Application Architect - Enterprise & AI

Accommodations Plus International•Markham, ON

86d•$130,000 - $140,000

About The Position

This is a delivery-focused architecture role responsible for turning business and product requirements into technical solutions. The Application Architect serves as the technical lead on product and platform initiatives, working closely with delivery teams, product owners, and engineering leads to make sound architecture decisions and keep initiatives on track. The role is embedded in agile delivery and designs AI-enabled features, integrations, and services with security, compliance, and responsible AI practices included from the outset. The architect produces solution designs and documentation, including component diagrams, integration specifications, data models, sequence flows, API contracts, event schemas, and Architecture Decision Records. They design AI-enabled features and workflows such as LLM integrations, agentic flows, retrieval-augmented generation, and tool-use patterns, aligning them with enterprise architecture standards. They also guide engineering teams through delivery, contribute architecture estimates for Gate 0 and Gate 1, document assumptions and risks, and coordinate across teams that own shared platforms, APIs, or data services. The role works across a modern cloud-native environment that includes AWS, Java, Angular, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Amazon Kiro, Kafka, SQS, and GitHub. The architect participates in sprint ceremonies, backlog refinement, design reviews, and integration checkpoints, and works with the Principal Architect on standards alignment, pattern exceptions, and cross-initiative design issues. The position offers structured career development, including regular mentorship from the Principal Architect, a fortnightly architecture community of practice, support for relevant certifications and industry events, and a defined path toward Principal Architect and potentially Enterprise Architect roles. The position is remote for candidates based in the United States or may be based at the corporate headquarters in Melville, NY, or the Markham, Ontario office. The role operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment.

Requirements

5–10 years of experience in software engineering.
Meaningful experience in solution or technical architecture roles on multi-team delivery programs.
Solid AWS cloud architecture experience, including services, networking, data, and security patterns in a delivery context.
Hands-on experience designing and integrating AI-powered features, including LLMs, RAG patterns, and agentic workflows.
Strong integration design skills across APIs, event-driven systems, service boundaries, and resilience patterns.
Good working knowledge of backend services, preferably in the Java ecosystem, data systems, and front-end integration points.
Experience in regulated environments involving PCI/PII requirements and the ability to embed compliance requirements into designs.
Ability to produce clear architecture artefacts, including component diagrams, sequence diagrams, ADRs, and integration specifications.
Strong written communication: readable design documentation, explicit assumptions, and clearly explained trade-offs.
Ability to build trust quickly with delivery teams, clarify complex issues, and challenge scope, surface risk, and unblock delivery.

Nice To Haves

AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification.
TOGAF or other architecture framework knowledge.
Experience attending relevant industry events and conferences.

Responsibilities

Translate product and business requirements into technical solution designs, including component diagrams, integration specifications, data models, and sequence flows.
Apply enterprise reference architecture and appropriate architectural patterns to initiatives.
Design AI-enabled features and workflows, including LLM integrations, agentic flows, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and tool-use patterns.
Define integration approaches for APIs, event-driven systems, surrounding services, and external platforms, including contracts, resilience patterns, and boundaries.
Partner with AppSec and risk functions to embed security controls, PCI/PII requirements, and responsible AI practices in solution design.
Guide and review engineering work throughout delivery, including attending design sessions and reviewing pull requests where appropriate.
Prepare Gate 0 (ROM) and Gate 1 (detailed) architecture estimates, documenting assumptions, risks, and dependencies.
Produce solution architectures and integration designs that enable engineering teams to build with minimal clarification.
Document significant architectural decisions in ADRs and lead preparation and presentation of solutions for review by the Principal Architect.
Participate in sprint ceremonies, backlog refinement sessions, design reviews, sprint reviews, and integration checkpoints.
Negotiate integration contracts, resolve boundary disputes, and align with teams that own shared platforms, APIs, and data services.
Contribute architectural observations to the Principal Architect to inform refinement of enterprise patterns.
Evaluate emerging AI capabilities critically and integrate them where they improve outcomes.
Perform additional responsibilities if designated as a Data Protection Champion (DPC), Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO), or Information Assurance Accounting Officer (IAAO).

Benefits

Annual discretionary bonus, with eligibility and payout based on individual and company performance.
Regular one-on-one mentorship from the Principal Architect.
Fortnightly architecture community of practice for learning and sharing delivery lessons.
Support for professional development, including cloud certifications, architecture frameworks, and relevant industry events and conferences.
Defined architecture career path with support for progression toward Principal Architect and Enterprise Architect roles.

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