Solutions Architect

About Global Skills Hub

Global Skills Hub helps international technical talent to find jobs with Canadian companies and relocate to Canada.

We match developers from all around the world with suitable remote or relocation jobs with Canada's top tech companies. We exclusively partner with employers that are open to sponsoring your visa costs and we also help with the entire immigration process.

We're on a mission to solve one of the biggest challenges for high-growth companies across Canada: the shortage of highly skilled and experienced technical talent. 
At the same time, we are committed to helping tech professionals integrate into a safe and diverse environment, that ensures a path to a thriving life and career.

P.S. We don’t charge our candidates any fees.

Position

Our hiring partner, based in Toronto, is a leading product innovation firm, focused on the strategy, design, and development of cutting-edge apps (certified as “Great Place to Work, Canada”). Their comprehensive 360-degree product development process includes ideation, research, app strategy, design, development, maintenance, and customer acquisition. Through its R&D division, the company builds solutions with emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Blockchain.

They are looking for an experienced Solutions Architect to join their team.

Role description:

The Solutions Architect role is essential in ensuring the success of the clients. You have a solid background in software architecture as well as working closely with clients in an active partnership model. The candidate should be an excellent communicator who is able to translate complex requirements into functional architecture, having hands-on experience in software development, able to manage complex programs and can explain complex concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

You will work directly with the clients from the first conversations all the way through to final delivery. Your role is that of a trusted partner to the company’s clients; You will be instrumental in defining the overall approach to how organizations architect their solutions as well as helping them grow as companies.

Responsibilities:

• Understanding business and technical requirements, assessing multiple technical alternatives and recommending the most optimal technical solution architecture
• Recommending mobile/web/backend technologies that can help clients solve their business goals and challenges
• Manages activities that take place during solution ideation, solution design, and solution implementation
• Assist in the clients’ understanding of modern software architectures
• Responsible for establishment of an IT Architecture practice, and the adoption of an architecture and standards methodology
• Design, estimate and propose solutions for projects and work with the team and client delivery teams to ensure they are successful
• Implementing application development/engineering methodologies, processes, and practices, to meet all project requirements; including product design, information security, code maintainability and reliability
• Helping to communicate to clients and potential clients in a written format the benefits and considerations for building a modern mobile or web application
• Speaking in front of large groups of potential clients at technical and non-technical conferences
• Always learning, and being ahead of the curve not only with your understanding of mobile & web app architecture
• Assist with troubleshooting and resolving complex production system issues, including critical issues that might occur outside of normal business hours

Your qualification

• Minimum 4+ year’s Technical Solution architect experience building complex software systems
• Strong experience with Native App projects (mobile and web solutions and architectures)
• Strong interest in Mobile and Web based technologies (Bonus points if you have experience with Flutter, React Native, Angular, Node, React, Vue, etc.)
• Strong working experience with one or more programming and scripting languages such as JavaScript, SQL, .NET, Java, Python, PHP, Ruby, PERL, C++, etc.
• Lead technical architecture discussions and help drive technical decisions
• Experience with large-scale, distributed, micro-service or event-based architectures
• Should have experience in building complex solutions on MEAN and JAVA
• Experience with XML, SOAP, JSON and REST technologies
• Experience with Relational, graph and/or unstructured data technologies such as SQL Server, Azure SQL, Cosmos, etc
• Strong interpersonal skills - the team is close-knit and works together to solve problems
• Passionate about learning - you’ll help identify new technologies and approaches to problems
• Proactive and self-starter - we love folks that have a deep desire to do better and be better

What we offer

Relocation package:

• Visa services (work visa sponsorship)
• Assistance in getting a work permit
• Airport pick-up
• Adaptation tips
• Assistance in finding rent/accommodation
• Flight coverage