Solution Architect

The role

The Solution Architect designs scalable, secure, and business-aligned technology solutions. This person acts as a bridge between business stakeholders, product teams, and technology teams to translate requirements into end-to-end designs.

What you will do

• Design end-to-end technology solutions for scalability, security, maintainability, and performance.
• Translate business requirements into architecture, blueprints, and technical roadmaps.
• Define application, integration, data, and infrastructure architectures.
• Partner with business leaders and product teams to understand goals and future-state capabilities.
• Lead discovery sessions and architecture workshops.
• Design and oversee integrations between customer-facing platforms and internal or third-party systems.
• Lead architecture decisions involving cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure.
• Collaborate with data and analytics teams to support reporting and data-driven decision making.
• Provide architecture governance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure solutions adhere to cybersecurity, privacy, compliance, and regulatory requirements.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in Solution Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Technology Consulting, Systems Integration, or Software Engineering.
• Experience designing and implementing enterprise technology solutions within Financial Services, FinTech, Banking, Lending, or other highly regulated industries.
• Proven experience supporting technology transformation and modernization initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture principles and solution design methodologies.
• Experience designing customer-facing systems with complex back-office integrations.
• Hands-on experience integrating with third-party providers, including credit bureaus, alternative data providers, payment systems, and external APIs.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure.
• Knowledge of Microsoft .NET technologies, web services, APIs, databases, and distributed systems.
• Experience with SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and NoSQL databases.
• Understanding middleware technologies, enterprise service buses (ESB), and integration platforms.
• Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and modern software development practices.

Nice to have

• Ideally experience with Telephony and/or Retail and/or Digital
• Agile & Waterfall experience is ideal
• Architecture Gates and Review Boards

Benefits

• Discretionary Annual Bonus based on individual performance and company success
• Health and dental plans with 100% of the premiums covered
• Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement savings options
• Reimbursement for tuition assistance and professional development
• Discounts through Perkopolis
• Rewards and recognition programs

About the company

Momentum Financial Services Group (MFSG) is the team behind Money Mart, Canada’s largest non-bank branch network. They provide financial solutions like short-term loans, money transfers, and prepaid cards to underserved communities.