A career as a Senior Solutions Architect on the team responsible of Digital and Core Banking Services at National Bank means working on a digital transformation that will allow you to excel while working closely with the various sectors at National Bank of Canada. In this role, you can have a positive impact on our organization with your expertise in system integration, in Domain Driven Design (DDD), on Mobile solution and Cloud services, on delivering large-scale business solutions or by your strong business acumen and excellent communication and influence skills.

Your role

• Solution Design: Collaborate with stakeholders to understand their business needs (functional and non-functional) with the aim of designing quality end-to-end technical solutions that are composable and aligned with business objectives
• Integration Technology Expertise: Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies, platforms, and appropriate tools for each project and ensure solutions are scalable, secure and compliant with industry standards
• Integration Pattern: Identify the most appropriate integration patterns, such as APIs, streaming, MSA, containerization/serverless which allow scalability, maintainability and which are decoupled, secure and at lower cost
• Domain Driven Design (DDD): Apply DDD principles to solve complex problems while delivering a composable architecture
• Web and Mobile Technology: Design modular, reusable and interoperable web and mobile solutions for easy integration and rapid creation of omnichannel, responsive and simple experiences
• Cloud expertise: Produce native or hybrid Cloud solutions by identifying the most appropriate AWS services to the project context such as Serverless and/or containers
• Security and Risk Management Expertise: Develop and implement robust security measures to protect data, applications and systems and ensure data security, privacy and regulatory compliance
• Leadership and Customer Engagement: Act as a trusted advisor to customers, presenting and explaining technical solutions while leading and mentoring a team of developers throughout the project lifecycle.

Your team

The IT team is made up of more than 2,300 proactive, collaborative experts who work with agility to seize opportunities, stay on the cutting edge of technology, and continuously improve our processes.

You will be part of a team with a mission to design innovative and efficient solutions to enhance our customers' experience. Our team stands out with extensive and in-depth expertise in various technological and business domains, covering aspects related to applications, data, security, and cloud. We want to contribute to your quality of life by offering you as much flexibility as possible. For example, we offer a hybrid work environment along with a modular schedule that you can adapt to your needs.

The Bank values ongoing development and internal mobility. Our personalized training programs with on-the-job learning help you become skilled in your role and develop new fields of expertise. Tools such as Udemy, the Data Academy, language training, Harvard Manage Mentor, coaching, and mentoring support are always available.

Prerequisites

• Completed bachelor’s degree in information technology, and ten years of relevant experience or master’s degree in information technology, and eight years of relevant experience.
• Proven experience as a solutions architect, focusing on large-scale, complex solutions.
• In-depth knowledge of software design and development using JEE, Spring Boot, Kafka, and frontend technologies React and/or Angular.
• Deep knowledge and hands-on experience in API security standards and implementation (SSO, OAuth2, OIDC…)
• Proficient in AWS cloud services, such as EKS and Serverless, as well as structured and unstructured databases, such as Auror, RDS, DynamoDB, Elastic cache Redis and S3.
• Mastery of concepts, technologies, and solutions of a modern ecosystem, including Composable architecture, micro-services, APIs, Event Driven Architecture, Web and Mobile solutions, security & Cloud services
• Strong understanding of the full mobile development/release life cycle.
• Deep knowledge of Rest, WebSocket and SSE.
• Experience with performance and optimization solutions.
• Holding an AWS Solution Architect Associate or Professional certification is an asset.

Your benefits
In addition to competitive compensation, upon hiring you’ll be eligible for a wide range of flexible benefits to help promote your wellbeing and that of your family.

• Health and wellness program, including many options
• Flexible group insurance
• Generous pension plan
• Employee Share Ownership Plan
• Employee and Family Assistance Program
• Preferential banking services
• Opportunities to get involved in community initiatives
• Telemedicine service
• Virtual sleep clinic

These are a few of the benefits available to you. We have an offer that keeps up with trends as well as your needs and those of your family.
Our dynamic work environments and cutting-edge collaboration tools foster a positive employee experience. We actively listen to employees’ ideas. Whether through our surveys or programs, regular feedback and ongoing communication is encouraged.
We're putting people first
We're a bank on a human scale that stands out for its courage, entrepreneurial culture, and passion for people. Our mission is to have a positive impact on peoples' lives. Our core values of partnership, agility, and empowerment inspire us, and inclusivity is central to our commitments. We offer a barrier-free workplace that is accessible to all employees.
We want our recruitment process to be fully accessible. If you require accommodation, feel free to let us know during your first conversations with us. We welcome all candidates! What can you bring to our team?
Come live your ambitions with us!