Senior Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Scalable Architecture: Design and implement scalable, secure, and high-performance solutions tailored to wealth and asset management platforms.
• Business Alignment: Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into robust, future-proof technical solutions.
• Architectural Leadership: Lead cross-functional architectural discussions, driving strategic decisions and solutions across multiple teams and initiatives.
• Technical Mentorship: Provide hands-on guidance and mentorship to engineering teams, fostering growth and ensuring technical excellence.
• Standards Compliance: Ensure all solutions adhere to enterprise architecture principles, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
• Modular Modernization: Spearhead modernization efforts including cloud-native adoption, microservices architecture, and modular API-first design. Drive loosely coupled components to enable flexibility, scalability, and vendor independence.
• Platform Enablement: Build foundational capabilities that empower product, data, and AI teams to innovate securely and efficiently.
• AI Integration: Architect and integrate AI/ML capabilities into platforms to enhance advisor productivity, personalization, and decision support.
• Data Engineering: Design and optimize real-time and batch data pipelines for analytics, reporting, and AI model consumption.
• Operational Excellence: Support production systems with a focus on reliability, scalability, and continuous service improvement.
• DevOps Enablement: Champion DevOps practices such as CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, observability, and infrastructure as code.

Must Haves:

• 10+ years of experience in software architecture and development, with a focus on wealth management, asset management, or banking domains being an asset.
• Excellent Understanding of Wealth Business and Data: Knowledge of how the Asset Management and Wealth Management business operates and key concepts, such as:
  • Master Data Management (Security, Client, Position, Transaction, etc.)
  • Client Lifecycle Management (Onboarding, Servicing, etc.)
  • Client Reporting & Portal
  • Investment Performance & Benchmarking
  • Portfolio Management (Asset Allocation, Risk Management, Rebalancing, etc.)
  • Trading Lifecycle (Order Management, Execution, Settlements, etc.)
  • Investment Operations (Reconciliation, Trade Support, Account Servicing, etc.)
• Strong Communication: Ability to convey information in written, visual, and verbal form (meetings / presentations) and collaborate with multiple cross-functional teams.
• Problem-Solving: Ability to understand and effectively articulate a problem, understand the different solutions, and decide on one based on logical and empirical evidence.
• Leadership: Natural leadership qualities with the ability to influence and inspire teams.
• Proficiency in Key Technologies / Tools an Asset:
  • Cloud Platforms (GCP, Azure)
  • Data Engineering (Real-Time, Event-Driven, Batch, etc.)
  • Workflow and Process Orchestration
  • Microservices Architecture
  • Languages such as Java, Python, Javascript, React, etc.
  • Emerging Artificial Intelligence Frameworks (Agentic AI, A2A, MCP, etc.)
  • DevSecOps tools and best practices
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field is preferred. A Master's degree or relevant certifications are a plus.

MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class otherwise protected under applicable human rights legislation. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled and all other qualified applicants