Platform Engineer

Canadian Tire Corporation•Toronto, ON

2d•CA$79,000 - CA$131,000

About The Position

The Platform Engineer will lead the design, development, and evolution of full-stack software solutions for Store and POS platforms. This role serves as the technical leader for a team of developers, providing hands-on guidance, mentorship, and code review across all phases of the SDLC. The engineer will drive strong engineering practices including clean architecture, test automation, secure coding, and maintainable design, making and guiding technical decisions that balance delivery speed, solution quality, and long-term sustainability. A language-agnostic, OO-driven approach will be promoted, enabling teams to work effectively across backend, frontend, and client-side technologies. Specific responsibilities include designing and building backend services, APIs, and integration layers that support reliable transaction processing and in-store workflows, contributing to solutions supporting in-store mobile applications and store-resident systems, and ensuring solutions are designed for store environments, including high availability, low latency, intermittent connectivity, and operational resilience. The role also involves partnering with Solution and Enterprise Architects to implement approved architecture patterns, standards, and reference designs. Collaboration with Product Owners and Project Managers to understand business requirements and translate them into technical designs, providing technical input into backlog refinement, estimates, delivery planning, and dependency management, and acting as a trusted technical partner to business stakeholders are key aspects. The engineer will also support predictable, high-quality delivery aligned with both short-term priorities and long-term platform direction. Continuous improvement of end-to-end SDLC practices, establishing and upholding engineering standards, and ensuring solutions are well-documented are also critical. In terms of DevOps, the role involves collaborating with platform and DevOps teams to enable CI/CD pipelines, ensuring systems are built with operability in mind, and contributing to deployment strategies. For Reliability, Performance & Support, the engineer will design systems with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and transaction integrity, support incident triage and root-cause analysis, and encourage observability practices. Finally, the role requires ensuring solutions comply with enterprise architecture, security, and governance standards, and providing practical feedback into standards and patterns.

Requirements

Strong, hands‑on experience as a full‑stack software engineer and technical leader.
Deep understanding of object‑oriented design, application architecture, and modern engineering practices.
Proven ability to lead teams through the full SDLC, delivering high‑quality, production‑ready software.
Experience working with integration‑heavy, distributed, and business‑critical systems.
Strong understanding of performance optimization, resiliency patterns, and error handling.
Working knowledge of CI/CD practices and DevOps tooling as they relate to application delivery.
Experience developing applications that run in containerized or cloud‑native environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
Familiarity with infrastructure‑as‑code and configuration‑driven environments is an asset.
Experience working in Agile or SAFe environments, supporting multiple squads and shared dependencies.
Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
Comfortable influencing outcomes without direct authority through technical credibility and collaboration.
Experience with retail store technology ecosystems (POS, in‑store mobility, edge or store‑resident systems) is a strong asset.

Nice To Haves

Experience with one or more object‑oriented languages, such as Java (Spring Boot) and C++
Experience with frontend or client‑side development using frameworks such as: Angular or Flutter
Ability to learn and adapt quickly to new languages and frameworks is more important than deep expertise in any single stack.
Container technologies including Docker and Kubernetes
Monitoring and observability tools such as Splunk, AppDynamics, new relic or similar

Responsibilities

Lead the design, development, and evolution of full‑stack software solutions for Store and POS platforms.
Serve as the technical leader for a team of developers, providing hands‑on guidance, mentorship, and code review across all phases of the SDLC.
Drive strong engineering practices including clean architecture, test automation, secure coding, and maintainable design.
Make and guide technical decisions that balance delivery speed, solution quality, and long‑term sustainability.
Promote a language‑agnostic, OO‑driven approach, enabling teams to work effectively across backend, frontend, and client‑side technologies.
Design and build backend services, APIs, and integration layers that support reliable transaction processing and in‑store workflows.
Contribute to solutions supporting in‑store mobile applications and store‑resident systems.
Ensure solutions are designed for store environments, including high availability, low latency, intermittent connectivity, and operational resilience.
Partner with Solution and Enterprise Architects to implement approved architecture patterns, standards, and reference designs.
Work closely with Product Owners and Project Managers to understand business requirements and translate them into clear technical designs.
Provide technical input into backlog refinement, estimates, delivery planning, and dependency management.
Act as a trusted technical partner to business stakeholders, clearly communicating constraints, trade‑offs, risks, and implementation options.
Support predictable, high‑quality delivery aligned with both short‑term priorities and long‑term platform direction.
Lead and continuously improve end‑to‑end SDLC practices, from design and implementation through testing, deployment, and production support.
Establish and uphold engineering standards for source control, branching strategies, automated testing, and documentation.
Ensure solutions are well‑documented and support effective onboarding and long‑term maintainability.
Collaborate with platform and DevOps teams to enable CI/CD pipelines that support rapid and safe application delivery.
Ensure systems are built with operability in mind, including deployment readiness, monitoring, and rollback capability.
Contribute to deployment strategies such as phased rollouts and controlled releases appropriate for store‑critical systems.
Design systems with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and transaction integrity.
Support incident triage and root‑cause analysis, driving code‑level and design improvements to prevent recurrence.
Encourage observability practices that provide visibility into application behaviour across store locations.
Ensure solutions comply with enterprise architecture, security, and governance standards.
Provide practical feedback into standards and patterns based on hands‑on development experience.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits and retirement programs
Performance incentives
Continuing Education Programs
Other perks to support your well-being
Career growth opportunities
Product discounts
Store discounts
Supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy
Canadian Tire Profit Sharing
Retirement and savings programs for eligible employees
Mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families
Total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees