Application developer Jobs in Markham, ON

Overview

Some of what you will do : As the Application Architect, you will be a hands-on technical leader responsible for defining, governing, and evolving application and integration architecture for Staples Canada’s platforms. This role partners closely with engineering, platform, infrastructure, and business teams to ensure applications are well-integrated, cloud-ready, secure, and aligned to enterprise standards, while remaining pragmatic and delivery-focused. We want an individual who will challenge the norm, strive to create the best experiences and someone who always puts the customer first.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain end-to-end application architecture for retail and e-commerce platforms, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Translate business capabilities and product roadmaps into clear architectural patterns, reference designs, and technical guardrails.
• Design and govern integration patterns across internal systems and external platforms, including : REST / GraphQL APIs, Event-driven and asynchronous messaging, Third-party SaaS integrations, Cloud-native and hybrid integrations.
• Partner with integration, middleware, and platform teams to ensure consistent use of patterns such as : API Gateway / Management; Event streaming / messaging; Data synchronization and caching strategies.
• Evaluate and recommend technologies, frameworks, and tools that improve application and integration capabilities and guide teams on the effective use of JavaScript, React, Node.js, .NET, and cloud services.
• Provide architectural guidance and mentorship to development teams across the full stack.

Qualifications

Benefits

About Us

We value transparency in our hiring processes. Please note, artificial intelligence may be used in certain stages to screen, assess, or select applicants, however, a human reviewer makes all final decisions. This posting is for an existing vacancy.

About the Team

At Staples Canada we are dynamic, inspiring partners to our customers and the communities in which we live. As The Working and Learning Company, we inspire people to work smarter, learn more and grow every day. We’re looking for curious, approachable, and passionate individuals who love finding solutions. If that’s you, let’s work, learn, and grow together.

We are building an inclusive and diverse team. Staples Canada is continuously working towards creating an inclusive and diverse work environment. We welcome, value and thrive on perspectives and contributions from backgrounds that vary by race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lifestyle, age, educational background, national origin, religion or physical ability. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

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