business partners. This role will translate functional requirements into technical solution design and architecture. This role is also responsible for providing guidance for technical decisions being made within software development and data engineering initiatives. The role is accountable for contributing to data architecture activities, including delivering and consulting on logical and physical data models, virtualized and persistent integrated data sets, data access layer designs, and other data management aspects of solution development as part of the wholistic suite of technology solutions provided to business teams. Also, the role will collaborate with enterprise technology teams to ensure solutions are compliant with OTPP Enterprise compliance, governance and security standards. ## **Who you 'll work with** You will work to develop and support the Public Investment Analytics Platform designed to support investment teams across OTPP’s Capital Markets (CM) and Total Fund Management (TFM) business units. You will collaborate closely with software engineering teams that directly support the CM and TFM business units to identify, develop and support software and data products and services that enhance business capabilities and optimize the support and maintenance of regular business processes. You will also collaborate with Enterprise Architecture teams to influence standards, participate in governance discussions, and ensure consistent application of software and data development and delivery best practices across projects. Additionally, you will work closely with AI platform teams to design AI native solutions as well as enhance existing solutions with AI capabilities. ## **What you 'll do** * Create new code and work with existing code to provide well-designed solutions that are strategically aligned,

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