Retail Solution Architect

Canadian Tire Corporation • Mississauga, ON

4d • $80,000 - $131,000

About The Position

We’re looking for multiple Retail Solution Architects to design and govern end-to-end solutions across the retail value chain—Supply Chain & Logistics, Store Technology, Merchandising, eCommerce/Digital, and enabling capabilities including AI/ML, data platforms, integration, and cloud. You will translate business outcomes into secure, scalable, and resilient architectures, partnering closely with product, engineering, data, security, and operations teams.

Requirements

• 7+ years in technology with 3+ years in solution or technical architecture roles.
• Experience delivering solutions across retail platforms (supply chain, stores, merchandising, and/or digital).
• Strong experience with API-led and event-driven integration architectures.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure and/or GCP) including networking, identity, and deployment models.
• Strong understanding of security, resiliency, performance, and observability.
• Architecture modeling (C4, UML, sequence/data flows, domain models).
• Strong analytical thinking and decision-making.
• Clear, concise written and verbal communication.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with retail enterprise platforms such as OMS, POS, WMS/TMS, ERP, PIM, pricing or promotion engines.
• Data platform and analytics architecture experience (lakehouse/warehouse patterns, streaming).
• AI/ML or GenAI architecture exposure, including deployment, monitoring, and responsible AI considerations.
• Store edge computing or offline-first architecture experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead solution architecture for initiatives across supply chain, stores, merchandising, and digital platforms.
• Produce and maintain architecture deliverables: high-level designs, integration flows, sequence diagrams, data flows, NFRs, deployment views, and architecture decision records (ADRs).
• Define target-state architectures and transition roadmaps aligned to enterprise standards.
• Ensure solutions meet non-functional requirements: availability, performance, resiliency, scalability, security, and operability.
• Architect solutions across domains including: Supply Chain & Logistics: demand planning, replenishment, inventory visibility, WMS/TMS integration, ASN, yard management, DC automation, last-mile.
• Store Technology: POS, store inventory, handhelds, RFID, edge solutions, offline/nearline patterns, store networking.
• Merchandising: PIM, pricing & promotions, assortment planning, vendor onboarding, space/category analytics.
• Digital & Omnichannel: eCommerce, order management, fulfillment orchestration (BOPIS/ship-from-store), returns, customer identity.
• Design cloud-first solutions using Azure and/or Google Cloud architecture best practices.
• Architect enterprise integration using APIs, event-driven patterns, streaming, and batch.
• Partner with data and AI teams to enable: AI/ML lifecycle architecture (training pipelines, deployment patterns, inference), GenAI-enabled use cases with responsible AI guardrails, Advanced decisioning for forecasting, pricing, inventory, personalization, and fraud.
• Promote strong data architecture practices: domain-aligned models, master/reference data, lineage, and privacy.
• Participate in and lead architecture reviews; provide guardrails without slowing delivery.
• Define and promote reusable reference architectures and patterns.
• Ensure secure-by-design and operationally ready solutions in partnership with security and SRE teams.
• Mentor engineers and analysts; contribute to architecture and engineering communities of practice.
• Work with Product, Engineering, and Business leaders to shape solution options and trade-offs.
• Clearly communicate architectural intent, risks, and decisions to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Act as a trusted advisor during delivery and planning.

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed